Daily Archives: October 18, 2012
BBC Report A year after the capture and violent death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on 20 October 2011, what has happened to his remaining family and members of his inner circle? Three of Gaddafi’s sons were killed in … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali
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Tagged Algeria, Gaddafi, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, International Criminal Court, Libya, Libyan, Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Tripoli
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Four years after the worst political crisis since it gained independence in 1963, pre-election tensions are mounting in Kenya. Writer Gray Phombeah believes the country is set for more bloody clashes amid the polling. In what some see as a … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Kenya
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kofi Annan, Mwai Kibaki, Nairobi, Orange Democratic Movement, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is working on an out-of-court settlement with an ex-lover who he dumped to marry another woman, lawyers said on Thursday. Locardia Karimatsenga Tembo had gone to a civil court demanding $15 000 per month for … read more »
By Diana Mpyisi, The New Times opinion At the beginning of this month, in 1990, a group of young Rwandan men and women began a struggle to end a regime which was based on divisionism, ethnicity, genocide ideology, amongst other … read more »
PRESS RELEASE Resolve Ogaden Coalition urges ONLF and the Ethiopia government to revive stalled peace talks Resolve Ogaden Coalition is disappointed to learn that peace talks between the Ogaden National Liberation Front and the Ethiopian government have come to … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian government, IndepthAfrica, Nairobi, Ogaden, Ogaden National Liberation Front, ONLF, Politics of Ethiopia, United States
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Sadly, Turatsinze is the latest innocent victim of this dangerous regime due to knowing too much about what really goes on inside the Rwandan Government. Theogene Turatsinze (WASHINGTON DC) – Holding too much information and working closely with the government … read more »
Posted in Article, Rwanda
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica news, Politics of Rwanda, Rwanda, Rwanda Development Bank, Rwandan government, Rwandan Patriotic Front, Turatsinze, World Bank
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By; Kiflu Hussain Despite repetitive adverts of a documentary and even its screening on Aljazeera titled “Struggle over Nile,” it’s a couple of days ago that I managed to watch it. My first attraction to the documentary stemmed from the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kiflu Hussain
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Tagged Blue Nile, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Hailemariam, Nile, United States
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KIGALI — Rwanda’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a suit filed by a leading opposition figure challenging one of the laws being used to prosecute her for allegedly denying the 1994 genocide. Victoire Ingabire, who has been in custody for … read more »
By BEN HARTMAN Photo: Ben Hartman Fearing a wave of impending arrests by Israeli authorities, around a hundred Eritrean migrants rallied outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Thursday, to protest the construction of a Negev detention facility … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Egypt, Eli Yishai, Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Negev, Prevention of Infiltration Law, tel aviv
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UNITED NATIONS—The UN General Assembly elected Rwanda, Argentina and Australia to the 15-national Security Council on Thursday for 2013 and 2014. Rwanda and Argentina were unopposed in their bids for the Africa seat and the Latin American and Caribbean seat, … read more »
by Ojong Debra Islamists group who have take over the deserted North of Mali and imposing the Sharia in the region are becoming more and more brutal. The Islamist are violating the strict Muslim law and sending away residents of … read more »
By Shakir Noori All hopes of a dialogue to end the crisis in the north of Mali have disappeared; the region is inching towards a relentless war, financed by the Africans and supported by the French. Several countries, including France, … read more »
Uche Igwe I was not so surprised to read that Nigeria has joined the ten bottom governance performers in Africa. The latest Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s Assessment of Governance in Africa ranked Nigeria 43 out of 52 countries assessed – slightly … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria
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Tagged Democratic Republic Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Institute of Development Studies, Mo Ibrahim, Nigeria, Pambazuka News, South Africa
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Henry Makori The groundbreaking case pits the state monopoly Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) and its long-serving CEO Edward Njoroge against the Nairobi Law Monthly magazine published by lawyer Ahmednassir Abdullahi. Hearing commences on 6 November. Nairobi Law Monthly resumed … read more »
Posted in Article, Kenya
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, India, KenGen, Kenya, Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Kenyan, Nairobi, United States
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Dale T. McKinley This week legal papers are set to be filed in the Constitutional Court seeking an order to compel President Zuma to appoint a Commission of Inquiry into ‘allegations of corruption and mismanagement’ covering both the Badplaas area … read more »
Posted in Article, South Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, ANC, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Mpumalanga, Royal Commission, South Africa, Swazi, Zulu, Zuma
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Economics IT IS a rite of passage for every new French president to head to French-speaking Africa and reaffirm faith in la Francophonie. So it was with François Hollande, who has just visited Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo. … read more »
By Ambassador Joseph Stafford When I arrived in Khartoum over three months ago to take up my duties as the Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy to Sudan, I was immediately struck by the friendliness and openness of … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged 12 September, Americans, Darfur, Demography of Sudan, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Sudan, United Nations General Assembly, United States
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By Lydia Alpizar Duran, trust.org West African Mali has a population of approximately 14.5 million concentrated primarily in the south. In the north, where some 1.5-2 million Malians reside, the provinces of Timbuktu, Kidal and Gao are a mosaic of … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Mali
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Tagged Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Sports, International Criminal Court, Islam, Islamism, Mali, MNLA, Timbuktu, UNESCO
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Dawit Atinafu Once, Ethiopia was a powerful nation with greater political and economic influences. However, this astounding position was drastically declined mostly due to internal political instability fashioned by the regimes that ruled the nation in different times. As a … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethnic group, Human Development Index, Indept Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Meles, Meles Zenawi
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