2011 haS come and gone. A really eventful year was, marred with different events that made popular news headlines, all around the world. It was very difficult chosing just 10 out of the several news that rocked 2011, but the NigerianEye team tried to give a round-up of the Top-Ten most popular news stories of year 2011.The killing of Osama bin Laden during a raid by Navy SEALs on his hideout in Pakistan was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan's earthquake/tsunami disaster. The Japan Tsunami disaster was also very important.
We cannot but make mention of the Arab Spring uprisings that rocked North Africa and the Middle East leading to the removal of the leaders of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya etc.The European Union's financial turmoil, The rise of the Boko Haram sect in Nigeria etc
Here are 2011's top 10 stories, in order:
OSAMA BIN LADEN'S DEATH: He'd been the world's most-wanted terrorist for nearly a decade, ever since a team of his al-Qaida followers carried out the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In May, the long and often-frustrating manhunt ended with a nighttime assault by a helicopter-borne
special operations squad on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden was shot dead by one of the raiders, and within hours his body was buried at sea.
JAPAN'S TRIPLE DISASTER: A 9.0-magnitude earthquake off Japan's northeast coast in March unleashed a tsunami that devastated scores of communities, leaving nearly 20,000 people dead or missing and wreaking an estimated $218 billion in damage. The tsunami triggered the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl after waves knocked out the cooling system at a nuclear power plant, causing it to spew radiation that turned up in local produce. About 100,000 people evacuated from the area have not returned to their homes.
ARAB SPRING: It began with demonstrations in Tunisia that rapidly toppled the longtime strongman. Spreading like a wildfire, the Arab Spring protests sparked a revolution in Egypt that ousted Hosni Mubarak, fueled a civil war in Libya that climaxed with Moammar Gadhafi's death, and fomented a bloody uprising in Syria against the Assad regime. Bahrain and Yemen also experienced major protests and unrest.
EU FISCAL CRISIS: The European Union was hit with relentless fiscal turmoil. In Greece, austerity measures triggered strikes, protests and riots, while Italy's economic woes toppled Premier Silvio Berlusconi. France and Germany led urgent efforts to ease the debt crisis; Britain balked at proposed changes.
RESIGNATION OF EGYPTIAN LEADER, HOSNI MUBARAK: After 22 days of wild protest in Egypt's Tahrir square where Thousands took to the streets to force the removal of the dictator who had ruled the country with an iron-hand for 30 years. Hosni mubarak who is a leading figure in the middle East was forced to re-sign on February 11th 2011
GADHAFI TOPPLED IN LIBYA: After nearly 42 years of mercurial and often brutal rule, Moammar Gadhafi was toppled by his own people. Anti-government protests escalated into an eight-month rebellion, backed by NATO bombing, that shattered his regime, and Gadhafi finally was tracked down and killed in the fishing village where he was born.
THE RISE OF BOKO HARAM: Islamic extremist group from Nothern Nigeria who antagonize Western Education and lifestyle, launched several attacks on different areas in the country, causing different bomb blasts that have claimed the life of hundreds in the country. The Federal government of Nigeria has identified them as terror groups, and the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan recently declared a state of Emergency in some parts of the country as a result of the menace of BOKO HARAM
WITHDRAWAL OF US TROOPS FROM IRAQ: The withdrawal of American military forces from Iraq has been a contentious issue within the United States since the beginning of the Iraq War. As the war has progressed from its initial 2003 invasion phase to a multi-year occupation, U.S. public opinion has turned in favor of troop withdrawal. As of May 2007, 55 percent of Americans believed that the Iraq war was a mistake, and 51 percent of registered voters favored troop withdrawal. In late April 2007, the U.S. Congress passed a supplementary spending bill for Iraq that sets a deadline for troop withdrawal, but President Bush vetoed this bill soon afterwards. The Obama administration however ensured that all US Forces were mandated to withdraw from Iraqi territory by December 31, 2011 under the terms of a bilateral agreement signed in 2008. The U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq was completed on December 18, 2011 at a early Sunday morning.
DEATH OF APPLE INC. CO-FOUNDER STEVE JOBS: He was an American businessman and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Jobs was co-founder and previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney
ROYAL WEDDING: Prince William & Catherine Middleto: The Royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton took place on Friday April 29th, 2011.
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