{"id":19715,"date":"2018-07-18T22:08:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T22:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19715"},"modified":"2018-07-18T22:13:31","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T22:13:31","slug":"the-world-in-going-through-strange-uncertain-times-barrack-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19715","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;THE WORLD IN GOING THROUGH STRANGE, UNCERTAIN TIMES&#8221; Barrack Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19311\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-768x219.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-1024x292.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Former U.S. President Barack Obama says the world is going through \u201cstrange [and] uncertain\u201d times in a speech honouring anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are strange, they are uncertain. Each day\u2019s news cycles bringing more head spinning and disturbing headlines,\u201d Obama says in his first major public address since leaving office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe international order is falling short of its promise. It is in part because of the failure of<br \/>\ngovernments and elites,\u201d Obama said.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cwe are now returning to a more dangerous way of doing business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Africa celebrates the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela\u2019s birth with a flagship speech by Obama and an outpouring of memories and tributes to the late anti-apartheid leader.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=16698&amp;ad_type=62&amp;rl=180\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Mandela, who died in 2013, remains a global icon for his long fight against white-minority rule and for his message of peace and reconciliation when he was released after 27 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>His birthday on July 18 is marked annually around the world, and the Nelson Mandela Foundation called this year for people to \u201ctake action and inspire change\u201d in Mandela\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>Obama set the tone for the celebrations with a speech in Johannesburg on July 17 that aides say will be his most important public address since leaving the White House in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Obama will also host a town hall event on Wednesday for 200 young leaders selected from across Africa to attend a five-day training programme.<\/p>\n<p>The former U.S. president met Mandela only briefly in 2005 but gave a eulogy at his funeral saying Mandela \u201cmakes me want to be a better man\u201d and hailing him as \u201cthe last great liberator of the 20th century\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/delta-is-working-new-200618-banner-ad-online-234-x-60px-f-4.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19511\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/delta-is-working-new-200618-banner-ad-online-234-x-60px-f-4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"3033\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Former U.S. President Barack Obama says the world is going through \u201cstrange [and] uncertain\u201d times in a speech honouring anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela. \u201cThey are strange, they are uncertain. 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