The bloody al-Shabab attacks in Uganda underline that the US cannot simply outsource policing the Somali failed state

Last Sunday, during the World Cup final, suicide bombers struck two targets in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and turning a global celebration into an unspeakable tragedy. The Somali militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which targeted both a rugby centre frequented by foreigners and an Ethiopian restaurant. The bombers targeted Uganda because it is a leader in the African Union-led military force in Somalia backing the country's unpopular and fragile western-supported government.

Eight Indian states account for more poor people than in the 26 poorest African countries combined, a new measure of global poverty has found.

The Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, have 421 million "poor" people, the study found.

This is more than the 410 million poor in the poorest African countries, it said.

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A good video IMO:

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On the one hand, we get constant posting.

On the other, especially today, it has simply been a slagging match with the basic guist being:

Anon1 saying: "you are a civil servant being paid for your views!"
Me (You) Saying: "you are denying qur'an and sunnah and concealing the truth when you find it inconvenient"

and then we go around in circles with these points, going through many discussions turning them all to be a part of this.

We are approximately a month away from Ramadan and by then if this continues as it, it will be causing more bad deeds than good, ruining the purpose of this forum.