Daily Archives: September 12, 2012
[View the story "The death of US Ambassador in Libya" on Storify] The death of US Ambassador in Libya Follow IndepthAfrica live blog on the violent deaths of four American diplomatic personnel in Libya today 12/09/2012. Storified by Indepth Africa … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, Libya, News, North Africa, Spotlight, World News
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Tagged Ambassador, Ambassadors of the United States, Barack Obama, Benghazi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libya, United States, US Ambassador
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The United States is deploying a US Marine anti-terrorism team to Libya to bolster security after a deadly attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, a US defense official said Wednesday. “The Marines are sending a FAST (Fleet Antiterrorism Security … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Barack Obama, Benghazi, Libya, Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, September 11 attacks, Tuesday, United States, United States Marine Corps
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The loss of four American lives in Libya, including the brutal suffocation of Ambassador Christopher Stevens, and the burning of the American embassy in Egypt should put an immediate end to all of the wishful-thinking, double-talk about the Obama foreign … read more »
Posted in Article, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Barack Obama, Christopher Stevens, Egypt, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Israel, Libya, obama, United States
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In October Libya will officially celebrate its first anniversary of independence, though in fact it has been more than a year since Tripoli was overrun. In the same month the West will mark 11 years of involvement in Afghanistan, the … read more »
The Obama administration, roiled by the first killing of a U.S. ambassador in more than 30 years, is investigating whether the assault on the U.S. consulate in Libya was a planned terrorist strike to mark the anniversary of the Sept. … read more »
Posted in Article, Libya, North Africa
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Tagged Barack Obama, Benghazi, Hillary Rodham Clinton, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, obama, Stevens, United States
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The killing, allegedly by suffocation, of United States Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens in the Cyrenaican port city of Benghazi in eastern Libya has prompted much talk about the possible implications of growing anti-American sentiment in the countries of the … read more »
Posted in Article, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Bacile, Egypt, Hessell-Tiltman Prize, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Libya, Sam Bacile, United States, Washington
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The flareup of violence in which Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed in Libya shows how the Arab Spring has unleashed forces that are vehemently opposed to America and its ideals. Washington The killings of the US ambassador to Libya and … read more »
Posted in Article, Libya, News
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Tagged Arab Spring, Benghazi, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Patrick Clawson, Salafi, United States, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
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Roger Runningen and Hans Nichols, ©2012 Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obamacondemned “in the strongest terms” an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that left the ambassador and three other American embassy staff dead. He ordered tighter security … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, Libya, News
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Tagged Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Rodham Clinton, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Mitt Romney, obama, Romney, United States
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By Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent and Areesh Saeed in Benghazi,telegraph.co.uk Chris Stevens had travelled to Benghazi this week to open an American cultural centre, a fitting reminder of the friendships he forged there during the Libyan uprising against Colonel … read more »
Posted in America, Article, Global Issues, News
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Benghazi, Daily Telegraph, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Muhammad, Stevens, United States
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By: Anthony Gregory On the eve of September 10, 2001, I went to sleep a libertarian, distrustful of the state, holding both major political parties in contempt, seeing the federal government as the primary enemy of the American people, their … read more »
By Dominique and Mike Rychlik The anniversary of 9/11 is a poignant occasion to reflect on why we insist on seeing people of other faiths as fundamentally “other” when there is so much that we share. While great strides have … read more »
By: JTW By Büşra Şener One of the top leaders of Iraq, Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, was convicted of forming death squads and sentenced to death in absentia in a trial conducted on Sunday. On Monday, he stated his … read more »
By David Knox CNN continues its “Freedom Project” campaign against Modern Day Slavery with the documentary A Stand in the Sinai, featuring CNN correspondent Fred Pleitgen. African refugees, mostly from Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea, face a dangerous journey crossing Egypt’s … read more »
by Prince Charles Dickson “Person wey mad-man beat him papa if e see dirty mechanic him go run, person wey snake kill him mama dey fear earthworm”. Local axiom. Many commentaries I am sure have been written in the wake … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Anders Behring Breivik, CBS News, Clifford, Clifford Orji, Dele Giwa, Funsho Williams, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Nigeria
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By Eric Graham The words of Karl Marx have particular resonance when considering South Africa’s Aurora scandal: “The same prostitution, the same shameless cheating, the same mania to get rich was repeated in every sphere, from the court to the … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Motala, Nelson Mandela, Orkney, South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Zuma
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The 11th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks passed Tuesday with diminished official commemoration, as attempts to exploit the tragic deaths of that day as a pretext for Washington’s unending wars have grown ever more hollow. In New York … read more »
By Abdi Aynte On Monday, Somalia lived up to its track record for never re-electing an incumbent leader. President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed lost to a political newcomer, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in a landslide victory that represented a stinging condemnation of … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mohamud, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, sheikh, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland
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This document does not reflect the support of this party by neither the publication nor the journalist. The Rwanda People Party (RPP) has written a letter to Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni seeking to gain his influence with President Paul Kagame … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, News, Rwanda
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Tagged Carnegie Mellon University, Excellency, IndepthAfrica, Kagame, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Patriotic Front, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni
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By Farai Mamina ANALYSIS Opening As the new draft constitution fracas continues to gather momentum with familiar propagandists’ tendencies of defending impracticable and anti-Zimbabwean constitutional demands, there are deep-seated issues Zimbabweans should never forget. These issues should form part of … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Gukurahundi, Ian Smith, indepthafrfica, MDC, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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Morgan Lorraine Roach Yesterday, Somalia’s newly appointed parliament voted Hassan Sheikh Mohamud into office as the country’s new president. A political amateur and academic from central Somalia, Mohamud is considered to be a moderate. As such, he contrasts greatly with … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, News, Somali, Spotlight
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, National Constituent Assembly, sheikh, Somali people, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, White House
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IT is almost 52 years now after Nigeria’s independence in 1960, but the country is still contending with various problems ranging from political, social to economic problems. Public analysts have written so much on some of the problems, with many … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Business and Economy, Embassies and Consulates, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kano State, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe, Nigeria, United States
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By Herbert Mugwagwa Locardia poorly advised: Tsvangirai, Court has no Jurisdiction over my wedding – Tsvangirai, Tsvangirai aides’ confident wedding will go ahead as planned – these were some of the top stories on Wednesday morning just as Prime Minister … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Morgan Tsvangirai, Movement for Democratic Change Tsvangirai, Prime minister, Robert Mugabe, South Africa, Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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(Reuters)Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is battling to reform one of the world’s most corrupt nations without support from the shadowy “godfathers” who wield power from behind the scenes. Summoned by President Goodluck Jonathan last year to restore some order … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala, Reuters, World Bank, World Trade Organization
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Despite the 2-2 draw result the Super Eagles recorded in the first leg of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against the Lone Star of Liberia at the weekend in Monrovia, Former Africa Player of the Year, Victor … read more »
By Hannatu Musawa, Leadership opinion Kidnapping can most accurately be described as the crime of unlawfully seizing and carrying away a person by force of fraud, or seizing and detaining a person against his or her will with an intent … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Academic Staff Union of Universities, crime, IndepthAfrica, Kidnapping, Kwara State, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nigerians, Somalia
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A body was found near the Lonmin’s platinum mine in Marikana on Tuesday, North West police said. “I can confirm that a body of a man was found 300m away from where the miners usually meet, on the western side … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Canadian Country Music Association, CCMA, IndepthAfrica, Lonmin, Marikana, National Union of Mineworkers, North West, Nyala, Rustenburg
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The striking workers’ representatives yesterday flatly refused to join the negotiations, facilitated by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). The National Union of Mineworkers, United Association of SA, Solidarity and the employer, Lonmin, who all signed a peace … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged Arbitration, CCMA, Lonmin, National Union of Mineworkers, Rustenburg, Solidarity, South Africa, Strike action
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Israel is refusing to allow entry to a small group of African migrants huddled at a desert border fence with Egypt, officials said Wednesday, underscoring a toughened entry policy. The Eritrean group appeared to number a dozen, including two women … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, News, Spotlight
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Tagged African people, Egypt, Eli Yishai, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, Ran Cohen, Sudan, tel aviv
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Monica Mark,guardian.co.uk High local prices and middle class desires are driving Nigerians to London in search of bargains, from pants to steaks. On her twice-yearly visits to London from Nigeria, Victoria Appiah stocks up on everything she needs for the … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Special Reports, West Africa
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Tagged Fela Kuti, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, London, Marble Arch, Marks & Spencer, Nigeria, Office for National Statistics
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Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema called for a national strike at all mines on Tuesday until the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) leadership steps down. “There must be a national strike at all the mines until Frans Baleni … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, Carletonville, IndepthAfrica, Julius Malema, Lonmin, Malema, National Union of Mineworkers, South Africa
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