Daily Archives: November 2, 2012
By Lam Akol The Son of my Brother, Kuir E Garang, Since you addressed me in your open letter as “uncle”, allow me to take the liberty of calling you the “son of my brother”. This is one of our … read more »
Rwanda National Congress (RNC) condemns Kagame’s regine for sentencing Victoire Ingabire to eight years in jail. Today, the High Court in Kigali, Rwanda, sentenced Madame Victoire Ingabire, the President of FDU-inkingi, to eight years in jail on flimsy grounds of … read more »
by Katy Migiro (AlertNet) – Migrants travelling from the Horn of Africa to Yemen in search of a better life are regularly Ethiopian migrants sleep out in the open near a transit centre where they wait to be repatriated … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arabian Peninsula, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Horn of Africa, immigration, IndepthAfrica, International Organization for Migration, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Yemeni
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- Victorie Ingabire returned to Rwanda in 2010 in order to register her party and run for the Presidential seat against Paul Kagame. She stepped off of the plane went to a genocide memorial site where she spoke to supporters … read more »
Henry WismayerA scout on the trek between Gich and Chenek My new companion on the mountain ledge emitted a croak and hopped a little closer. A momentary standoff followed as I contemplated a beak like bolt-cutters and talons the size … read more »
By Joel Ambasa,The Star Just a couple of months after Ethiopia bid farewell to Meles Zenawi, a new wave of expectations is sweeping across the country and the region over what the future holds as new Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Ogaden National Liberation Front, Oromo Liberation Front, Prime minister, Zenawi
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As midday prayers came to an end at the Grand Anwar mosque in Ethiopia’s capital, worshippers continued on to what has become a regular second act on Fridays — shouting anti-government slogans. The demonstrations this Friday did not turn violent. … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Al Ahbash, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Friday, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Muslim, Saudi Arabia
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by Samson Seifu The Police Security Service (PSS) locally known as PST has arrested a Sudanese man accusing him of refugee espionage in Ethiopian Refugee in Norway anti government rally Norway. PST said the man, on several occasions, secretly collected … read more »
Saleh AA Younis The Circular Journey in Search of Eritrea: A “World Distance” that Never Was ( by Yosief Gebrehiwet) is an answer to the question posed by Eritrean Independence: Is It Worth All The Sacrifice? (also by Yosief Ghebrehiwet). … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ark of the Covenant, Eritrea, Eritreans, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Menelik, Mengistu Hailemariam, Solomon
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By Theodore M. Vestal Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, revered by some and reviled by many, died last month under suspicious circumstances only vaguely explained by his TPLF colleagues. As the Woyane wept in official mourning, the world considered … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged EPRDF, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, United States
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By Getahune Bekele The ruling minority junta in Ethiopia has suffered the first real taste of what is to come, on Wednesday 31 October 2012 when a powerful explosion flattened a heavily guarded maximum security prison in the heart of … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele
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Tagged Adigrat, Adwa, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Hailemariam Desalegn, Hailemariam Desalegne, indepthafricaethiopia news, Meles Zenawi, Political prisoner, Zenawi
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Muslim protesters clashed with police in Tanzania’s commercial capital on Friday during a protest over the arrest of a hardline Islamic cleric, witnesses said. Police fired tear gas and at least 30 people were arrested. Similar demonstrations have erupted sporadically … read more »
Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo, who stands accused of multiple war crimes, is well enough to stand trial, judges at the International Criminal Court ruled on Friday. But they also warned that his fragile mental health required close monitoring and … read more »
Nigerian troops shot dead at least 30 people during raids in the northeast city of Maiduguri, bastion of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, witnesses and hospital staff said on Friday. Boko Haram says it wants to create an Islamic … read more »
The international battle against the al-Qaeda-allied militant group al-Shabaab is under threat after Uganda said it would withdraw its 5,700 troops from Somalia in a row over a controversial United Nations report. Mr Mbabazi said the report was written by … read more »
The United Nations Security Council has extended the mandate of the international peacekeeping force providing support to the Government of Somalia in its efforts to bring peace and stability to the Horn of African country. “Noting the exceptional circumstances in … read more »
By Luka Biong Deng On 2nd October 2006, President Salva requested Dr Douglas Johnson to prepare for the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) a technical background paper on the Southern Sudan borderlines. This background paper was to define the North-South … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, Cooperation Agreement, Douglas Johnson, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, South Sudan, Southern Sudan, Sudan, United Nations Security Council
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DEVOTED Zimbabwe watchers will have noticed a change in events typically preceding any elections in the country, especially during the past decade. Report by Mthulisi Mathuthu Usually, President Robert Mugabe sets the ball rolling with either brazen or thinly-veiled threats … read more »
By Abdul Ghelleh Somalia: now and then If you believe that Somalia’s problems can be pinpointed to a particular phenomena such as Pirates or the terrorist group, Al Shabaab, you are being mistaken. Even the Somali clan politics, the … read more »
Posted in Article, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, BBC Somali Service, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Qur'an, Somali, Somali Civil War, somali news, Somali people, Somalia
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