Pfizer = Luzifer CEO Says Goal in 2023 is to Kill 4 Billion People | Wow!

👉 ከአልበርታ ወደ አልበርት

😈 የኮቪድና የወሊድ መከላከያ ክትባቶችን አምራቹ የፋይዘር/ Pfizer = ሉዚፈር ኩባንያ ዋና ስራ አስፈፃሚ አልበርት ቦርላ፤ “ግባችን እ.አ.አ በ2023 የአለምን ህዝብ ቁጥር ፶/50% በመቀነስ አራት ቢሊዮን ሰዎችን መግደል ነው!” ብሏል | ዋዉ!

ጉድ ነው፤ በመጨረሻ ልክ እንደ እኛዎቹ ያጨበጭባሉ። ጆሯችን ሰማ? አዎ! በአክሱም ጽዮን ላይ የተከፈተው የዘር ማጥፋት ዘመቻ የዚህ የሕዝብ ቁጥር ቅነሳ አንዱ አካል ነው። ለዚህ ነው ሁሉም ጭጭ ያሉት። አሜሪካ ብቻ ከአንድ ሚሊየን በላይ ዜጎቿን በኮቪድ አማካኝነት አስወግዳለች። የራሱን ዜጋ እየከተበ የሚገድል በእኛ ላይ እየተፈጸመ ስላለው ግፍና በደል ያስባል ማለት ዘበት ነው። ዕልቂቱን ይፈልጉታል፤ እንደ ዱሮው ወታደሮቻቸውን እየላኩ እራሳቸው በቀጥታ አይሳተፉም፤ እንደ ጋላ-ኦሮሞ እና መሀመዳውያኑ ያሉ በመኻላችን የሚገኙትን ባዮሎጃዊ መሣሪያዎችን ተጠቅመው ሕዝባችንን መጨረስ ወይም ማስጨረስ እንደሚችሉ አውቀውታል/ሰርተውበታል። እነዚህ አርመኔዎች፤ ወዮላቸው!

👉 From Alberta to Albert

😈 CEO of Pfizer Albert Bourla at the World Economic Forum #WEF states “…our dream is to reduce the world population 50% by 2023.”

👉And they applaud at the end.

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Alberta Premier Says Unvaccinated ‘Most Discriminated Against Group’

የካናዳዋ አልበርታ ጠቅላይ ግዛት ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ዳኒኤለ ስሚዝ ያልተከተቡ ሰዎች “በጣም አድሎ የሚደረግባቸው ወገኖች ናቸው’ ብለዋል።

👉 ጠቅላይዋ ትክክል ናቸው

💭 በህይወት ዘመናችሁ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር እና ካቢኔው ፣ የክልል እና የማዘጋጃ ቤት ፖለቲከኞች ፣ የህክምና ማህበረሰብ ፣ አለም አቀፍ መሪዎች ፣ በሆሊውድ ውስጥ ተፅእኖ ፈጣሪዎች ፣ በሁሉም ማህበራዊ ሚዲያዎች ፣ ማህበራት ፣ የጋዜጣ አርታኢዎች ፣ የሬዲዮ እና የቴሌቪዥን አስተናጋጆች ፣ ጎረቤቶች ባልተከተቡ ሰዎች ላይ እንዲህ በጋራ ሲወርዱባቸው አይታችሁ/ሰምታችሁ ታውቃላችሁን? የቤተሰብ አባላትም ቢሆኑ፣ ሃይማኖታቸው፣ ቀለማቸው፣ ጎሣቸው፣ ጾታዊ ዝንባሌያቸው ወይም ዜግነት ሳይገድባቸው ሁሉም በአንድ ጊዜ ባልተከተቡ ሰዎች ላይ በጋራ ሤራ የሚጠነስሱ ናቸው። ያልተከተቡትን ሰዎች የማህበረሰቡ ቆሻሻ አድርገው በመግለጽ ከዚያም እንዳይንቀሳቀሱና እንዳይጓዙ በመከልከል በማድረግ ይበድሏቸዋል። መስራት እንዳይችሉ ከሥራ ያባርሯቸዋል። እንግዲህ ይህ ሁል እነርሱ ያላመኑበትን ነገር እንዲቀበሉ ለማስገደድ ፈቃደኛ ባለመሆናቸው ነው። ከቀን ወደ ቀን ያለማቋረጥ ለወራት ይህን ያህል እንደዚህ አይነት ግልጽ የሆነ ጥላቻ ለአንድ የሕዝብ አካል ሲሰጥ በህይወቴ አይቼ አላውቅም።

👉 SHE HAS A POINT

💭 In your lifetime, have you ever seen a prime minister and cabinet, provincial and municipal politicians, the medical community, international leaders, the influencers in Hollywood, everyone with an opinion on social media, unions, newspaper editors, radio and TV hosts, neighbors and even family members, all piling on one group of people all at the same time, regardless of their religion, colour, ethnicity, sexual orientation or Indigenous heritage, describing those people as the filth of society and then forbidding them from traveling, denying them work and even firing them, all because they refused to be coerced into accepting something they didn’t believe in? Never in my lifetime have I ever seen such open hostility towards one group of people, day after day after day for months on end, and I hope I never will again.

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Polarization after COVID-19: Global Study Reveals That The Unvaccinated Face Prejudice in Most Countries

💭 ከኮቪድ-19 በኋላ ጽንፍ መያዝ፤ አዲስ ዓለም አቀፍ ጥናት እንደሚያሳየው ያልተከተቡት ሰዎች በአብዛኛዎቹ አገሮች ጭፍን ጥላቻን እንደሚያጋጥማቸው ያሳያል።

“ያልተከተቡ ሰዎች የዕፅ ሱሰኞችን ያህል አይወደዱም”

“Unvaccinated Disliked as Much as Drug Addicts”

😇 የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች የሰይጣን ልጆች 👹

❖❖❖ [፩ኛ የዮሐንስ መልእክት ምዕራፍ ፪] ❖❖❖

• ፳፰ አሁንም፥ ልጆች ሆይ፥ በሚገለጥበት ጊዜ እምነት እንዲሆንልን በመምጣቱም በእርሱ ፊት እንዳናፍር በእርሱ ኑሩ።
• ፳፱ ጻድቅ እንደ ሆነ ካወቃችሁ ጽድቅን የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ከእርሱ እንደ ተወለደ እወቁ።

❖❖❖ [፩ኛ የዮሐንስ መልእክት ምዕራፍ ፪] ❖❖❖

• ፩ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ተብለን ልንጠራ አብ እንዴት ያለውን ፍቅር እንደ ሰጠን እዩ፥ እንዲሁም ነን። ስለዚህ ምክንያት ዓለም እርሱን ስላላወቀው እኛን አያውቀንም።
• ፪ ወዳጆች ሆይ፥ አሁን የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ነን፥ ምንም እንደምንሆን ገና አልተገለጠም። ዳሩ ግን ቢገለጥ እርሱ እንዳለ እናየዋለንና እርሱን እንድንመስል እናውቃለን።
• ፫ በእርሱም ይህን ተስፋ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ እርሱ ንጹሕ እንደ ሆነ ራሱን ያነጻል።
• ፬ ኃጢአትን የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ዓመፅን ደግሞ ያደርጋል፥ ኃጢአትም ዓመፅ ነው።
• ፭ እርሱም ኃጢአትን ሊያስወግድ እንደ ተገለጠ ታውቃላችሁ፥ በእርሱም ኃጢአት የለም።
• ፮ በእርሱ የሚኖር ሁሉ ኃጢአትን አያደርግም፤ ኃጢአትን የሚያደርግ ሁሉ አላየውም አላወቀውምም።
• ፯ ልጆች ሆይ፥ ማንም አያስታችሁ፤ እርሱ ጻድቅ እንደ ሆነ ጽድቅን የሚያደርግ ጻድቅ ነው።
• ፰ ኃጢአትን የሚያደርግ ከዲያብሎስ ነው፥ ዲያብሎስ ከመጀመሪያ ኃጢአትን ያደርጋልና።
• ፱ ስለዚህ የዲያብሎስን ሥራ እንዲያፈርስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ተገለጠ። ከእግዚአብሔር የተወለደ ሁሉ ኃጢአትን አያደርግም፥ ዘሩ በእርሱ ይኖራልና፤ ከእግዚአብሔርም ተወልዶአልና ኃጢአትን ሊያደርግ አይችልም።
• ፲ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆችና የዲያብሎስ ልጆች በዚህ የተገለጡ ናቸው፤ ጽድቅን የማያደርግና ወንድሙን የማይወድ ሁሉ ከእግዚአብሔር አይደለም።

👉 Courtesy: Nature

💭 Researchers call on authorities all across the world to heal the divisions in society left by the COVID-19 pandemic as the vaccinated are motivated to exclude the unvaccinated from family relationships and even protected political rights.

People show prejudice and discriminatory attitudes towards individuals not vaccinated against COVID-19 across all inhabited continents of the world. This is the finding of a global study from Aarhus University in Denmark, which has just been published today (December 8) in the journal Nature.

Many vaccinated people do not want close relatives to marry an unvaccinated person. They are also inclined to think that the unvaccinated are incompetent as well as untrustworthy, and they generally feel antipathy against them.

The study reveals that prejudice towards the unvaccinated is as high or higher than prejudice directed toward other common and diverse targets of prejudice, including immigrants, drug addicts, and ex-convicts.

In sharp contrast, researchers found that the unvaccinated display almost no discriminatory attitudes towards the vaccinated.

“The conflict between those who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who are not, threatens societal cohesion as a new socio-political cleavage, and the vaccinated clearly seem to be the ones deepening this rift,” says postdoc Alexander Bor, who is the lead author of the study “Discriminatory Attitudes Against the Unvaccinated During a Global Pandemic.”

Human explanation for prejudice

According to the researchers, the reason for these discriminatory attitudes appears to be that the vaccinated perceive the unvaccinated as free riders. High vaccination uptake is crucial in order to combat the pandemic and secure the public good of normal everyday life without great human or financial losses. And when some people help increase vaccine uptake while others do not, it evokes negative sentiments.

“The vaccinated react in quite a natural way against what they perceive as free-riding on a public good. This is a well-known psychological mechanism and thus a completely normal human reaction. Nonetheless, it could have severe consequences for society,” says co-author Michael Bang Petersen, who is a professor of political science at Aarhus University and head of the research project of which this study is part.

”In the short run, prejudice towards the unvaccinated may complicate pandemic management because it leads to mistrust, and we know that mistrust hinders vaccination uptake. In the long run, it may mean that societies leave the pandemic more divided and polarised than they entered it,” says Michael Bang Petersen.

Fundamental rights could be in danger

A survey fielded solely in the United States as part of the overall study shows that not only do vaccinated people harbor prejudice against the unvaccinated, they also think they should be denied fundamental rights. For instance, the unvaccinated should not be allowed to move into the neighborhood or express their political views on social media freely, without fear of censorship.

“It is likely that we will encounter similar support for the restriction of rights in other countries, seeing as the prejudice and antipathy can be found across continents and cultures,” says Michael Bang Petersen.

Researchers warn against condemnatory rhetoric

In many places, low vaccine uptake still poses a challenge to pandemic management, but the researchers warn authorities against employing a rhetoric of moral condemnation in their attempt to make more people get vaccinated. A strategy otherwise deployed in a number of countries, including France, where president Emmanuel Macron has stated that he wants to ‘piss off’ the unvaccinated to a degree that will make them get vaccinated.

”Moral condemnation may strengthen the cleavages and further feelings of exclusion that have led many unvaccinated to refuse the vaccine in the first place. Our prior research has shown that transparent communication about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines is a more viable public-health strategy for increasing vaccine uptake in the long term,” says Michael Bang Petersen.

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ይህ ተሰምቶ አይታወቅም | ጸሎት የሚያደርሱትን የተዋሕዶ ልጆች ይሸናሉ ብለው ዘረኞቹ ወነጀሏቸው

የኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ እምነት ተከታዮች፡ በጀርመኗ ሙኒክ ከተማ፡ ቤተክርስቲያናቸው አጠገብ ቆመው ጸሎት ሲያደርሱ፡ ዘረኞቹ ፎቶ በማንሳት፡ መጀመሪያ ፊስ ቡክ ላይ ለቀቁት፡ ከዚያም በይቦታው ወሬውን አሠራጭተው ብዙ ነጮች እንዲቆጡ ለማድረግ በቅተው ነበር።

“ተመልከቱ! አዲስ መጤ ጥቁሮች ቤተክርስቲያናችን ላይ እየሸኑ ነው!”

በማለት ብዙ የጥላቻ እና የዛቻ ዘመቻ በኢትዮጵያውያኑ (ኤርትራ) ላይ ለመቀስቀስ ሞክረዋል።

ጸሎት እያደረሱ እንደሆነ ከጀርመን ካቶሊክ ቤተክርስቲያን በኩል ማስተባበያ ቢሰጥም አምነው መቀበል ስላቃታቸው/ስላልፈለጉ እጅግ የሚያሳዝን የጥላቻ መርዛቸውን መርጨቱን ቀጥለው ነበር።

በጣም አሳዛኝ ሁኔታ ነው፤ በጣም አሳዛኝ ሰዎች ናቸው። ጀርመናውያኑ እራሳቸው ከፈጠሩት ውድቀታቸው ምናልባት ኢትዮጵያውያኑ እንደ መልአክ ተልከውላቸው ሊሆን ይችላል፣ ግን ወደ ጨለማው በመግባታቸው በጎ ነገር መሻትና ጥሩውን ከመጥፎ ለመለየት ተስኗቸዋል። ለልጆቹ ወደፊት ማሰብ ያቃተው ትውልድ ምንም የሚያኮራ ነገር ሊኖረው አይችልም።

እንደ ነቀርሳ እየበዘበዟቸው፣ እየበደሏቸው፣ ህፃናቶቻቸውን እየደፈሩባቸው ብሎም እየገደሉባቸው ባሉት በሙስሊሞቹ ወራሪዎች ላይ “የለም የገነባነውን ማፍረስና ማስፈረስ የለብንም!“ በማለት እንደ መነሳሳት፣ ምንም ባላደረጓቸው፡ ምናልባትም ሊረዷቸውና ሊጠቅሟቸው በሚችሉት የኢትዮጵያ (ኤርትራ) ተዋሕዶ ክርስቲያኖች ላይ ያላግባብ አካኪ ዘራፍ ይላሉ።

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ግብዞች! ደካሞች! ተልካሾች! ውዳቂዎች!

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It Was Another Perfect Moment Until Pride & Prejudice Reigned

„It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels„ St. Augustine

When Being Right is Wrong: The Deadly Sin of Pride

There is a little poem by e.e.cummings which contains a line, “even on a sunday may I be wrong, for whenever men are right they are not young.” The poet is being paradoxically playful to make a point. When we are always right about everything we have not only lost the innocence of youth, but we are also guilty of the most basic sin of all, the deadly sin of pride. Pride is best understood as being right at all costs.

Some of the problems we think of as pride are really the symptoms of pride. We consider an arrogant person to be proud, but arrogance is one of the outward signs of pride. A person who displays his achievement or wealth, struts his good looks or brags about his victories is displaying the symptoms of pride, but pride is a much deeper problem and its symptoms can be seen in many other less obvious ways. A person who insists on arguing his point and will not listen to anyone else is proud. A person who simply assumes that he is right in his opinions is proud even though he may not strut or be arrogant. A person who can never be corrected, who is always defensive, who always has an excuse or always blames another person is proud because they cannot be wrong. Ever. At all.

In religious circles a person who is self righteous is proud. Now it gets tricky because a person who appears very humble and pious might, beneath the surface, be very proud of their piety and religious knowledge. At this point we have to laugh at ourselves. “What? You mean I am proud of being humble?” It’s true, some of the most incorrigibly proud people appear to be self effacing, obedient and pious souls.

This is why pride is so deadly, because it is the one sin that hides itself so effectively. The proud person, by very definition, does not realize he is proud. If he realized he was proud he would repent, but it is pride which keeps him from seeing that he is wrong or sinful in any way. Pride is a very difficult sin to do anything about because the proud person will even go so far as to admit that he is proud, and that makes him even more “right” than he was before!

What a subtle, lying, deceitful and insidious sin pride is! No wonder it is called “the first sin”. No wonder it is the first and most terrible sin of Satan who is the Father of Lies. Is pride deadly? Yes. It is deadly like a poisoned apple. It is deadly like a smiling murderer. Pride kills because the proud person cannot stand others who disagree. Not only does the proud person have to be right, but as their pride grows they must also destroy everyone else who is wrong. They cannot allow an enemy to remain. The proud person may not kill literally, but they kill reputations through gossip and detraction. They kill good will through hatred and recrimination. They kill charity through revenge and nursing a grudge. They kill friendship through arrogance, indifference to others and lack of compassion.

Humility counters pride. The word “humility” is derived from the same root as humor and “humus” which means “earth.” A humble person is down to earth. A humble person has a good sense of humor. Most of all, the humble person knows his failures, faults and foibles. He knows himself and can laugh at himself. e.e.cummings ends the poem by saying ruefully, “there’s never been quite such a fool who could fail, pulling all the sky over him with one smile.”

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I Taught My Black Kids That Their Elite Upbringing Would Protect Them From Discrimination – I was Wrong

No matter how many degrees you have, no matter how nicely you dress, no matter how “articulate” you are, Whites will still see you as a “nigger”

“ሮም አገር ስትሆን እንደ ሮማውያን አድርግ” የሚለውን አባባል በከፊል እስማማበታለሁ፤ አሁን ከረባት የምንለው ጨርቅ (ኽርቫቲ = ክሮኤሺያ – ከሚለው ቃል የፈለሰ ነው) ታሪካዊ አመጣጡ ከአውሮፓውያን ጋር የተያያዘ በመሆኑና ቀስበቀስም እንደ መለዮ ስለተወሰደና ከሌላው የተሻልን መሆናችንን የምናሳይበት ምልክት ስለሆነ። በተለይ እኛ ኢትዮጵያውያን ከረባት ማሠራችንን አልደግፈውም፤ እኔ እራሴ አልፎ አልፎ ለማሠር ብገደድም። የባህል ልብሳችንን ላለመልበስ አዘውትረን የምንሰጠው ምክኒያት፡ “ለሥራ አያመችም!” በማለት ነው። እንዲያመቸን አድርገን ማሠራት/መሥራት አንችልምን? እኔ ከረባት ሳሥር በደንብ ለመስራትም ሆነ ዘና ለማለት ይከብደኛል፤ አንገት አንቆ ትንፋሽ ስለሚያሳጥር። በሌላ በኩል፡ ከረባት ስለታሠረ የሚኮሩ ብዙዎች አሉ፤ “የኛ” ባልሆነ ነገር፡ በተለይ እኛ ኢትዮጵያውያን ደረታችንን ለመንፋት ስንሞክር በጣም አሳፋሪ ሆኖ ነው የሚታየኝ፤ ታዲያ ፈረንጁ ይህን አይቶ ቢያሽሟጥጥብን ሊደንቀን ይገባልን? በራሱ ባህላዊ አለባበስ ሆነ ባጠቃላይ ማንነቱ የማይኮራ ሌሎች ሊያክብሩት ወይም ሊወዱት አይችሉም። ቀደም ሲል ለባርነት ተጋልጠው የነበሩትና በአውሮፓውያን ቅኝ አገዛዝ ሥር ወድቀው የነበሩት አፍሪቃውያን ወንድሞቻችን ለውስኪ እና ከረባት ሲሉ ወገኖቻቸውን ለባርነት አሳልፈው ሲሰጡ ነበር፤ አሁን ነፍሳቸውን መልሰው ለማግኘት በመሻት ባህላዊ የሆኑ ልብሶቻቸውን በየቦታው ሲያዘወትሩ ይታያሉ። እኛ ደግሞ፡ ነገሮች ሁሉ ግልጥ ብለው በሚታዩበት በዚህ ዘመን ለብዙ ዘመናት የጠበቅነውን ብርቅ ማንነታችንን በግድየለሽነት እየሸረሸርን መሆኑ፤ ወርቁን በፈቃዳችን ለማስረከብ ጠዋት ማታ ተግተን መሥራታችን አያሳዝምን? ‘ሠለጠነ‘ የሚባለው ዓለም ነዋሪ ሱፉን እና መርቸድሱን እያስቀመጠ ወደ ካኪውና ብስክሌቱ በመሸጋገርና ያጣውን ሰብዓዊነቱን መልሶ ለማግኘት በመታገል ላይ ይገኛል….እኛስ?…. ከረባት፡ ለእኔ፡ ዘንዶን – የሚያንቅ ዘንዶን – መስሎ ነው የሚታየኝ። የኦክስጅን እጥረት በሚታይባቸው ከተሞቻችንና ላብ በሚያስመርቱት ሞቃታም ቦታዎቻችን አንገትን በከረባት ማነቅ ጥሩ ሃሳብ መስሎ አይታየኝም፤ ስለዚህ፡ ኢትዮጵያዊው፡ ከትንሹ እስከትልቁ፡ ከረባት ማሠር ቢያቆም ጥሩ ነው እላለሁ።

I knew the day would come, but I didn’t know how it would happen, where I would be, or how I would respond. It is the moment that every black parent fears: the day their child is called a nigger.

My wife and I, both African Americans, constitute one of those Type A couples with Ivy League undergraduate and graduate degrees who, for many years, believed that if we worked hard and maintained great jobs, we could insulate our children from the blatant manifestations of bigotry that we experienced as children in the 1960s and ’70s.

We divided our lives between a house in a liberal New York suburb and an apartment on Park Avenue, sent our three kids to a diverse New York City private school, and outfitted them with the accouterments of success: preppy clothes, perfect diction and that air of quiet graciousness. We convinced ourselves that the economic privilege we bestowed on them could buffer these adolescents against what so many black and Latino children face while living in mostly white settings: being profiled by neighbors, followed in stores and stopped by police simply because their race makes them suspect.

But it happened nevertheless in July, when I was 100 miles away.

It was a Tuesday afternoon when my 15-year-old son called from his academic summer program at a leafy New England boarding school and told me that as he was walking across campus, a gray Acura with a broken rear taillight pulled up beside him. Two men leaned out of the car and glared at him.

“Are you the only nigger at Mellon Academy*?” one shouted.

Certain that he had not heard them correctly, my son moved closer to the curb, and asked politely, “I’m sorry; I didn’t hear you.”

But he had heard correctly. And this time the man spoke more clearly. “Only … nigger,” he said with added emphasis.

My son froze. He dropped his backpack in alarm and stepped back from the idling car. The men honked the horn loudly and drove off, their laughter echoing behind them.

By the time he recounted his experience a few minutes later, my son was back in his dorm room, ensconced on the third floor of a red-brick fortress. He tried to grasp the meaning of the story as he told it: why the men chose to stop him, why they did it in broad daylight, why they were so calm and deliberate. “Why would they do that — to me?” he whispered breathlessly into the phone. “Dad, they don’t know me. And they weren’t acting drunk. It’s just 3:30 in the afternoon. They could see me, and I could see them!”

My son rambled on, describing the car and the men, asking questions that I couldn’t completely answer. One very clear and cogent query was why, in Connecticut in 2014, grown men would target a student who wasn’t bothering them to harass in broad daylight. The men intended to be menacing. “They got so close — like they were trying to ask directions. … They were definitely trying to scare me,” he said.

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Ebola: Africa’s Image Takes a Hit

ቸሩ እግዚአብሔር እናት አገራችንን ከመቅሰፍቱ ሁሉ ይጠብቅልን!

In the United States, some parents fearful of deadly Ebola pulled children out of a school after the principal returned from Zambia, an African nation far from the area hit by the disease. In Geneva, a top U.N. official warned against anti-African discrimination fueled by fears of Ebola. The disease has ravaged a small part of Africa, but the international image of the whole continent is increasingly under siege, reinforcing some old stereotypes.

Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — the African countries afflicted by the Ebola outbreak — have a combined population of about 22 million on a continent with more than 1 billion people. Their corner of West Africa encompasses an area the size of California, or almost as big as Morocco. Yet the epidemic feeds into a narrative of disaster on a continent of 54 countries that has seen some progress in past years, and false perceptions of Ebola’s reach are hurting African business distant from the affected areas.

“It speaks to a whole discourse about the danger of Africa,” said Michael Jennings, a senior lecturer in international development at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

He cited the recent decision of a British school to postpone a visit by a teacher from the West African country of Ghana after parents expressed concern about the Ebola virus. Ghana does not border the hard-hit nations and has not reported any cases of the disease.

Jennings said fearful people don’t necessarily react in a rational way and the message of some comments on social media in Britain is: “Why don’t we just stop everyone in West Africa from coming?”

Africa has had a troubled image. Famine in Ethiopia, chaos in Somalia and genocide in Rwanda drove the idea of a continent in perpetual crisis. In recent years, though, an end to a number of wars and ensuing stability and growth pointed to a turnaround that some enthusiasts dubbed “Africa Rising.”

Now the economic impact of Ebola fears is being felt in many parts of Africa. Hotels, tourism operators and conference organizers are recording increasing cancellations.

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Italy’s First Black Minister Has a Banana Thrown at Her While Making a Speech

Italy’s first black government minister has endured racist insults and ridicule since taking office, but on Friday the harassment grew worse.

Integration minister Cecile Kyenge, who was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was giving a speech when all over a sudden a spectator began hurling bananas at her. None of the bananas hit Kyenge, but news pundits expressed shame at how the far right was representing Italy.

“Another shameful and disgraceful gesture. Solidarity with the Minister Kyenge. Now let’s just isolate the idiots,” said Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno.

Other Italians took to social media to express how ashamed they were to be living in a country where such racist views are held.

Italians on the far right hold anti-immigration views, especially toward Africans. And since Kyenge wants to make it easier for some immigrants to gain citizenship, she has become a lightening rod for racists.

In response to Kyenge’s proposal to allow anyone born in Italy to become a citizen, a far right group left fake mannequins covered in blo0d at the site of a rally in Cervia.

Ms Kyenge released a statement calling the banana throwing incident a “sad” waste of food.

“The courage and optimism to change things has to come above all from the bottom up to reach the institutions,” she continued.

It is not just random banana throwers who have been harassing Kyenge. A parliamentarian compared her to an orangutan earlier this month. Kyenge has remained dignified throughout the onslaught of racist ridicule.

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Milan Football Player Walks Off Over Racism

KEVIN CONSTANT is the latest AC Milan player to storm off the pitch in protest at racist abuse.

The Guinean kicked the ball into the crowd after suffering 34 minutes of taunts from the crowd during the Italians’ pre-season friendly with Sassuolo.

The referee confirmed after the match that Constant was not sent off and walked off due to racist chanting.

This is just the latest in a series of racist incidents involving Milan players.

Kevin-Prince Boateng and his team-mates were praised for leaving the pitch during in a friendly in January after abuse from Pro Patria fans.

And Mario Balotelli was hit with a barage of racist abuse from Inter fans during the Milan derby

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