Canada Reverses Visa Ban for Liberians
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His comments come on are so much that we cannot avoid incidents of that the heels of the recent spate of nature (xenophobia), Mugabe told reporters. xenophobic violent attacks "People are unemployed, lots of young men and against other African migrants women are in the streets so when they see people by disenchanted and disgrun- from neighbouring countries running small shops tled South Africans clamouring they conclude that it's these people that have for their expulsion because they robbed them of their chances, which claim jobs are being taken is not the case. away from them. "It's not the other African, but it's a factor of the Mugabe said there’s a vi- whites that have kept opportunities to themselves. cious problem in South Africa The political dispensation did not address the dis- regarding unemployment among parities between white and black with most of the Blacks since the fall of apartheid land in the hands of whites and most of the em- in 1990 and noted that instead of ployment opportunities enjoyed by them addressing income inequality (whites)...so we must help them. They need anoth- and the wide economic gap between Whites and er revolution.” South Africa’s xenophobic attacks imbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe Blacks, the new political dispensation spearheaded last moth killed several African migrants and says South Africa will need another by former revered leader Nelson Mandela failed to wounded scores, itself spurred on by Zulu chief revolution to set it on course for the bridge these gaps, stressing that income redistribu- new millennium as a viable nation. Goodwill Zelethwini’s controversial comment sthat Z tion has worked out better among other SADC other Africans should go back to their countries of He was speaking in Botswana’s capital members than in South Africa. birth. Gaborone shortly after the Southern African De- Canada reverses visa ban for Liberians By Peter Uduehi fect as the two Canada has dropped its visa ban to the countries strug- people of Liberia following declaration by the gle to rid them- World Health Organisation that the west Afri- selves of ebola, can country is now free of ebola. which claimed Canada imposed visa sanctions last Octo- more than six ber on Liberians and citizens of Sierra Leone thousand lives and Guinea because of the persistence of ebola since the out- in their countries. The ban was seen as contro- break a year versial with the WHO saying it violated the ago. Ebola International Health Regulations, a treaty to claimed more which Canada is a signatory. The treaty states than 4,700 lives that nations are not to embark on policies in Liberia be- that obstruct commerce and travel in case of fore the “free” global health emergencies, especially if the declaration in WHO has not advised on such a move. But the early May. Stu- Canadian government argued that because the dents have ban did not affect Canadian volunteering since returned to school in all countries since health workers travelling in and out of the the Canadian government and advised other March as only a handful of cases were record- ebola-affected west African countries its policy nations to respect the letter of the treaty. ed three months ago. A country is declared did not violate the treaty. Meanwhile, the ban on those seeking visas free of ebola after 42 days of zero reported cas- WHO and global health experts criticised from Sierra Leone and Guinea remains in ef- es. AfricanAfrican World World News 9/15/11 May 23, 2015 p 9Page 2 the end. Nigeria’s laudable Jonathan’s critics have denounced him as too Analysis spineless to go on a full attack of the Boko Haram elections augurs well, By Peter Uduehi Jihadists, who essentially are bandits preying on young women and harassing the innocent. and Jonathan makes Nigerian-Canadians were in almost total agree- ment that the ship of state had become too burden- through violence and intolerance. That’s one impli- some for Jonathan to steer and that a more milita- his mark in history cation of the Nigerian elections that will bode well ristic Buhari was the answer to the Boko Haram Here in Canada, the seemingly peaceful tran- for the continent if all politicians take heed. disturbances. sition of power that is about to take place in Nige- But Jonathan went soft on ria, as a result of the recent elections, is a win for the terrorist extremists for all. It means oil prices will likely remain as low as years, not because he’s they have been for quite some time now. “Jonathan is no Mandela for sure, but his tempera- weak, but because he is a thinking man. He preferred Nigeria is the fifth largest producer of oil in the ment is profound, genuine and didactic as he chooses to give the militants world and many analysts were already predicting to lead by example. That is exactly why the recent enough rope to hang them- a rise in crude oil prices should civil war erupt as a elections in Nigeria were without bitterness in the selves. result of the vote. But, the violence and ethnic fire- When he did decide to ac- storm many fearfully anticipated did not happen end…” tually thrash them two when challenger Muhammadu Buhari defeated the Peter Uduehi months ago – to pave way incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. for the elections to really Of the Nigerians living in the Toronto area, many happen in those once-tense were comforted by the fact that they “don’t have to regions – the Islamists succumbed to cowardice; worry too much about loved ones we left back hence many of the areas they once overran from home,” noted Peter Obuba, a Toronto-based law- Another implication of the Nigerian elections is hapless villagers in the northeast of the country fell yer. “Can you imagine the type of headache a vio- that it highlights how imperative it is to have edu- from their hands without much military prodding. lent atmosphere would have brought to many of us cated and forthright leaders, known to be selfless Yet it was clear that many Nigerians wanted a living here?” he asked. and humble. change at the helm, as did members of the diaspora “[W]e Nigerians in Toronto and Canada can rest Jonathan is no Mandela for sure, but his tempera- living in Canada. Nigerian-Canadians were in al- easy knowing that our people back home are ment is profound, genuine and didactic as he most total agreement that the ship of state had be- sound and okay, and that some of us whose invest- chooses to lead by example. That is exactly why the come too burdensome for Jonathan to steer and ments are in Nigeria will feel safer to continue to recent elections in Nigeria were without bitterness that a more militaristic Buhari was the answer to invest in our homeland.” - Emelike Ukpabi, Nigeri- in the end. the Boko Haram disturbances. Little wonder the an-Canadian The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mobutu incumbent lost. Most Nigerians living in Canada, with the excep- Sese Seko, Chad’s Hissène Habré, Ivory Coast’s tion of embassy and consular staff, did not vote in Laurent Gbagbo, Libya’s Col Muammar Gaddafi the elections. and Equatorial Guinea’s president-for-life, Teodoro Obiang, to name a few Financial investor Emelike Ukpabi is also of the dim-wit tyrants, were opinion that the successful elections don’t only, (and are) all depraved, “make us look good in Canada as Africans, it also vile and abhorrent men means we Nigerians in Toronto and Canada can who got it into their rest easy knowing that our people back home are heads that their coun- sound and okay, and that some of us whose invest- tries would be nothing ments are in Nigeria will feel safer to continue to without them, continu- invest in our homeland,” he stressed, adding, ously supplying them- “these are indeed good times.” selves as heads of state While the much-dreaded Nigerian elections have and plunging their citi- come and gone relatively peacefully, what they zens into the abyss of actually mean for Africa’s most populous nation deprivation. and biggest economy, as well as for the entire con- The erstwhile and late tinent, can be far-reaching. emperor of the Central African Republic, Jean- Many sceptics feared the elections would throw the Bédel Bokassa, for ex- country into turmoil, as previous ones have, and ample, was reported by with good reason. No election has passed off so his detractors to feed peacefully as this one, as no incumbent in the coun- some of his political try’s history has ever been voted out of office: the enemies to caged lions incumbent has always won while his challenger in an annex to his pal- and supporters have always found themselves ace.