Daily Archives: September 17, 2012
C oach René Girard sees no reason why Montpellier Hérault SC cannot overcome a slow start to the season and “cause another surprise” against Arsenal FC in Group B. French champions Montpellier Hérault SC face an early test of their UEFA … read more »
Posted in Soccer, Sports
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Tagged 2012/13 UEFA Champions League, Arsenal, arsenal fc, Arsene Wenger, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Montpellier, Montpellier v Arsenal Preview, René Girard, Stade de la Mosson, Uefa Champions League
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Real Madrid versus Manchester City. Mancini versus Mourinho. The Spanish champions versus the English champions. This is the first time these clubs have met in a competitive fixture and without doubt the highlight match of Gameweek 1. Both sides have … read more »
Posted in Soccer, Sports
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Tagged David Silva, IndepthAfrica, José Mourinho, La Liga, madrid, Man City, Manchester City F.C., Mancini, real madrid, Real Madrid v Man City Preview, Roberto Mancini, Uefa Champions League, UEFA Champions League 2012/13, Xabi Alonso
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NIGERIAN soldiers have shot dead a suspected media spokesman for Islamist militant group Boko Haram and another high-ranking member, a military official and a security source say. Troops involved in the operation on the outskirts of the city of Kano … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged 0, Abuja, Abul Qaqa, bokoharam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica African news, Islamism, Kaduna, Kano, Nigeria
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The long awaited endorsement of Hailemariam Desalegn to lead the second most populous country in Africa as it is quoted in some media, has come to decision over the weekend. Some may have caught with surprise to see a man … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Ethiopia, Ibrahim A. Ibrahim
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Tagged Eritrea, Ethiopia, Hailemariam, Hailemariam Desalegne, Indepth Africa Magazine, Meles Zenawi, Somalia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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A low-budget film that Muslims say insults the Prophet Muhammad has prompted a wave of protests across various countries. Western embassies across the Muslim world are on high alert for violence stemming from the film “The Innocence of Muslims” produced … read more »
Gareth van Onselen on the ANC President’s strange conflation of church and party The Ten Commandments according to Jacob Zuma “I arrived from Jordan this morning just after 5 o’clock… I must say I took advantage of being in Jordan … read more »
During the June protests, the women of Sudan led many of the demonstrations and a call for a nation-wide “Kandaka Friday” was made on July 13. The term was used by the Kushites to refer to their queens. Among the … read more »
Khadija Patel, dailymaverick SA’s beleaguered government continues its security crackdown in Marikana, with the South African National Defence Force announcing that it deployed 1,000 soldiers to the restive mining town in the North West. But even as President Zuma attempted … read more »
Posted in Article, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Frank Chikane, IndepthAfrica, Lonmin, Marikana, National Union of Mineworkers, SACC, South Africa, South African Council of Churches, South African National Defence Force
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Dr. Mitiku Haile UNESCO Deputy Representative of Ethiopia Paris, France I heard you commenting on the late Meles Zenawi in Geza Tegaru Paltlak Room. As a man living in exile for the last twenty one years I have a different … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Hailemariam, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Tigray, Tony Blair
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Greg Nicolson, dailymaverick As police raided the hostels of Lonmin miners it looked like the ANC had once again chosen force over discussion. It’s nothing new, but this specific raid will be what we remember as the beginning of the … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, ANC, Gwede Mantashe, Jacob Zuma, Lonmin, Marikana, National Executive Committee, South Africa
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by Alemayehu G. Mariam Hailemariam Desalegn It seems Ethiopia finally has a new prime minister. Two days ago, the leaders of the ruling EPDRF party approved Hailemariam Desalegn, the current deputy prime minister [DPM], to replace the late Meles Zenawi … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Charlemagne, Ethiopia, France, Hailemariam, Hailemariam Desalegne, Meles, Meles Zenawi, Roman Empire
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Two Ethiopian women have accused the country’s military of sexually abusing and raping them while they were detained after a crackdown in the Eastern Ogaden state near the Somalia border. Abdikarim Rabi, a human rights reporter with SVT, sent Bikyamasr.com … read more »
SAM NDA-ISAIAH, Leadership President hadn’t been quoted verbatim by the international news agencies, I would probably have argued he was quoted out of context. I am still aghast that he could say what he said. In faraway Malawi, a few … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Anambra State, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica African news, Jonathan, Kogi State, Malawi, Nigeria, President of Nigeria, United States
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President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday stated that God has already blessed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to win the December 7 polls. “The election is going to be one touch and I know that the way you have all … read more »
Vanguard, Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan declared, yesterday, that he is presently preoccupied with serious governance and warned politicians not to distract him with politics of 2015, saying the next general elections in year 2015 was still three years away. President … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Godswill Akpabio, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Isa Yuguda, Jonathan, Nigeria, President of the United States, Theodore Orji
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Roger Lumbala, an opposition politician and former rebel in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has left refuge in Burundi for France. The 54-year old sought refuge in the South African embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi, earlier this month when he found … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, News
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Tagged Bujumbura, Burundi, Democratic Republic Congo, France, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica African news, Lumbala, Roger Lumbala, Rwanda, South Africa
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