Daily Archives: November 12, 2012
By Anne Bartlett, opinion Einstein once quipped that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Given this point, one might suggest that recent agreements on borders, security and peace in … read more »
Mogadishu — Heavy armed Al shabab fighters reportedly ambushed a military convoy carrying Ethiopian forces outside Baidoa, Somalia’s third largest city, 250 Km northwest Mogadishu. Local residents said Shells and gunfire heard around Awdinle, a small town just 15Km east … read more »
By Vincent Obia, analysis Photo: Cartoon on terrorism in Nigeria Perhaps, the closest the country has got to solving the Boko Haram insurgency is the ongoing peace deal between the group and the federal government. The leadership of Jama’atul Ahlis … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria
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Tagged Ali Modu Sheriff, Amnesty International, bokoharam, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, MAIDUGURI, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nigeria news
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by Taiwo Adisa, Nigeria Tribune Group Politics Editor, Taiwo Adisa, analyses the recent offer by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to dialogue with the Federal Government and its implications. ON Thursday November 1, the nation was treated to some sort of good … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria
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Tagged bokoharam, Congress for Progressive Change, David Mark, Gombe State, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jigawa State, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nigerian news
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Mega dam along Nile River to generate 6,000 MW Plans to spend over $12 bln and produce 40,000 MW by 2035\ Hopes to become Africa’s biggest power exporter By Aaron Maasho (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s energy minister played down concerns on … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Alemayehu Tegenu, Egypt, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Nile, Sudan
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By Phyllis D. Osabutey, IT IS … days to election 2012. The anxiety of Ghanaians increase by the day, as the election approaches. Every day, the airwaves are filled with political discussions in both English and local languages. There are … read more »
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church, Pastor Mensa Otabil has responded to what he calls evil attempts to expose him to public ridicule “and the running harassment against my integrity.” (Myjoyonline, November … read more »
The Nigerian praying system enthrones a prosperous church while the nation is in a state of backwardness. Some prayer warriors of Nigerian extraction have effectively prayed self out of poverty, lack, sickness, madness, infertility etc while the nation is still … read more »
AT LEAST with the Chinese decadal leadership change, the world will have to learn to spell new names. First Xi Jinping, the new and incoming party leader and President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Second Li Keqiang, the … read more »
Voting in the General Assembly to elect 18 members of the UN Human Rights Council. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas The General Assembly today elected 18 countries to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for a period of three … read more »
Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Sierra Leone
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Tagged Burkina Faso, Eastern Europe, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Sierra Leone, United Arab Emirates, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council, United States
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Foreign Minister must serve the nation and avoid behaving like the previous transitional authority. Any tribal or territorial dispute must be left alone for our traditional elders and the ministry of Interior. We must not favor one tribal entity over … read more »
Posted in Article, Somali
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Tagged British Empire, Foreign minister, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somali, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland, Transitional Federal Government
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By Zelalem Eshete, Ph.D. In response to my article, Ethiopia: Time for a Paradigm Shift part 2, the pro-government (Ethioadvocate) boiled down everything therein to one simple question: “Paradigm Shift for Whom?” (Which was posted on Aiga Forum). The answer … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Doctor of Philosophy, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopian people, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Hailemariam Desalegn, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Paradigm shift
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(AP) Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s taciturn, ironfisted ruler, passed away after 21 years of increasingly autocratic rule, leaving the country and its global allies at an interesting and rare crossroads: Will the country continue along its current path of political … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Barack Obama, Eastern European Group, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, Latin America, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council, United States
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By Keven Drews, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – A woman who repeatedly slashed her husband two years ago has been acquitted of aggravated assault and attempted murder because she was a battered wife, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled. … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Canada, Canadian Press, Crown, Ejigu, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Fort St. John British Columbia, IndepthAfrica, Kareba, Supreme Court of British Columbia
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For Africa to take its rightful place and be more relevant in today’s world, it is going to need visionary leadership and cooperation, President Paul Kagame said. The President made the remarks, Saturday, while addressing members of the Oxbridge Club … read more »
The Deeper Questions Behind the Ambassador’s Murder … and the CIA Boss’ Sudden Resignation While the GOP is attacking (and Dems defending) the Obama administration in connection with the murder of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, there is a deeper … read more »
From as far back as the 1960’s, the people of Northern Somalia (Somaliland) have always felt marginalised by the rest of Somalia, preferably South-Central Somalia. Some would say it’s because South-Central Somalia had the more dominant tribe of Somalia, Hawiye … read more »
Posted in Article, Somali
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Tagged Hargeisa, Hawiye, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland
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Sudanese refugees from the Nuba Mountains are being registered by Israel’s Interior Ministry as South Sudanese, making it difficult for them to find and keep work, pay for rent, bills, or food, and subjecting them to potential arrest and deportation. By Natasha … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Darfur, IndepthAfrica, Interior ministry, Israel, Nuba Mountain, Refugee, SouthSudan, Sudan, tel aviv
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Mekki Elmograbi CPA or Naivasha Agreement divided Sudan into “two Sudans” but it has put the end for 25-year bloody civil war. It seems that 6-years interim period from 2005-2011 before the independence of South Sudan didn’t solve all suspended … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Asmara, Chad, Deng Alor, Eritrea, eritrean news, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, South Sudan, Sudan
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By Justine John DYIKUK The tussle between Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney for the 44th President of the United States of America was not an easy one. The former’s slight victory over the latter and the resultant cheers around the … read more »
Posted in Article, Justine John DYIKUK, Nigeria
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Tagged Barack Obama, Election, IndepthAfrica, Mitt Romney, obama, Republicans, United States, Washington DC, White House
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PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s consistent calls for elections in March 2013 with or without reforms shows the veteran leader’s disregard of a new constitution, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has said. In its September to October Ballot Update, Zesn said … read more »
By Magdi El Gizouli, opinion It is a sign of the times that the principal political question occupying the ‘political club’ in Khartoum these days, in government and opposition, is whether the swelling excised out of President Bashir’s throat is … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, Hassan al-Turabi, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, National Congress Party, National Islamic Front, NCP, Rift Valley Institute, Sudan, Sudan news
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Kwali – Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, the Chairman of Partners for Electoral Reform, an NGO, has called for the removal of the authority vested in the President to appoint INEC’s Chairman and Commissioners. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that … read more »
Posted in Election, Nigeria
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Tagged 1999 Constitution, Constitution of Venezuela, Enugu State, INEC, Kebbi State, National Assembly, Nigeria, Nigeria election, Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Bar Association
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By Joseph Sherman,cocorioko. Maada Bio desperate for power Sinister motives by the SLPP to destabilize Sierra Leone during the November Elections in Sierra Leone have been uncovered. Reports from reliable and credible sources intimates that Maada Bio and surrogates have … read more »
Posted in Election, Sierra Leone
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Tagged All People's Congress, APC, Ernest Bai Koroma, Indepth Africa Magazine, Julius Maada Bio, Kamajors, Obasanjo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People's Party, SLPP, Solomon Berewa
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ABOUT 1,500 Zimbabweans attended a rally in Johannesburg Saturday – the first of a series around the world by Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader Morgan Tsvangirai to woo voters home ahead of elections next year. Zimbabwe’s constitution does not … read more »
document President Paul Kagame ended a two- day tour of Nigeria with a speech as the guest speaker at the annual Spring Lecture held by the Oxbridge Club. The Oxbridge Club is a grouping of alumni of Oxford and Cambridge … read more »
Posted in Documents, Nigeria, Rwanda
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Tagged East African Community, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kagame, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Paul Kagame, President of the United States, Rwanda, Rwanda news, United States
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Abuja – The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have authorised the deployment of an African-led international force to flush out rebel groups from northern Mali in order to restore security in the country. The endorsement is contained in a … read more »
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, politicsweb IFP leader says the ANC President advised him to step down due to internal divisions in his party Dear friends and fellow South Africans, In 1983, an Indian sage by the name of Pandit Satyapal Sharma, … read more »
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