Nairobi — The latest deadly suicide attack, on 3 December in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, which killed three ministers in the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), has taken the country's violence to a new low.
Dozens of people were killed and many more injured in an explosion at a graduation ceremony held in a city hotel.
This was not the first time that an attack has taken place in Mogadishu, "but it is the worst suicide attack ever", said Ali Sheikh Yassin of the Mogadishu-based Elman Human Rights Organization.
"This time the target was the most important people in Mogadishu; the educators and those who would take their place in the future."
Yassin said the attack had wiped out the best and brightest of the health sector. "We have reached a new low."
He said that whoever was behind this attack "deliberately targeted graduating doctors and their professors", adding, "it is as if they want to kill any hopes of a better future".
A teacher, who lost a close friend, told IRIN that "these people [perpetrators] are after government people but [also] ordinary people. What on earth did these students or their parents do to deserve this? It seems no matter who you are you are a target. God help us."
Somali government spokesman Abdi Haji Gobdon told IRIN: "I can confirm that the ministers for health, Qamar Aden Ali, higher education, Prof Ibrahim Hassan Adow, and Ahmed Abdullahi Wayeel, minister for education, were killed in a suicide attack this morning."
Witnesses told IRIN the ministers were part of large crowd of people attending a graduation ceremony for medical students of Benadir University in the capital.
The dead also included students, parents, faculty members and journalists, an eyewitness said. He said dozens more were injured, including members of the medical school.
Gobdon said the attack was aimed "at the heart" of the Somali people and the government strongly condemned the act of terrorism.
"These were people celebrating the achievements of young people," he said. "They did not deserve this and those responsible will pay a heavy price."
The eyewitness said the bomb went off at the Shamo hotel as the graduation ceremony was about to start.
"It took everyone near the high table and the area close to it. The hotel is now a shambles."
He said the injured were being taken to Madina hospital. A hospital source told IRIN that up to 100 people, including senior government officials, had been brought to the hospital.
He said close to 50 people were killed in the attack.
Gobdon, however, told IRIN that the government would release the total number of fatalities later in the day. The attack took place at around 11:30am (8:30am GMT) local time.
[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations ]
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One(1) believer can chase 1,000 demons & Two (2) can make
10,000 run .
How many will 1 million chase ?
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say to God The Creator Of All :
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN , HOLY IS YOUR NAME, YOUR
KINGDOM COME , YOUR WILL BE DONE, IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN .
- In Jesus Name We Pray Amen
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Have prayer lists which include Family, Christians, Truthseekers ,& Worthy Causes , etc
SOME OF OUR LEADERS ARE UNDER DEMONIC INFLUENCE ,
SOME OF OUR
WORLD IS UNDER THE SAME,. OUR UNITED , CONSISTENT,
CONTINUOUS
PRAYERS WILL HELP US TO SEE THROUGH JESUS EYES.
REMEMBER , HES
THE HEAD, WE HAVE NO EYES, EARS, NOSE, MOUTH,
ETC..WITHOUT THE
HEAD. THAT IS WHY WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT,
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organizations and causes
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Weekly-Monthly-
Yearly).
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(DAILY PRAYER LIST ) -
Christian & Natural Family -
TOP-PRIORITY Persons, Causes & Oragnizations
(WEEKLY PRAYER LIST ) -
MID-LEVEL Persons, Causes & Oragnizations
(MONTHLY PRAYER LIST ) -
- Persons, Causes & Oragnizations ( For Example Heads Of
Countries)
(YEARLY PRAYER LIST ) -
LOWER LEVEL - Persons, Causes & Oragnizations
MATTHEW 10:26
DONT BE AFRAID OF THEM, FOR THERE IS NOTHING
COVERED THAT WONT BE REVEALED AND THERE IS
NOTHING HIDDEN THAT WONT BE KNOWN.
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- MAY GOD BE A HAVEN OF PEACE IN OUR TIME OF TROUBLE --
WE ARE BEING INFILTRATED BY WEEDS ACTING LIKE WHEAT !
PRAY & ACT ON YOUR FAITH AND HOPE WITH LOVE. EVEN
FOR THOSE MISLEAD ACTING LIKE THEY LOVE YOU.
CLINGING FLATTERERS
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but many shall cleave to them with flatteries
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the south: also the ROBBERS OF OUR PEOPLE shall exalt
themselves to establish the vision; BUT THEY SHALL FALL !
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[Daniel 11:14 ]] And in those times
A) there shall many stand up against the king of the south(AMERICA / BABYLON ):
B) ALSO the ROBBERS OF OUR PEOPLE shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; BUT THEY SHALL FALL !
* 16 European Nations . Met And Plotted On How They Would Rob Africa Of Its Riches.
* They met during two(2) Periods of time in two(2) places
* The General Act Of Berlin Conference (Nov, 1884 to February, 1885)
* Brussels Belgium to finalize SECRET agreements ( Nov, 1889 to July 1890)
* The Book King Leopolds Ghost (1998) by Adam Hochschild documents some of This information.
The following Nations (Households) - Planned how they would divide among themselves our AFRICAN Riches.
1) Austria-Hungary - Francis Joseph I Charles - August 18, 1830 -
2) Belgium - King Leopold II April 9, 1835
3) Denmark - Frederik VIII -June 3, 1843
4) France - Marie François Sadi Carnot August 11, 1837 -
5) Germany - Wilhelm II - January 27, 1859
6) Great Britain - Queen Victoria (Hanover) May 24, 1819 British Ruler 2nd
7) Holland William III February 19, 1817
8) Italy - Umberto I - March 14, 1844 -
9) Norway - Oscar II [Oscar Frederik] January 21, 1829 (Also Sweden)
10) Portugal - Carlos I September 28, 1863
11) Russia - Alexander III Alexandrovich March 10, 1845
12) Spain - Alfonso XIII May 17, 1886
13) Sweden - Oscar II January 21, 1829 (Also Norway)
14) Turkey - Abdülhamid II, - September 2 or September 22 - 1842 -
15) United States - Benjamin Harrison August 20, 1833 -
16) Persia (Iran) - Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar July 16, 1831
For centuries Black Africans have been exploited and exploited in the name of Islam. Then with the coming of the Portueses (so-called Christians) to Ghana around the 1440s , the so-called Christians started their exploitation.
We Black Africans are puzzling. We have a bounty of riches around us, yet we persist in allowing outsiders to steal them; while we fight each other over trivial matters.
Just in case you're wondering, here's some Black Africans who have done wondrous things to change the way we live in the world.
For example : Garrett-Augustus Morgan invented the Traffic Signal to CURB (no pun intended) TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS !!!
* Buridge & Marshman - TYPEWRITER
* George Carruthers - X-RAY MACHINE
* George Washington Carver - PEANUT BUTTER - PAINTS PAINT STAINS ETC
* W.A. Dietz - SHOE
* Charles R. Drew - BLOOD PLASMA STORAGE SYSTEM
* Michael Harney - LANTERN
* Augustus Jackson - ICE CREAM
* H.A. Jackson - KITCHEN TABLE
* Isaac R. Johnson - BICYCLE FRAME
* John A. Johnson - WRENCH
* Frederick M. Jones - DEFROSTER - REFRIGERATION CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONER
* Jones & Long - BOTTLE CAPS
* Lewis Latimer & Nichols - ELECTIC LAMP
* John L. Love - PENCIL SHARPENER
* Tony J. Marshall - FIRE EXTINGUISHER
* Alexander Miles - ELEVATOR
* W.A. Martin - LOCK
* Garrett A. Morgan - GAS MASK - Traffic Signal
* Lydia Newman - HAIR BRUSH - Nov 15, 1898
* W.B. Purvis - FOUNTAIN PEN
* L.P. Ray - DUST PAN
* W.H. Richardson - BABY BUGGY
* G.T. Sampson - CLOTHES DRYER
* .W. Smith - LAWN SPRINKLER
* J. Standard - REFRIGERATOR
* T.W. Stewart - MOP
* Maxine Snowden - RAIN HAT - 1983
* Paul E. Williams - HELICOPTER
* Granville T. Woods - Roller Coaster
* Granville T. Woods - Telegraph Transmission Devices - Dec 2, 1884 Patents # - 308, 816 (7)
Thanks to The Black Inventors Museum P.O. Box 76128 Los Angeles , Calif. (90076) Phone (310) 859-4602)
Director : Ghanaian Mr. Hamza Salifa
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