Daily Archives: November 13, 2012
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The West Africa Network for Peace (WANEP) has expressed grave concern that politicization of chieftaincy and ethnicity (especially in Northern Ghana) is “a potential source of destabilization.” In a statement at the opening of a … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Michael Bokor
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Tagged Constitution, CPP, Dwantoahemaa of Dormaa Traditional Area, IndepthAfrica, Northern Region, Partisan (political), Tamale, tribal chief, West Africa
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Address by former South African President Thabo Mbeki at the Zimbabwe Diamond Conference, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe: November 12, 2012: Director of Ceremonies, Our host, Minister Obert Mpofu, Honourable Ministers from Zimbabwe and our region, Leaders of the Kimberley Process, Your … read more »
By Peter Penfold On 17 November Sierra Leoneans will go to the polls in presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Over a decade ago, after years of turmoil and unrest, Sierra Leoneans were encouraged to embrace democracy as the means of … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Sierra Leone
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Tagged APC, Ernest Bai Koroma, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People's Party, SLPP, United States
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By Dr Joel Cabrita In Europe (and Britain) religion is often thought to be in terminal decline. Yet, the fact is that African Christians and Muslims increasingly occupy a prominent place within the multicultural religious and social landscape of contemporary … read more »
DW.DE Named after the German Nobel Prize winner for Literature, the Heinrich Böll Foundation is an NGO promoting democracy and human rights. It is leaving Ethiopia in protest against restrictions on its activities. “The closure of the office in Ethiopia … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Dirk Niebel, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian government, ethiopian news, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Heinrich Böll, Heinrich Böll Foundation, IndepthAfrica, Politics of Ethiopia
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By Sani Awol It is common to see a Western organization making hastily conclusions based on one-sided information input and without thorough review of the concerned affair. The last week statement by USCIRF claiming it is “deeply concerned by emerging … read more »
by Hindessa Abdul Ethiopia and Qatar restored diplomatic ties, was the news that dominated the airwaves this past week. The Qatari delegation led by the Prime Minister were accorded a warm welcome in Addis Ababa that included a banquet. There … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Aljazeera, Doha, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Nation Media Group, Oromo Liberation Front, Qatar
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By Alan Boswell / Mopti, Mali, world.time.com APA bus carrying passengers from Gao in northern Mali to the capital, Bamako, makes a stop in the town of Mopti on Sept. 27, 2012 Even as Mali split apart this spring in … read more »
After years of war in Sudan, Bernard-Henri Lévy asks Yasir Arman, secretary-general of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement, what the world can do to stop the violence. A dozen years ago, Jean-Marie Colombani and Edwy Plenel at the French … read more »
Zimbabwean officials have dismissed a report by a non-profit group leading the campaign against conflict diamonds. The report says at least $2 billion worth of diamonds have been stolen from the country’s diamond fields and have ended up in the … read more »
By Getahune Bekele Before being ousted in bloodless coup for trying his hand on despotism by remaining in office beyond the stipulated two terms, in 2009 Mbeki watched from the comfort of his union buildings balcony, South Africans unleashing a … read more »
The ICC urged to issue arrest warrant for TPLF praetorian war criminals based on the evidence of the jihadist sheik. By Getahune Bekele “In 2005, the opposition planned to overthrow the TPLF government by sacrificing 16,000 people, but the party … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Roman Empire, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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by Alam-hajim Ezeugoh Go to NNPC, the language there is bribery, and the bribe runs into millions of dollars, Go to the Bank and see how the Banks abate money laundering. Go to customs where a controller planted bottle; Nigeria … read more »
AFPThis image downloaded from the internet on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, shows the main page of the sabahionline.com website, featuring an image made from video showing al-Qaida leader Ayman Al-Zawahri. At first glance it appears to be a sleek Horn … read more »
Handino, M., Lind, J. and Mesfin, B. IDS Rapid Response BriefingThe death of Meles Zenawi in August 2012 has raised a number of questions about Ethiopia’s political stability and development trajectory. Meles built up a complex web of relationships that … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Documents, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Somalia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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By Soumaila T. Diarra, IPS Bamako — West African heads of state have restated their determination that no member of Mali’s transitional government will be allowed to stand in the country’s next presidential election. Their statement has fed a growing … read more »
By William Lloyd-George,IPS Addis Ababa — Many were hoping that recent peace talks between the Ethiopian government and Ogaden rebels would signal an end to the gruelling 18-year-old conflict. The latest round of talks, however, dashed all dreams of peace … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Ethiopia, Ethiopian government, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Ogaden, Ogaden National Liberation Front, ONLF, Politics of Ethiopia, Somali Region
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Blantyre, Malawi – The son of Malawi’s ex-president Bakili Muluzi on Monday resigned as as economic planning minister after President Joyce Banda said he did not have what it takes to run for the highest office. “It is with enormous … read more »
Uganda’s parliament will, before Christmas, pass a highly controversial bill which seeks more stringent punishments for people engaging in homosexual acts and those perceived to be “promoting” homosexuality, says the speaker of the house. Rebecca Kadaga told hundreds of petitioners … read more »
By Jerome Mwanda SOME three months after the death of Ethiopia’s strongman Meles Zenawi, uncertainty prevails over the country’s political stability and economic development under his successor Hailemariam Dessalegn, says a new study by the British Institute of Development Studies … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Institute of Development Studies, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF, United States
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Undocumented foreign nationals in Libya remain at risk of a wide range of human rights abuses. It is shameful that Gaddafi-era abuses against foreigners, especially those from Sub-Saharan Africa, have not only continued but worsened. The Libyan authorities must acknowledge … read more »
Posted in Article, Libya
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Tagged Amnesty International, European Union, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Libyan, libyan news, Muammar Gaddafi, sub-Saharan Africa, Tripoli
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By Eric Reeves For well over a year, the world has known fully—from a wide range of sources—about military efforts by Khartoum to starve more than one million civilians in South Kordofan, and subsequently Blue Nile—overwhelmingly people of the African … read more »
Corruption did not begin with President Goodluck Jonathan’s government. But, at the current rate, corruption would kill Nigeria on his watch. By a number of credible accounts, more than $500 billion (N80 trillion) has been stolen from Nigeria’s public coffers … read more »
By Tezera Asegu, The Ethiopian Diaspora communities’ attachment to words their birth country Ethiopia is heading in a very matchup demeanor. Their contributions and keenness towards the betterment of Ethiopia is escalating from time to time. They are taking part … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Badme, Derg, Diaspora, Eritrea, Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian government, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Politics of Ethiopia
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Calls for change by Arab Spring-inspired reformers in Sudan will likely be ignored when thousands of government-linked Islamists begin meeting on Thursday, analysts say. The Islamic Movement, a social group at the heart of Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP), … read more »
Posted in Article, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Ali Osman Taha, Bashir, Hassan al-Turabi, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Movement, National Congress, NCP, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, Sudan news
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by Teshome Debalke When some of the world Media and institutions take the Ethiopian ruling regime’s propaganda at face value to claim the country is one of the fastest growing economies, it makes you pause to say a new discipline … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, People of Ethiopia, Public relations, Regime, Woyane
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