Daily Archives: November 18, 2012

Kenya: 5 killed in Nairobi grenade attack

November 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Five people were killed and more than 10 wounded in a minibus explosion in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday, police said. Nairobi police chief Moses Nyakwama said the blast occurred in the district of Eastleigh, where mainly Somalis or … read more »

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Nigeria: 4 killed in fresh religious riots

November 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A local official says at least four people have died in riots that erupted in central Nigeria after a Muslim was killed at an illegal checkpoint. Local government chairman Isiaku Adamu said rioters burned houses and shops Sunday in Ibi, … read more »

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Why Zimbabwe (and Africa) is so poor

November 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Eddie Cross says that without property rights there can be no real progress Fundamentals for the Future – Property Rights In 1980 when Zimbabwe became a democratic State after 86 years of government by various white settler dominated governments, the … read more »

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Somalia: The Victory of Politics over Principle

November 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Ahmed M.I. Egal The Success of the Silanyo Government & the Compromise of Somaliland Recently the Somaliland Government held a three-day ‘Cabinet Seminar’ to discuss and assess its achievements and failures during the two and a half years it … read more »

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Somalia’s new government: Will change of direction possible?

November 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Omar Ugas Six years ago in my article, Somalia’s plight: what can be done, I had stated that change usually comes in small increments, just as we cannot actually see when a child is growing, though we can certainly … read more »

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Ethiopia: High time to support our Muslim brothers

November 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Abebe Gellaw For the last two decades, nonviolent struggle, or civil resistance, appeared to be highly misunderstood and confused in Ethiopia. The resultant effect of this confusion is that so many opportune moments to build a movement for change … read more »

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South Sudan and the death penalty

November 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Jerome Starkey, Reuters JUBA, South Sudan — On Christmas Eve last year, a 27-year-old hospital porter from Central Equatoria drank himself into oblivion and woke up the next day in a police cell, accused of a double murder. Martin … read more »

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Somalia: Al-Shabaab militant beheaded a Christian

November 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

‘His body was split into two, then carried away, only to be dumped near the beach’ Kenya – Islamic extremists from Somalia’s rebel Al-Shabaab militants on Friday (Nov. 16) killed a Christian in Somalia’s coastal city of Barawa, accusing him … read more »

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Ethiopia: Authorities Must Drop Terrorism Charges Against Journalist

November 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

press release ARTICLE 19 calls for the Ethiopian authorities to drop all charges against Yusuf Getachew, a journalist for the publication Ye’Muslimoch Guday (Muslim Affairs) who was charged on October 29 under the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation 2009. ARTICLE 19 urges the … read more »

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Ethiopia: Addis Ababa, the New York of Africa?

November 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

analysis Addis Ababa — ADDIS Ababa loosely translated means a ‘new flower’. The capital city of Ethiopia is indeed blooming and very fast, Addis is also known as the home to the African Union, formerly the Organization of African Union … read more »

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