“Jasmine Revolution”
Symbol of peace: Flowers placed on the barrel of a tank
in very much calmer protests than in recent days in Tunisia

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011
Mannoubia Bouazizi, the mother of Tunisian street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi. "Mohammed suffered a lot. He worked hard. but when he set fire to himself, it wasn’t about his scales being confiscated. It was about his dignity." (Peter Hapak for TIME)

1 - TUNISIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


How eyepatches became a symbol of Egypt's revolution - Graffiti depicting a high ranking army officer with an eye patch Photograph: Nasser Nasser/ASSOCIATED PRESS

2 - EGYPT Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


''17 February Revolution"

3 - LIBYA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

5 - SYRIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

"25 January Youth Revolution"
Muslim and Christian shoulder-to-shoulder in Tahrir Square
"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) -
(Subjects: Egypt Uprising, Iran/Persia Uprising, Peace in Middle East without Israel actively involved, Muhammad, "Conceptual" Youth Revolution, "Conceptual" (without a manager hierarchy) managed Businesses, Internet, Social Media, News Media, Google, Bankers, Global Unity,..... etc.)
"The End of History" – Nov 20, 2010 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll)
(Subjects:Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Muhammad, Jesus, God, Jews, Arabs, EU, US, Israel, Iran, Russia, Africa, South America, Global Unity,..... etc.) (Text version)

"If an Arab and a Jew can look at one another and see the Akashic lineage and see the one family, there is hope. If they can see that their differences no longer require that they kill one another, then there is a beginning of a change in history. And that's what is happening now. All of humanity, no matter what the spiritual belief, has been guilty of falling into the historic trap of separating instead of unifying. Now it's starting to change. There's a shift happening."


“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.

They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."



African Union (AU)

African Union (AU)
African Heads of State pose for a group photo ahead of the start of the 28th African Union summit in Addis Ababa on January 30, 2017 (AFP Photo/ Zacharias ABUBEKER)

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela
Few words can describe Nelson Mandela, so we let him speak for himself. Happy birthday, Madiba.

Saturday, March 30, 2013

On tour at Central Africa's presidential palace with rebels

Google – AFP, Patrick Fort (AFP), 30 March 2013

A Seleka rebel holds up a picture of former president Francois Bozize, in
Bangui, on March 28, 2013 (AFP/File, Sia Kambou)

BANGUI, Central African Republic — In Bangui's presidential palace, where Francois Bozize ruled the Central African Republic for 10 years, rebel General Arda Hakouma enjoys posing with one foot on the statue of a lion after seizing the capital.

A wall panel reads: "To Army General Francois Bozize, with God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies. Psalm 60 2:12."

Hakouma, a tall man in his thirties, laughs. "There was no victory. He was defeated. The victory is us."

The rebel general led troops of the Seleka coalition in their offensive on the capital, which fell last Sunday. When they took the presidential palace, Bozize had already fled.

Seleka coalition rebels pose for a photo
 in Famara, 75 km from Bangui, on January
18, 2013 (AFP/File, Patrick Fort)
The palace has been searched, vandalised and turned inside out, but there is no trace of conflict on the walls. There was no resistance. "It took only a few minutes. The GP (presidential guard) fled straight away, with the first shots," Hakouma said as he provided a guided tour this week.

A solitary tank stands guard at the entrance to the palace. Another, inside the compound, is parked next to a dozen luxury cars.

Part of the premises remain inaccessible. "We fear that this area is mined. We have asked for advice from our French friends, who have promised to come," said Colonel Abdel Aziz, Hakouma's deputy.

But it is possible to enter the "inner sanctum", Bozize's personal office in the middle of the building. The cloaked windows do not give on to the outside of the palace. "A security measure, clearly," one soldier says.

The office is an utter mess, with drawers opened and thrown on to the floor, and magazines lying amid heaps of official papers. There is also a notebook entitled "Treasury of the KNK" (Bozize's presidential party Kwa Na Kwa, or "Work, nothing but work"). And there are documents classified "secret" or "top secret".

The president's armchair is comfortable, but no more than that. "It's not for me," says the general, refusing to sit there, but asking one of his men to do so. "We have come to bring democracy," he explains.

Everywhere, people are walking on files and papers and smashed-up furniture scattered over the ground. Anything of any worth has been taken, though many gifts and sculptures remain because they did not interest the looters.

Ousted Central African Republic's President
 Francois Bozize, pictured in Bangui, on
January 8, 2013 (AFP/File, Sia Kambou)
In a second building, where the ousted president used to rest, a number of the many presents he received were also left, some still wrapped up.

Next come the private suites, notably including the master bedroom. "Before, we slept in the bush but I don't want to sleep in this bed. I know that Bozize slept in it," Colonel Abdel Aziz says.

General Hakouma, for his part, regrets that he was unable "to capture Bozize alive".

Before moving on, he recalls the rebel offensive nearly a week ago against the Central African army and South African troops stationed in the country.

"It was at Boali, about 70 kilometres (45 miles) from Bangui, that the fighting was hardest against the South Africans. I lost six men, the South Africans 35," he said. South African President Jacob Zuma announced a death toll of 13 troops.

Hakouma says that the rebel chief of general staff, General Issa Issaka, was wounded in the leg leaving Hakouma to take up the leadership of rebel forces for a final assault that lasted "scarcely two hours" once the "South Africans were no longer fighting."

Asked if he is proud to be the man who took Bangui, the general puts it down to "destiny".

"God willed it," he says. "Soon I'm going to organise a big ceremony to thank all my men. It is thanks to them that we overthrew Bozize."

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