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We don’t have all the details, but he was rushed to an L.A. hospital around noon today and was pronounced dead at the hospital at 1 PM.
He was 44 years old.
Heavy recently performed at the BET Awards in October
real name: Dwight Meyers
ARIES
UNEXPECTED: Know your worth, stop cutting yourself short for what it is you need in your life.
Sometimes Aries you can be stubborn and don’t want to listen to what is right. Stop going back and forth in your decisions, you know what is right so damn it do it!
FINANCES: Slow improvement, bills are still lagging, pay what you can, after all you can’t get blood from a turnip (old folks saying).
ROMANCE: Solid as a rock, as the song goes.
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TAURUS
UNEXPECTED: Hard head makes a soft azz, feel me Taurus. Sometime you can be tooooo stubborn for your own good. Learn to relax and let life unfold in all it’s miraculous details.
FINANCES: Tax man is near, so take care and shore up all business details. You do not want your businesses to suffer because you didn’t pay your taxes do you? Stop loaning money out that you don’t half, your a soft sale sometimes, amidst your stubbornness.
ROMANCE: Time to take that trip in the winter months home. The family will enjoy the winter break and so will you immensely, so go for it. Romance, love, and laughter to be enjoyed by all.
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GEMINI
UNEXPECTED: Well here we go again, wearing your heart on your sleeve. If you have a lot of love to give and share, but not your finances. How did I end up broke you say? By being a unexpected “sucker”, so stop it.
FINANCES: Well the for-mention you inform you well about your finances. There is a raise coming after the first of the year. Also before the Christmas holidays you may end up selling a big ticket item out of your home for finance reasons. Just to clear up some debt. To give you a peace of mind.
ROMANCE: To be in love and love is a wonderful inflection if you understanding. Gemini never become desperate for love, it is not a good on your. Go with the flow, unless you are already in a stable relationship. Don’t laugh I heard that (what is stable). Gotta love ya Gemini!
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CANCER
UNEXPECTED: You actually have a little extra money in your pockets or purse this month, thank God! Things may not always seem that bad if you understand how to negotiate your money to yourself.
FINANCES: Life is starting to look a little better for you Cancer. Everything does happen for the good even if don’t understand what the fuck is going on!!! Continue to put your best foot forward, and continue to seek out better ways of generating money, legally that is.
ROMANCE: Love is in the air, to your discretion. If you are married or in a relationship this a good month for the two of you to enjoy the holidays. If single, someone out of your past will show up to help you celebrate.
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LEO
UNEXPECTED: Leo be careful, could be another child on the way. This seems to be a fertile period for you. Men and women please use some protections if you are not ready for a child or children(possible twins). Know the relationship you are in!
FINANCES: Good improvement in finances this month Leo. Loans repaid, bills on point, actually some extra money to enjoy. Treat yourself or love one to something nice.
ROMANCE: Well Mr./Ms attention getter. They are still trying to figure out your Halloween costume from last month. You mystery devil you, lol lol. Enjoy the new spice in your life just be careful. And Leo know when to say no, this is not me!
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VIRGO
UNEXPECTED: The light of your life is going to surprise you with something. If you are not in a relationship at this time, unexpected happenings will occur on the good side of love. You may hear how you have become quite interesting to the opposite sex. Work will be more busy than normal.
FINANCES: My advice Virgo put some money back for that rainy day fund. The weather this year will be havoc on your finances. This could be do to transportation issues. Make sure you are covered darling to get from point “A” to point “B” in your travels.
ROMANCE: Someone from afar would like to become a lot, and I mean a lot closer to you. All things are possible to those that believe.
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LIBRA
UNEXPECTED: Is it time to move, are you truly happy where you are at. Sometimes energy of certain areas are not meant to live at, just to visit and move on. Unexpected blessing is coming your way, sometimes KARMA can be a good thing. What you get back can be good, and a welcome blessing!
FINANCES: What a road Libra have you travel this year. Up and down, sideways, OMG, I’m dizzy. Finally you can feel the worst is over and a new beginning is at hand, about damn time don’t ya think. You are the scales of balance, but sometimes it feels one-sided.
ROMANCE: For couple time to enjoy the holidays with family and friends. If single look out world because you are available for fun and pleasure. Just don’t overdo, but do enjoy yourself Libra.
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SCORPIO
UNEXPECTED: Possible marriage proposal coming your way. If not marriage a solidify relationship is at hand. Yes he really cares about you woman! For the man know your place don’t push it, understand. More recognition is coming your way, hard work has definitely paid off, more than you know, and yes you have been noticed in a BIG WAY!
FINANCES: For those with children, pull out the checkbook, or credit cards. Darn those kids why do they have to keep growing, needing clothes, books, etc. ie, lol lol, and we love them with all our hearts!
Make sure you vehicle is running good, might need some minor repairs. Also check your foot for injuries, that may seem like nothing “not”, have that check out by your physician.
ROMANCE: I see a line of dancing Rockets all in a row. Everything is coming up roses whoo-hoo!
Enjoy your love life, for right now it is very good.
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SAGITTARIUS
UNEXPECTED: Time to let go and let God Sag. Where you going, where you been, these are life questions you need to be asking yourself. Unexpected family problems will come up this problem and not to happy either. Try to maintain balance in all relationships family or friends. Watch your words, they don’t return the same way you said them.
FINANCES: Time to make more money if you want to meet your needs Sag. Time to buckle down and take care of business. It’s been a shitty summer, and fall isn’t looking any better. You will have the money you need to meet your debt ratio, but what about enjoyment? Are we there ye?
ROMANCE: What are you looking for really? Are you happy, are you satisfy with your love life. Then why don’t the hell you change it, stop complaining about it, and do something already!
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CAPRICORN
UNEXPECTED: The joy of family or not, that is the question. Busy month Cappy between social engagements and business. News from afar will be a shock, but maybe not a total surprise.
FINANCES: Hold on to your money this month, because you are wanting to shop like no tomorrow for Christmas and New Year’s celebrations. Money will come in huge amounts, and start to slow down somewhat after Thanksgiving. So be careful with your spending, necessary purchases only.
ROMANCE: Well look hear, just folks coming from every direction possible. You love cupid you! lol lol
It would seem Cappy you are the flavor for the month. So capitalize on this and enjoy your love life.
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AQUARIUS
UNEXPECTED: Are you wearing your emotions close to the chest. So be benevolent and help someone out, you might just amaze yourself and feel good about it. You will enjoy a quiet Thanksgiving. But don’t get to relax, you may be call to work for emergency repairs.
FINANCES: All does look good, my suggestion sit down with an accountant before investing in anything.
ROMANCE: Someone from your past shows up at the front door, and knocks you off your feet. Very good surprise, shocked this person still remembers you, heh! heh! Take it with a grain of salt, nothing spectacular here, just enjoyment of two past lovers.
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PISCES
UNEXPECTED: It is time to clean house, mentally, spiritually, and yes physically (get your health in order). The holidays are approaching and what are you going to do? You will have unexpected guests arriving throughout the month. Enjoy your visits, with laughter and love.
FINANCES: This might be a tight money month for you Pisces. Hold on it will get better by December, just be patient for a little while longer. All will come together in the right time.
ROMANCE: No one is as clever as Pisces in the love arena. You have such a creative mind, maybe more than most other signs. Romance is good, think of those lovely ideas you also wanted to do and try them out. You might receive an amazing response.
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They’re after Bishop Eddie Long once again. They, meaning anyone whose got something against the guy.
The head of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. is in trouble again. A lawsuit was filed against the scandalous preacher for allegedly scheming church folk out of millions of dollars, via a business Long endorsed.
According to the Atlantic Journal-Constitution, the allegations stem from a three-day investment seminar Long held at the church in October 2009, at which church members were encouraged to invest in a company named City Capital Corporation, according to the suit. The company’s then-CEO, Ephren Taylor, attended and was heralded by Long, attorney Jason Doss told the AJC. Doss, of Marietta, and attorney Quinton Seay are co-counsels in the suit.
“I am responsible for everyone I bring before you and what they say,” Long said at the seminar, according to the lawsuit. “The gentleman that I am going to bring before you is an ordained minster. That gives me great pride to bring him for you.”
The preacher’s latest allegations are just another thing to add to his long list of scandals and schemes.
SIDEBAR: What does it take for a person to step down, they are pretty good at it in the Middle East!
Former American Idol Winner Fantasia had to answer a lot of tough questions this week. Fantasia is scheduled to star as Gospel Great Mahalia Jackson in a big screen movie bio. Fantasia says no contracts have been signed. She was told the investors ran out of money, so she thinks the project is on hold. Reports came out last week producers of the Mahalia project and family members were upset with Fantasia because she is pregnant by a married man. They also claimed she lied about her pregnancy claiming she told them she was gaining weight for the role and not pregnant. Who is telling the truth here? Will this movie ever get made? Fantasia is due at the end of the year. She is not happy with the recent reports about the movie project and questions about her relationship with a married man (Antwaun Cook). This has been a difficult pregnancy for Fantasia.
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Who leaked Diddy’s personal info? The rapper and media mogul is working with authorities to find out who leaked his personal information from his Black American Express Card. His personal numbers and financial information were listed on a website. Whoever did it had to be close to him……. maybe a mad babymomma? Hmmmmmmmmmm!
The re-launch of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has been slow. Oprah has returned to TV along with a new addition: The Rosie O’Donnell Show. Both shows debuted to disappointing ratings.
Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton are teaming up for the movie Joyful Noise. The movie also stars KeKe Palmer and Courtney B. Vance and opens in theatres January 13th.
Alicia Keys will be doing the music for the new Broadway production Stick Fly, which debuts later this year.
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Ron Isley says he is looking forward to reteaming with R Kelly for Ron’s next project. Kelly is already working on his own project. Kelly’s CD Black Panties is coming out next year. Kelly says this CD will be very sexy and explicit.
Singer Roberta Flack is getting ready to release a new music project after eight years. The CD, featuring Beatles classics, comes out in February.
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Singer Kenny Lattimore recently opened up about his upcoming divorce from Singer Chante Moore. Lattimore says it is a private matter and that he is not gay, responding to rumors about his sexuality. He says he wishes it would have worked out, but they have a son and will always have a bond.
Mel B wants to lose the baby weight. The former Spice Girl and babymomma of Eddie Murphy recently had a baby girl with her husband Stephen Belafonte. Mel says she wants to lose some weight. She now weighs 165 and wants to get down to 132 with the help of Jenny Craig. Mel B is going to be the spokesperson for their overseas campaign.
Producer/Composer Nile Rodgers of Chic fame has finished his book, and the release date has been moved up. The book, Le Freak: An Upside Down Story Of Family, Disco And Destiny, is coming out October 18th. It will detail his music career and his battle with cancer. Rodgers has worked with Diana Ross, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Madonna and Sister Sledge.
John Legend is now a television producer. Legend is producing a family comedy for NBC called Mixed Blessings.
So much of our history is lost to us because we often don’t write the history books, don’t film the documentaries, or don’t pass the accounts down from generation to generation.
One documentary now touring the film festival circuit, telling us to “Always Remember” is “Black Survivors of the Holocaust” (1997). Outside the U.S.., the film is entitled “Hitler’s Forgotten Victims” (Afro-Wisdom Productions). It codifies another dimension to the “Never Forget ” Holocaust story–our dimension.
Did you know that in the 1920′s, there were 24,000 Blacks living in Germany ? Neither did I. Here’s how it happened, and how many of them were eventually caught unaware by the events of the Holocaust. Like most West European nations, Germany established colonies in Africa in the late 1800′s in what later became Togo, Cameroon, Namibia, and Tanzania.
German genetic experiments began there, most notably involving prisoners taken from the 1904 Heroro Massacre that left 60,000 Africans dead, following a 4-year revolt against German colonization. After the shellacking Germany received in World War I,it was stripped of its African colonies in 1918.
As a spoil of war, the French were allowed to occupy Germany in the Rhineland -a bitter piece of real estate that has gone back and forth between the two nations for centuries. The French willfully deployed their own colonized African soldiers as the occupying force. Germans viewed this as the final insult of World War I, and, soon thereafter, 92% of them voted in the Nazi party.
Hundreds of the African Rhineland-based soldiers intermarried with German women and raised their children as Black Germans. In Mein Kampf, Hitler wrote about his plans for these “Rhineland Bastards”. When he came to power, one of his first directives was aimed at these mixed-race children. Underscoring Hitler’s obsession with racial purity, by 1937, every identified mixed-race child in the Rhineland had been forcibly sterilized, in order to prevent further “race polluting”, as Hitler termed it.
Hans Hauck, a Black Holocaust survivor and a victim of Hitler’s mandatory sterilization program, explained in the film “Hitler’s Forgotten Victims” that, when he was forced to undergo sterilization as a teenager, he was given no anesthetic. Once he received his sterilization certificate, he was “free to go”, so long as he agreed to have no sexual relations whatsoever with Germans.
Although most Black Germans attempted to escape their fatherland, heading for France where people like Josephine Baker were steadily aiding and supporting the French Underground, many still encountered problems elsewhere. Nations shut their doors to Germans, including the Black ones.
Some Black Germans were able to eke out a living during Hitler’s reign of terror by performing in Vaudeville shows, but many Blacks, steadfast in their belief that they were German first, Black second, opted to remain in Germany. Some fought with the Nazis (a few even became Lut waffe pilots)! Unfortunately, many Black Germans were arrested, charged with treason, and shipped in cattle cars to concentration camps. Often these trains were so packed with people and (equipped with no bathroom facilities or food), that, after the four-day journey, box car doors were opened to piles of the dead and dying.
Once inside the concentration camps, Blacks were given the worst jobs conceivable. Some Black American soldiers, who were captured and held as prisoners of war, recounted that, while they were being starved and forced into dangerous labor (violating the Geneva Convention), they were still better off than Black German concentration camp detainees, who were forced to do the unthinkable–man the crematoriums and work in labs where genetic experiments were being conducted. As a final sacrifice, these Blacks were killed every three months so that they would never be able to reveal the inner workings of the “Final Solution”.
In every story of Black oppression, no matter how we were enslaved, shackled, or beaten, we always found a way to survive and to rescue others. As a case in point, consider Johnny Voste, a Belgian resistance fighter who was arrested in 1942 for alleged sabotage and then shipped to Dachau . One of his jobs was stacking vitamin crates. Risking his own life, he distributed hundreds of vitamins to camp detainees, which saved the lives of many who were starving, weak, and ill–conditions exacerbated by extreme vitamin deficiencies. His motto was “No, you can’t have my life; I will fight for it.”
According to Essex University ‘s Delroy Constantine-Simms, there were Black Germans who resisted Nazi Germany, such as Lari Gilges, who founded the Northwest Rann–an organization of entertainers that fought the Nazis in his home town of Dusseldorf –and who was murdered by the SS in 1933, the year that Hitler came into power.
Little information remains about the numbers of Black Germans held in the camps or killed under the Nazi regime. Some victims of the Nazi sterilization project and Black survivors of the Holocaust are still alive and telling their story in films such as “Black Survivors of the Nazi Holocaust”, but they must also speak out for justice, not just history.
Unlike Jews (in Israel and in Germany ), Black Germans receive no war reparations because their German citizenship was revoked (even though they were German-born). The only pension they get is from those of us who are willing to tell the world their stories and continue their battle for recognition and compensation.
After the war, scores of Blacks who had somehow managed to survive the Nazi regime, were rounded up and tried as war criminals. Talk about the final insult! There are thousands of Black Holocaust stories, from the triangle trade, to slavery in America , to the gas ovens in Germany .
We often shy away from hearing about our historical past because so much of it is painful; however, we are in this struggle together for rights, dignity, and, yes, reparations for wrongs done to us through the centuries. We need to always remember so that we can take steps to ensure that these atrocities never happen again.
For further information, read: Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany, by Hans J. Massaquoi.
LONDON: Britain must stick to its austerity drive and avoid tax cuts while it tries to wipe out a record deficit, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said on Saturday, as a senior member of his party accused him of lacking a “coherent and credible” long-term growth plan.
Speaking before his center-right party meets for its annual conference, Osborne said abandoning its public cuts and tax rises would lead to an immediate rise in interest rates that would be “disastrous” for the British economy.
A run of bleak UK economic data, the euro zone debt crisis and worries about the global outlook have stoked fears that Britain could tip back into recession.
The economy has barely grown since September, raising pressure on the Conservative-led coalition to soften its deficit-reduction strategy and do more to stimulate growth.
Osborne said the world’s economic state was “at least as serious” as during the 2008 financial crisis and Britain had to keep cutting its deficit.
“A country with an almost double-digit deficit cannot add to its deficit in the middle of a sovereign debt storm to cut tax, presumably on a temporary basis, because you would have to then put it back up again to deal with the deficit,” he told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
“I don’t think Britain has the fiscal luxury to do that sort of thing.”
The coalition has repeatedly warned that failing to cut a record peacetime budget deficit that peaked at around 11 percent of gross domestic product could lead to a Greek-style debt crisis.
However, some center-right Conservatives fear the austerity plan will alienate voters already struggling with rising unemployment, low wage growth and inflation running at 4.5 percent, more than double the 2 percent target. The left-wing opposition Labour Party says the plan is choking growth.
Andrew Tyrie, the Conservative chairman of parliament’s influential Treasury committee, said Britain’s long-term growth strategy was “inconsistent, even incoherent” in places.
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ARIES
A lot to look forward to this month, new beginnings, good for you! Sometimes in life we need to step back and see the whole picture, not just what we want to perceive. Finances will improve, just don’t overspend. Hold your mouth at work, not yet you will get your chance to have your say. Stop looking for love, love yourself, and the rest will come like a bonus!
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TAURUS
Hold on there Mr/Ms Taurus the best is yet to come. Sometimes your stubborn behavior can be hindrance to your persona. Try loosing some weight, at least start some type of health improvement this month. The time is right to make health changes. If not in the winter you will regret not taking care of some important health issues. Know who you are Taurus and stop playing games with yourself, you don’t even understand why you do the things you do sometime, so friggin stop the bullshyt please!
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GEMINI
Talk about a busy summer and early fall programs. You are up to initiated something new at work. Think about it a little bit more, and then present your ideas or platforms to your boss, you will not regret this one bit. Gemini start learning to love you, you have a generous heart of gold, that sometimes you were on your sleeve. Do something in September that truly makes you happy, smile because we love ya Gemini!
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CANCER
Cancer stop pussy footing around, and take care of busy. You have been blessed this summer to proceed in the direction of change. Believe in yourself, and it can be accomplished. Stop feeling depress all the time, look around you and see all the many blessings that have come your way. In other words either shyt or get off the pot!
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LEO
Take one step at a time. Patience is a virtue no doubt. But all will turn out as it i suppose to be. Put self on the back burner for a minute. Are you clear what it is you really want – make sure dear Leo, because your decisions this month will effect you for the rest of the year. It is better to give than receive and I don’t mean that in monetary way either Leo.
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VIRGO
Money, money, money will be your issues for September in a good way. Now Virgo make sure you put some money back for a rainy day fund. Nothing beats an understanding in anything in life. As we grow so does our understanding regarding life, spiritual, mental, and physical. Saying that, some folks will grow with us, and some folks will be left behind, – oh well……………..
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LIBRA
September is your birthday month Libra, so Happy Birthday Libra! Are you all geared up for future success? For the time being you will still have to put some more hard work in to accomplish your goals. By November things should begin to settle down for you. Stay in good health. Don’t let mental stress get you down, you are better than that. Celebrate your birthday with family and you just might get a few surprises, lol lol.
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SCORPIO
Well damn here we go again. Who did you have to cuss out one more time, they just don’t get it uh Scorpio. Folks should be forward about the Scorpio sting, oh well they will learn, lol. Finances should be good for the next few months until the end of the year. You may have to assist with the care of an elderly family member or close friend of the family. There will be a lot of paperwork coming your way, so sit down have a glass of wine and get it done! A child will excel in school this year and make you very proud. For those of you in relationships, communication and understanding is the norm……
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SAGITTARIUS
My oh my you can’t get a break if you tried. Sorry Sag it has been one of those years for you. So many changes going on internal and external. Job improvements in the future, promotion or lateral move is forthcoming. Seems your love life has been put on the back burning. Well………time to turn that sucker on to high, your fire is hot and burning – make it happen Sag do what you do best, lol!!!!! Possibility of family members moving, which is a good thing in your case. Just don’t get to happy you know, some folks return home(?). Take time this month Sag and enjoy “YOU”, been missing that person.
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CAPRICORN
Decisions have been make to benefit all concern. Thank you Cappy for sticking to your guns of choice. Sometimes folks will take your kindness for weakness, and forget the goat will bump your head (call bringing you to awareness). It’s your time now to enjoy your life and many blessings. Don’t be stubborn about what it is you want, announce your preferences and enjoy.
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AQUARIUS
Thank you for giving us the gift of humanity. You are a highly intelligent person, even if you don’t always show it, and that is fine. Because you also have the gift of being a azz hole, of course that has never stop you! Your family will be expanding so look to hear some good news! Don’t forget to organize all details for holiday traveling. Prices and time of departures could change abruptly, so be aware.
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PISCES
All your hard work has finally paid off Pisces, about damn time uh?! lol This month will be about to continue to line up all your ducks if you will, for future happiness. Take care of business and don’t delay a lot is coming your way. You are being notice, so put the medal to the pedal and go for it, you deserve it!
September 2011 Horoscopes – Straight Talk!
TOKYO — Honda Motor Co. says it will recall a total of 962,000 cars worldwide to fix power windows and computer systems.
Honda will recall 936,000 units of the Fit subcompact, CR-V crossover and Fit Aria in North America, Asia, Europe and Africa, the company said Monday. The Fit is called Jazz in some overseas markets, while the Fit Aria is also known as City.
Honda says the recall was prompted by defects in driver’s-side power window switch units, which could potentially melt and catch fire.
It will also recall 26,000 CR-Z compact hybrids globally due to programming problems with the engine control unit
There have been no injuries because of the defects, Honda says
The Miami Herald is reporting that women in the north-central region of Nigeria are protesting the murders of a traditional ruler and his wife this morning.
Kaduna state police Chief Bala Nasarawa told the Associated Press that the traditional ruler and his wife were killed Friday morning in the town of Kafanchan despite the recent deployment of troops to the area. Nasarawa said the report of the killing came soon after the police relaxed a curfew from 24 to 8 hours.
The region of Nigeria has seen repeated riots over the last few days. The protest is the second in two days in the area over insecurity. Last week the killing of two women in a church of a nearby town also sparked riots.
The violence has been attributed to the ongoing conflict between Nigeria’s predominantly Christian south and Muslim north. This isn’t the first time that women have protested the conflict. In April thousands of Christian Nigerian women protested sectarian violence after 500 people died in postelection violence.
Can you say, “Stop the violence”? Religious conflict is supposed to be oxymoronic. However, it is anything but that. Kudos to the women for protesting the lack of security facing the region. Committing violence under the guise of religious preservation is unacceptable and devastating to world communities