Monthly Archives: August 2012
Manchester City confirm the signing of Serbian centre-back Matija Nastasic from Fiorentina. While 19-year old Nastasic is moving to Manchester, Stefan Savic (21) is moving the other way and joins Fiorentina as part of the deal.
Posted in Soccer, Sports
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Spain international Javi Garcia has signed for City for an undisclosed fee from Benfica. More to follow.
Posted in Soccer, Sports
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Manchester City have completed the signing of right-back Maicon from Inter Milan for an undisclosed fee. The 31-year-old spent the last six seasons at the Italian giants making 235 appearances and scoring 20 goals. He began his career at Cruziero … read more »
Posted in News, Soccer, Sports
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Ethiopia will bury its longtime powerful prime minister Meles Zenawi on Sunday in the first state funeral staged for a leader of the Horn of Africa nation in more than 80 years. Several African leaders are expected to attend the … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Hailemariam, Meskel Square, United States, Yoweri Museveni
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Note: This guest article by Bentley Brown is his personal account of meeting the owners of Desta Ethiopian Restaurant, who were found murdered in front of their Dallas home in mid-August. Rani BirchfieldBentley Brown, left, regularly visited Yayehyirad “Yared” Lemma … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Atlanta, Dallas, Desta, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Sudan, United States, Yared
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Ethiopia on Friday assured Kenya of continued co-operation in trade and security after the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who was the country’s key regional ally. Ethiopia’s ambassador in Nairobi, Shemsudin Ahmed Roble said agreements reached between the two … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Brussels, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, List of heads of government of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, Mexico, Nairobi, South Sudan
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DENVER — A man with several aliases who was convicted of killing 101 and torturing many others in his native Ethiopia was hiding out in Denver, according to authorities. Referring to the man as Kefelegn Alemu Worku, Homeland Security Investigators … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Denver, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Hailemariam, Red Terror, United States
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By Getahune Bekele In his recent hit titled the black man, Teddy Afro once again captured the soul of the tyrannized nation, and speaking in riddles through his revolutionary songs, delivered the message of change and hope to the Ethiopians … read more »
Posted in Columnist, East Africa, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Getahune Bekele, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Teddy Afro, Youtube, Zenawi
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Considering that the abduction, enslavement, rape, and trafficking of Coptic Christian girls, especially minors, in Egypt is at an all time high—according to U.S. lawyers, 550 such cases have been documented in the last five years—Egypt’s Constituent Assembly to the Constitution met … read more »
A great speech by Marco Rubio, proud moments with Olympians, appearances by Jeb and Newt, and an unusual performance by Clint Eastwood – set all of that aside. This was Mitt Romney’s night, and all who watched, save the far-left … read more »
Retired South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu has cancelled his plans to speak at a Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in Johannesburg because former British Premier Tony Blair will be there. Blair’s “morally indefensible” alliance with the U.S. in overthrowing Iraqi … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Blair, Desmond Tutu, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, South Africa, Tony Blair, Tutu
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney promised he would cut deficits and put America on track to a balanced budget as president, but he left voters to take it on faith that he could deliver. The details behind that pledge, and … read more »
Detentions would begin on October 15 Israel’s Interior Minister Eli Yishai ordered immigration police yesterday to round up African migrants. The operation would begin on October 15. Many of the migrants are refugees from Darfur and face persecution or even … read more »
Posted in News, Spotlight
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Tagged Africa news, Darfur, Eli Yishai, Haaretz, IndepthAfrica, Interior ministry, Israel, October 15, Refugee, Yishai
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LAGOS—Personnel records of former and current members of Nigeria’s top domestic spy agency, including home addresses and names of immediate family members, were posted on the Internet in a threatening message that claimed to come from a radical Islamist sect … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Associated Press, Bank account, bokoharam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Lagos, Nigeria, State Security Service
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Addis Ababa — The Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan will attend the funeral ceremony of the late Ethiopian Prime Minister whose death was announced by Addis Ababa on 21 August, without specifying the cause. Ethiopia has readied a state … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News, South Sudan, Spotlight, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa news, Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, Juba, Meles Zenawi, Omar al-Bashir, South Sudan, Sudan
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The death of Meles Zenawi, under whom Ethiopia made strides despite repression, highlights the need for strong democratic institutions to maintain stability. By Kenneth Roth, latimes Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, who died last week after a long illness, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, Hottest News, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa news, Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegne, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenneth Roth, Meles Zenawi, Somalia
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The recent cruel murder of the daughter of a retired Nigerian general, Cynthia Osokogu, by persons she allegedly met on Facebook has once again brought to the fore, the pervasive risks and threats affiliated with the usage of social media. … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Business, David Mark, Facebook, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Online Communities, Pinterest, social media, Twitter
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by Peter Claver Opara Our president, Goodluck Jonathan is ill at ease with his perception amongst the people he rules. Some days ago, he laid the blame for his woeful performance on the press and followed it up by asserting … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa new, bokoharam, GoodluckJonathan, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Nigeria, Nigerians, Olusegun Obasanjo
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Lukhona-Mnguni A while back, I penned a letter titled, “Dear White People in South Africa” and it raised mixed discussions, some marred by bigoted racism of the worst kind from the white community and a patch of disorganized apologetic voices … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, Ferial Haffajee, IndepthAfrica, Lonmin, Mamphela Ramphele, South Africa, South Africa under apartheid, Sunday Independent
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By Karen Williams opinion South Africa has celebrated Women’s Month this year in a political climate that is lurching increasingly rightward and threatening to become repressive and authoritarian. The month commemorates the 1956 march on the Union Buildings against the … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African National Congress, Delmas Treason Trial, IndepthAfrica, Ivan Toms, Jacob Zuma, LGBT social movements, Simon Nkoli, South Africa, United Democratic Front
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HESE are indeed precarious times, for Reuben Abati has resorted to desperate measures. The flurry of articles from him in recent times speaks volumes about his desperation. For a man who hid under the umbrella of social activism for many … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abati, Africa news, Facebook, GoodluckJonathan, Ijaw, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Nigeria, Onitsha, Reuben Abati
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It has emerged that police have resurrected old apartheid legislation to hold the 270 Lonmin miners responsible for the murder of their fellow workers. The men’s case has been postponed to 6 September while police investigate further. They face a … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African National Congress Youth League, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Lonmin, Murder, National Prosecuting Authority, Pretoria Central Prison, South Africa
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Johannesburg – Ululation, whistles and jubilation marked expelled ANCYL leader Julius Malema’s arrival at the Aurora mine in Grootvlei, Springs on Thursday. Workers sang “Ngisebenzela izingane zami emgodini” (I’m working for my kids in the mine). Malema arrived in a … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, Grootvlei Power Station, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Mercedes-Benz Viano, Nelson Mandela, South Africa
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So there we have it. “The Spear” has been painted and displayed, and what has it achieved? Well, for one thing, it’s gone and whipped up a complete frenzy of allegations and counter allegations! Brett Murray has offended blacks and … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, ANC, Brett Murray, Eastern Cape, indepthafrica africa news, rainbow nation, South Africa, South African Communist Party, Spear
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Anni Dewani was murdered in Khayelitsha because the hitmen in the case did not have transport back to their homes in that area. “As we were driving near Mew Way [we got near] to C Section, where we stay, that’s … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged Africa news, Anni, Gugulethu, Indepth Africa, Khayelitsha, Mngeni, Murder, Murder of Anni Dewani, Qwabe, Western Cape High Court
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Introducing: Mitt Romney the Man — the man who vowed Thursday to strike back at President Barack Obama by vowing to restore the America of yore. In what was the most important speech of his career thus far, the Republican … read more »
The majority of the dead in the 16 August massacre at Marikana appear to have been shot at close range or crushed by police vehicles. They were not caught in a fusillade of gunfire from police defending themselves, as the … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, IndepthAfrica, Marikana, Nyala, Peter Alexander, Police, South Africa, SWAT, Tsepo, University of Johannesburg
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By Getahune Bekele Already known for his effrontery, embarrassing coltishness, and greed, the ex distance runner Haile Gebresilassie, first openly wept for a dead despot without considering what the reaction of the living millions would be. Then he was seen … read more »
Posted in Columnist, East Africa, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Bole International Airport, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Horn Times, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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Reporters Without Borders After several weeks of investigating reports from sources in Eritrea and from prison guards who fled the country, Reporters Without Borders has been able to confirm that three more journalists – Dawit Habtemichael, Mattewos Habteab and Wedi … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Asmara, Dahlak Archipelago, Eiraeiro, Eri-TV, Eritrea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Reporters Without Borders
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By Barbara Njau, Senior Reporter at fDi Magazine, fDi Intelligence Sub-Saharan Africa’s accelerated economic growth over the last decade has been well documented. Feted as the next boom market, especially with the backdrop of the economic slowdown in the West, … read more »
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