Daily Archives: November 14, 2012
Monica Mark, The Guardian In Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt, Africa’s three biggest economies, BlackBerrys outsold smartphone competitors this quarter “What’s your BB pin?” The question is the ultimate social status badge for many young, urban Nigerians. Standing in front … read more »
The military scandal gripping America took an extraordinary twist last night when a second general was linked to one of the two women who precipitated the fall of CIA director General David Petraeus. Petraeus, 60, hailed by some as the … read more »
It is a new-year in Ethiopia, (belated) happy 2005 one and all. With it comes a new prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, deputy PM under Meles Zenawi who died some time in August or was it July. A fog of misinformation … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Hailemariam Desalegne, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Crisis Group, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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By Daniel Tilahun Kebede Ethiopia is at a cross road. The ability of the regime to govern is not only declining but dyeing. The political economical and social discontents are multiplying by the day. Ideologically foundations of the regime are … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Amharic, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ginbot 7, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Muslim, Regime change, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara dissolved his government in a surprise move on Wednesday, citing a lack of solidarity within his coalition cabinet. Ouattara became president in the West African state after beating incumbent Laurent Gbagbo in a 2010 run-off … read more »
By Kissy Agyeman-Togobo There’s just 25 days to go before Ghana holds its hotly anticipated presidential and legislative elections, the nation’s sixth round of multi-party elections. The political environment could not be more polarised. Billboards are adorned with party colours … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana
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Tagged Ghana, ghana election, Ghanaian, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, National Democratic Congress, New Patriotic Party, NPP, United States
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A Federal High Court (FHC) sitting in Port Harcourt has fixed for January 15, 2013, hearing on the case of alleged of plagiarism instituted against Professors Steve O. Tamuno and Needorn Richard Sorle of the Department of Economics, University of … read more »
How Bedouins are kidnapping and ransoming African refugees in Egypt’s lawless hinterland Migrants from Eritrea rest outside a building used to house people waiting to be smuggled into Israel. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters) CAIRO — Memories of torture still haunt 17 year-old … read more »
Posted in Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Refugees/Migrants, Somali, Special Reports, Sudan
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Tagged Bedouin, Cairo, Egypt, Eritrea, eritrean news, Ethiopia news, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Sinai Peninsula, Sudan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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The very conditions demanded by the Patriotic Front from Ian Smith, must be the same conditions we insist on today for free and fair elections. It is incontrovertible that, when leadership ceases to be responsive to the needs and aspirations … read more »
Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, father of the former governor of Kwara state and a political titan in Nigeria, is dead. He died in Lagos today. He was aged 78. He was born on the 17th of May, 1933 at Ilorin, … read more »
Second Republic Senate Leader and Waziri of Ilorin, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki is dead. The old politician gave up early on Wednesday in Lagos. Saraki who was fondly referred to as “Oloye” bestrode the political arena of Kwara State like … read more »
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle An exiled Eritrean opposition force on Tuesday made fresh calls for public uprising against president Isaias Afeworki’s regime in Asmara. Chairman of The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO), Ibrahim Haron, told Repoters that Eritrea is currently … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Asmara, Eritrea, Eritrean Army, eritrean news, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Ogaden National Liberation Front, Oromo Liberation Front, Sudan Tribune
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, blamed the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan for allowing the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to grow into a monster that is now uncontrollable by his failure to act on a report submitted to the government. The … read more »
ANC President Jacob Zuma, The President Thabo Mbeki Centenary Lecture, Aliwal North, Eastern Cape November 9 2012 Theme: Let a hundred flowers bloom The National Chairperson, Secretary General and all ANC officials, Provincial Chairperson of the ANC, Comrade Phumulo Masualle; … read more »
While the Ghana Election 2012 is slowly coming to a close, I ‘m tempted to ask how much has been said about the 1992 Constitution? This question has become necessary because the constitution is an albatross hanging on our neck. … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana
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Tagged Electoral Commission, Ghana, ghanaian news, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, National Democratic Congress, NDC, New Patriotic Party, President, United States
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By Fathia Absie “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we see.” Barack Obama I … read more »
The African Union has endorsed a plan for military intervention to help oust Islamist militants from northern Mali. Following AU approval Tuesday, the proposal must now clear the United Nations Security Council. AU Peace and Security Council Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra … read more »
By Tichaona Zindoga, opinion Those who convened the inaugural Zimbabwe Diamond Conference in Victoria Falls in the last two days will no doubt be satisfied with how the event panned out. The biggest thing, demonstrably, is that it constituted a … read more »
By Emily Cooper,independent (GETTY IMAGES) Darfur and the DRC are two of the most dangerous places on earth, with armed factions fighting for control of territory and regular violent clashes. But far more dangerous than … read more »
Posted in Article, Health, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Darfur, Getty Images, Health care, IndepthAfrica, North Sudan, SouthSudan, Sudan, sudanese news, Warrap, World Vision
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Fate or flaw? Maybe Joseph de Maistre – that immoral advocate of social hierarchy and inequality – was talking about our own people when he claimed that a people will always get the government they deserve; and because we are … read more »
Posted in Article, Somali
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Jubbaland, Kenya, Kismaayo, Kismayo, Mogadishu, Oscar Wilde, Somalia, Somaliland, Villa Somalia
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