Tiger Woods: His golf ball landed in the wrong place for a woman
When Tiger Woods the great golf player extramarital affair was exposed, the media and the reaction of a section of the public against him were as if none of them had ever done wrong before. They painted Mr. Woods double darker than he is and judged him as the biggest adulterer or fornicator in the universe.
To me, there are thousands of people, including celebrities, musicians, and film stars, having extramarital affairs, yet the media does not know about it. As an African, I always speak in proverbs. One says that "when the air blows, then you see the backside of the chicken." When your cup is full, then secret things are exposed.
From biblical times to our present generation, great men have fallen to their knees because of women. Samson submitted to the Philistines because of Delilah. King Ahab's glory fell to grass by listening to his wife's advice. Jezebel forced him to take possession of Naboth's vineyard. That cost him much.
Mike Tyson, formerly one of the world's strongest boxers, served a jail sentence because of his rape case against Desiree Washington. Bill Clinton, the former American president, had his share of disgrace because of Monica Lewinsky, a white house staff member.
Kobi Bryan, the NBA star, narrowly escaped prison because of a woman. Jeffery Archer, the British author, failed to be elected as the mayor of London because he slept with a prostitute.
It would be an unending feature if I kept on giving examples of great men floored by women. These problems men are facing keep on surfacing in the papers each and every day, but none serve as a deterrent to anyone, until they are exposed. They say women are the weaker gender, but to me, they are stronger than men.
Tiger Woods is not the only wrongdoer. One thing I don't understand is the woman who openly told the world that they had an affair with Mr. Woods.
Do they want money or fame? I call this cheap publicity. If one wants to be famous, he or she must try on their own. The media should leave him alone. The man has suffered a great deal psychologically.
Belgium's aid to Africa
In the past years, Belgium has been among the European countries playing an important role in the development of Africa by granting emergency aid in the form of cash and goods to some African countries.
Recently, the Belgian government announced its release of 500,000 euros for the purchase of 1,200 tonnes of food to be distributed by the World Food Programme (WFP) to the inhabitants of Kenya.
The government has also released 750,000 euros to the WFP to purchase 1300 tonnes of food for drought-affected victims in Ethiopia.
The Belgian Cooperation Ministry has announced that the food would be distributed as a priority to young children and mothers of those countries.
Since the beginning of last year, Belgium has granted food aid to the tune of 2.5 million euros to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Niger, Somalia, and Zimbabwe.
In another development, Belgium's Cooperation and Development Minister Charles Michel told a news briefing in Dakar, Senegal, that Public Development Aid (PDA) to Senegal in 2010 will amount to 55.5 million euros.
Under the arrangement, Belgium will be dedicating 0.7% of its gross domestic product to the PDA to become one of the nations in Europe. Other European countries affiliated with this pact are Sweden, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, with the highest level of financial aid to developing countries.
The Belgian minister explained that Senegal remains one of the 18 countries where the PDA would be fully implemented within the New Cooperation Indicative Programme.
The program was signed in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, between Michel and the Senegalese Minister of State in charge of Economy and Finance, Abboulaye Diop.
Under the agreement, the program would be for a period of four years (from 2010 to 2013, instead of the previous three years).
Terrorism in Africa
Islam means patience, love, and togetherness. That's what the Koran says and the definition that is given by many Muslims when asked to give a little explanation of what the religion is about.
However, that definition is immediately called into question or disagreed with by the new global desire for violence and the desire of Islamic fanatics to kill innocent people to end their lives.
Islam is rapidly turning into a more violent religion than the unity and love they advocate. Umar Abdulmutallab, a failed suicide bomber, expressed his terrifying vision of a world run by radical Islamic hardliners in a string of online messages.
Frequently, the African continent is completely disregarded or undervalued. World leaders are cautioned not to undervalue Africans anymore after this 23-year-old terrorist managed to evade security measures and all of their detectors to board the aircraft to bomb Flight 253, which was traveling from Amsterdam to the United States.
Had his murderous plans been successful, Islamic extremists such as al-Qaeda would have boasted about it and plotted additional assaults.
It is now time for world leaders to concentrate more on Africa to prevent the usage of that continent as a safe haven for terrorists.
I believe that there will be a time when genuine Muslims and true followers of the Prophet Mohammed will openly speak against what their fanatic brothers are doing and try to do their best to end or reduce this unnecessary global violence, especially in Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
