Nigeria, Remembering Lives Lost Abuja, Nigeria, where all are mourning the victims of the tragic bombings of a local newspaper’s offices here and in the city of Kaduna. Innocent lives were lost to these terrible acts of murder. At the time of the blast, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe and I were commemorating the victims of the 2011 United Nations House bombing, which also took the innocent lives of primarily the UN’s Nigerian staff. I can’t help but reflect on the … [Read more...]
Nigeria, Remembering Lives Lost
April 29, 2012 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AFRICA Tagged With: 2011 United Nations House, A Celebration of Women, bombings, fallen UN colleagues, mourning, Nigeria, Remembering Lives Lost, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe
BLACK WEDNESDAY – Bombing in New Dehli, so sad.
September 7, 2011 by Team Celebration
BLACK WEDNESDAY NEW DELHI: Eleven people were killed and at least 76 others were injured in a powerful blast outside Delhi high court gate number 5 on Wednesday morning. The blast took place at around 10.15 am. Home secretary RK Singh told reporters the explosives were placed in a briefcase at the high court reception where hundreds of people come through every day to attend court cases. At the time of explosion around 200 people, mostly litigants were present at the gate in a … [Read more...]
Filed Under: ASIA, EURASIA, MIDDLE EAST, WORLD EVENTS, WORLD ISSUES Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Afzal Guru, BLACK WEDNESDAY, bomb, Bombing in New Dehli, bombings, bombs, Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami, India, India news, National Investigation Agency, P Chidambaram, so sad, Take Action, women taking action
