World wounded, angered by Paris terror attacks
Mourners across the globe reacted to the attacks in Paris with tears and anger, but also with colourful shows of solidarity with France. Monuments across the world, from the Sydney Opera House in...
View ArticleBoko Haram Calls Girl Hostages ‘Infidels,’ Orders Them To Return To Village
Boko Haram kidnapped the women on January 6th, from Katarko, which is about 12 miles away from the state capital of Damaturu. According to the New York Times, dozens of armed Boko Haram terrorists...
View ArticleBoko Haram mystery: Where -- or who -- is African terrorist group's leader?
Of all the terrorist leaders sending out suicide bombers in Africa, Boko Haram’s Abubakar Shekau is probably the most globally recognizable: Who could forget that leering laugh as he boasted last year...
View ArticleFrance's flag flies on social media as people worldwide grieve terror victims
Social media is awash with public buildings lit up in the French colors of blue, white and red as people globally expressed their solidarity with the French after deadly terror attacks in Paris. Users...
View Article'Unhashtagable?'
Hashtag activism draws on the logic that outrage or heightened audience reaction caused by iconic images can sway public opinion and eventually effect changes in policy, an argument that in its modern...
View ArticleRemember Boko Haram’s victims, too
On Nov. 13, people from every corner of the world reeled over the horrific attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and injured 350 more. Millions filtered their Facebook profile pictures with the blue,...
View ArticleHashtag fail? #BringBackOurGirls two years on
By Stephanie Findlay Nigerian women living in Kenya, using #bringbackourgirls, campaigning on May 16, 2014 in Nairobi. By Tony Karumba (AFP/File) Lagos (AFP) - More than a week after 276 schoolgirls...
View Article'Peace for Paris' symbol goes viral
A "Peace for Paris" symbol, combining the city's beloved Eiffel Tower with the peace sign of the Sixties, has gone viral following the Paris terror attacks. The designer is a 32-year-old French graphic...
View ArticleNigerian President Promises Malala That Kidnapped Girls 'Will Be Returned'
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan promised Malala Yousafzai that the missing Nigerian schoolgirls "will be returned as soon as possible," the activist said, succeeding where protests and Twitter...
View ArticleThe interesting origin of the Eiffel Tower peace sign
An artist's reactionary sketch that he drew following the news of the attacks on Paris has gone viral. How to add the French flag to your Facebook profile Artist Jean Jullien was on vacation when he...
View ArticleClooney, Clinton and useless 'soft outrage'
(CNN)After the Paris attacks by al Qaeda-aligned Islamic terrorists, much of the world -- even some Muslim world leaders -- seems united in the defense of free speech and freedom of religion. And at...
View ArticleThe story behind the 'Peace for Paris' symbol everyone is sharing
Following the news of last night's attacks, people began sharing an image of a peace sign drawn around the Eiffel Tower in a show is support for the people of Paris. Here's a look. The symbol was...
View ArticleThe one chart that proves how fickle we are over #bringbackourgirls
On 13 April 2014, a group of militants from the notoriously brutal group Boko Haram broke into a school in Chibok, Nigeria, and kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls. More than 200 remain missing a year...
View ArticleWorld sings, lights up in solidarity with wounded France
Stirring renditions of "La Marseillaise" rung out Saturday from Dublin to New York as global landmarks were bathed in the French colours and thousands marched in solidarity with Paris after attacks...
View Article#BBCtrending: Goodluck Jonathan's controversial hashtag
With over 200 schoolgirls abducted in April still missing, many Nigerians are outraged that the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag is being adapted as a political slogan for President Goodluck Jonathan's...
View ArticleBoko Haram mocks #BringBackOurGirls hashtag campaign in latest video
Boko Haram has released a video mocking the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, warping the slogan to say “Bring back our army”. In the film obtained by AFP, the leader of the Islamic militant group, which...
View ArticleTale of two hashtags
Perhaps, as spokesman Josh Earnest now says, the Obama administration ought to have sent a more senior official to the anti-terror rally in Paris this past weekend. But we don’t blame the president for...
View Article#IamNigeria Urges Global Concern For Boko Haram Massacre>
A terrorist attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo last week has since dominated the 24-hour international news cycle as has the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie. Yet the massacre of 2,000 Nigerians...
View ArticleEiffel Tower meets peace sign in show of solidarity after attacks
Arwork believed to by London-based French graphic artist goes viral, with photos posted on social media under slogan Peace for Paris...
View ArticleThe Lovely Way The Simpsons Honored The Paris Victims
When it comes to being timely in its poignancy, The Simpsons is pretty hit or miss, since it doesnt have the immediacy of a South Park episode to rely on. The episode this past Sunday night came more...
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