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Africa North

Obama tells Egyptians to talk, not fight

2013-06-30

[Pak Daily Times] US President Barack Obama
I am the change that you seek...
called on Egypt's government and opposition on Saturday to engage each other in constructive dialogue and prevent violence spilling out across the region.

Bloodshed on Friday killed three people, including an American student, and mass rallies are planned for Sunday aimed at unseating Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.

Obama said he was "looking at the situation with concern".

Hundreds have been maimed and at least eight killed in street fighting for over a week as political deadlock deepens. On Friday, a bomb killed a protester at a rally by the Suez Canal. Washington is pulling non-essential staff out of Egypt.

"Every party has to denounce violence," Obama said at the other end of Africa, in Pretoria. "We'd like to see the opposition and President Morsi engage in a more constructive conversation about how they move their country forward because nobody is benefiting from the current stalemate."

He added that it was "challenging, given there is not a tradition of democracy in Egypt".

Posted by:Fred

#8 Jimmuah had expert help from Amuh, smarter even then Chelseeya.

Posted by: Shipman 2013-06-30 17:46

#7 [Change or correction to the above post: Kathrada may have only acted as a guide on Robben Island, where former inmates actually do run the former institution.]

Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-30 13:48

#6 Champ's personal guide while in South Africa is/was Ahmed Mohamed 'Kathy' Kathrada. How fitting.

Wikipedia: After the unbanning of the ANC in February 1990, Kathrada served on the interim leadership committees of both the ANC and the South African Communist Party. He resigned from the latter position when he was elected to the ANC National Executive Committee in July 1991. During the same year, he was appointed as head of ANC public relations as well as a fellow of the University of the Western Cape's Mayibuye Centre.

Kathrada went on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in 1992.

In the first all-inclusive democratic South African elections in 1994, Kathrada was elected as a member of parliament for the ANC; in September 1994 he was appointed as the political advisor to President Mandela in the newly created post of Parliamentary Counsellor. In June 1999, Kathrada left parliamentary politics.

In 1994 and 1995, Kathrada was elected as chairperson of the Robben Island Council. Currently, he still serves as the chairperson of the Robben Island Museum Council.

Kathrada's life partner is Ms Barbara Hogan, a recent Minister of Public Enterprises.

Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-30 13:36

#5 Jimmuah

Good answer. Current holder title holder for Worst President Ever. From some reason, when mentally reviewing all the presidents in my lifetime, I completely skipped over him. Go figure!

Posted by: SteveS 2013-06-30 13:30

#4 Jimmuah

Posted by: Shipman 2013-06-30 12:21

#3 Young innocent that I am, I gotta ask: Have we ever, in living memory, had a president so unprepared to act on the world stage? Hell, never mind the 'living memory' bit, have we ever since the founding of the Republic?

Posted by: SteveS 2013-06-30 12:14

#2 "Look how I defeated Americans." sorta thing?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-06-30 02:19

#1 "a more constructive conversation about how they move their country forward because nobody is benefiting from the current stalemate"

Funny - "I won" was your response during your first two years in office, followed by another two years of less-than-constructive conversation.

And we won't talk about your frequent use of the 'Hawaiian good luck sign'...

Posted by: Pappy 2013-06-30 00:36

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