Daily Archives: October 26, 2012
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor I have said it several times already that former President Kufuor will do himself a world of good if he zips his mouth instead of saying what hurts his image and detracts from the NPP’s … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Michael Bokor
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Kufuor, Kufuor, National Health Insurance Scheme, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Tsatsu Tsikata
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In the Cabbagetown alleyway once soaked with rain and stained with blood, mourners shed tears and whispered prayers in Tigrinya for the ghost they called Nicky. Few, if any, knew Nighisti Semret, the middle-aged Eritrean refugee so brutally, mysteriously, stabbed … read more »
he prayer hypocrisy in Nigeria has been taken to the highest proportion. Nigeria has been variously described as the most religious country in the world. Some describe Nigeria as the most spiritual country while others call it the most prayerful citizens on the … read more »
By Lionel Badal ising demand fuelled by emerging countries, most notoriously China and India, has led to increased competition for natural resources. Despite recurrent volatility in the markets, the trend is a rise in prices, oil being the prime example. … read more »
Posted in Article, Business, DR Congo
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Tagged Democratic Republic of Congo, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, EITI, European Union, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, United States, US Securities and Exchange Commission
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Mohamud M Uluso Somalia adopted a UN-drafted Provisional Constitution, formed a new national parliament representing the entire population of the country and elected a national leadership for ending 12 years of a chaotic transition period and established a permanent, representative … read more »
By Tolu Ogunlesi Chinua Achebe’s latest book, There was a Country, has appeared fifty-four years after the author’s first novel, Things Fall Apart, today arguably the best-known novel ever written by an African. In the time between the two books, a … read more »
It only perpetuates Africa’s exploitation and alienation Antoine Roger Lokongo The Democratic Republic of Congo was recently the host of choice for ‘The 14th Summit Meeting of La Francophonie Heads of State and Governments’ which was held in the capital … read more »
Posted in Article, CAR, Congo, DR Congo
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Tagged Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Francophonie, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kinshasa, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, President of France
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by Robele Ababya, I chose to start writing this peace with this quotation by Thomas Jefferson: “Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty”. I chose it because liberty cannot be guaranteed to the vast majority of humankind as long as … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Great Seal of the United States, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Thomas Jefferson, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF, United States, United States Constitution
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An Interview with Tina Okpara, author of ‘My Life Has a Price’ Ziallo Gogui INTRODUCTION Tina Okpara’s memoir, now translated into English, talks about her five-year journey from a loving yet poor childhood in Nigeria to the ordeal of modern … read more »
An interview with Peter Godwin Wole Soyinka PETER GODWIN: Professor Soyinka, you’re not an ivory-tower kind of writer. You are not a stranger to danger, and in fact you’ve been imprisoned on at least two occasions, once in solitary confinement. … read more »
Nathan Wangusi Either Kenyans are full of contradictions or they are being underestimated by the two tribal leaders, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and his counterpart Eldoret North MP William Ruto who are facing charges of crimes against humanity arising … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Kenya
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Tagged Fatou Bensouda, Francis Muthaura, Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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I have watched both televised presidential campaign debates in the US election, including the first vice-presidential debate. So I was very excited to watch the final presidential debate on foreign policy. But I have to admit that this final debate … read more »
Understanding the late prime minister and his dream for the nation Medhane Tadessei INTRODUCTION Meles Zenawi and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)-led Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) came to power in 1991 after a 16-year armed struggle in … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles, Meles Zenawi, Prime minister, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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By Getahune Bekele Described as the late fuehrer Meles Zenawi’s lap dog and a pathological anti- Ethiopianism, Bereket Simeon, have caused a massive controversy by openly denouncing Africa’s biggest post colonial ethnic cleansing campaign of 1998, committed by himself and … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele
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Tagged Dutch, Eritrea, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Gebru Asrat, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Politics of Eritrea, Seyoum Mesfin
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Osezua Osolase preyed on young orphans An ‘evil’ Nigerian people smuggler who used witchcraft rituals to force terrified children to work as sex slaves has been convicted of trafficking and rape. Young victims were raped, sexually abused and subjected … read more »
Pall bearers pause to touch the casket holding the remains of former Ontario Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander at his state funeral in Hamilton, Ontario October 26, 2012.
Posted in Canada
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Tagged Canada, Hamilton, Hamilton Ontario, Hamilton Place, IndepthAfrica, Lincoln Alexander, member of parliament, Ontario, Royal Canadian Air Force, Stephen Harper, toronto
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With hands clasped together as a symbol of unity, lines of Muslims gather under the beating sun outside Addis Ababa’s Anwar mosque after Friday prayers chanting “Amin, Amin,” or “thanks to God.” They gather — as they have all this … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Al Ahbash, Al-Qaeda, Ethiopia, Ethiopia Muslims protest, ethiopian news, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Muslim, Ummah
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Ethiopian asylum seekers in Norway hold a protest on the massive human right violation against journalists and dissidents back home. According to the press statement sent to Awramba Times from the Ethiopian Asylum Seekers Association in Norway (EASA), the protest … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian Asylum Seekers Association, ethiopian news, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Norway, Parliament of Norway, press release, Refugee
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We cannot allow ZANU (PF) to continue the lie, that they only are the rightful custodians and protectors of the ideals and objectives of the liberation struggle. I have a brilliant idea! I am going to make a movie … read more »
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