Daily Archives: October 16, 2012
This article is the thirteenth in a series by Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, a former Pakistani high commissioner to the UK, exploring how a litany of volatile centre/periphery conflicts with deep historical roots were interpreted after 9/11 in the new global … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Eritrea, Eritrean Liberation Front, Ethiopia, Hamid Idris Awate, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mengistu Hailemariam, Sudan
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“Say what?”.Oh, Puh-lee-ze, give me a break! Yes, I know that Ghanaians have very highly inflammable anger in their chromosomes when it comes to monetary issues. However, I have intentionally gone out of my way to push the pedal of … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana
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Tagged Bankruptcy, Donald Trump, Ghana, Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, Henry Ford, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Thomas Jefferson, United States
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Honduras progressed to the final phase of World Cup qualifying after condemning Canada to an embarrassing 8-1 defeat on Tuesday. Jerry Bengtson and Carlos Costly scored hat-tricks for Honduras, Mario Martinez chipped in with a brace for the hosts, while … read more »
The Netherlands maintained their perfect World Cup 2014 qualification record with a 4-1 win in Romania on Tuesday. A thrilling first half saw Jeremain Lens and Bruno Martins Indi put the visitors two goals ahead in the opening half hour, … read more »
Posted in Soccer, World News
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Tagged Bruno Martins Indi, Ciprian Marica, Fabio Capello, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Rafael van der Vaart, Robin van Persie, Roman Shirokov, Romania, Russia
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The United States is considering a troubling plan, intervention in the West African state of Mali to deal with its internal problems. In March the civilian government of Mali, a landlocked country with 16 million people, was overthrown … read more »
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The first Ugandan soldiers to fly into Somalia 5 1/2 years ago came under attack as soon as they arrived: Militants fired mortars at the new mission’s welcome ceremony. Today, backed by a sweeping multinational effort that … read more »
Posted in Article, Somali
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaUganda, Mogadishu, Somali, Somalia, Ugandan
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Armin Rosen, theatlantic Until recently, the Eritrean Air Force had a single luxury airplane, an 1970s-era American corporate turboprop. Thanks to a brazen act of defiance, the plane is now in Saudi Arabia. And its pilots, two high-ranking Air Force … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Afewerki, Al-Shabaab, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Eritrea, Eritrean Air Force, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Isaias Afewerki, Saudi Arabia, Somalia
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Senegal have been disqualified from the African Nations Cup after the riot that caused their play-off against the Ivory Coast to be abandoned. Missiles, stones, bottles and firecrackers were thrown onto the pitch and tear gas was used during the … read more »
Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Soccer
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Tagged Africa Nations Cup, CAF, Confederation of African Football, Côte d'Ivoire, Demba Ba, Didier Drogba, IndepthAfrica, Kolo Touré, Senegal
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If uncollected rubbish dumps, lack of running clean water and a dilapidating infrastructure inspire you Julius, then I suppose you should relocate to Harare. Greetings to you Julius. I am sure you will note that this is my second letter … read more »
Posted in Letters & Interviews, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African National Congress, Harare, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Julius, Julius Malema, Sandton, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema must hand back all the land he owns to the Khoisan, AfriForum Youth said on Tuesday. “Malema’s ancestors also migrated southward and arrived here in South Africa without land,” chairman Charl Oberholzer said … read more »
By: Jim Kouri Police and security forces in President Barack Obama’s ancestral home in Kenya said Sunday on a Fox News Channel broadcast that they are disappointed that they’ve not yet arrested suspects who perpetrated two bombings at a Nairobi … read more »
Posted in Article, Jim Kouri, Kenya
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, AlQaeda, Barack Obama, Fox New Channel, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenya Police, Nairobi, Somalia
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by Kelley B. Vlahos, Army Gen. Carter F. Ham, head of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), stood at a podium in Algeria and addressed the deteriorating security conditions in the neighboring country of Mali. (For those geographically-challenged, remember when you … read more »
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