Daily Archives: November 22, 2012
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Defense lawyers have told the Ethiopian High Federal Court that terrorism charges against 29 Muslims are unconstitutional. Federal prosecutors are accusing the 29, which includes prominent clerics, journalists and activists, with terrorism and attempts to create … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Anti-terrorism legislation, Christian country music, Ethiopia, ethiopian muslim, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Islamic State, Muslim, Politics of Ethiopia, terrorism
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Secret internal emails reveal Osama bin Laden was washed, wrapped in a sheet and slid into the sea for his burial in accordance with Islamic burial tradition – and no sailors saw it. The heavily blacked out emails sent between … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Abbottabad, Al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, IndepthAfrica, Laden, Osama bin Laden, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, United States Navy SEALs, USS Carl Vinson
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Tuesday night, Israel and Hamas agreed to halt hostilities. Midnight local time was chosen. Hamas didn’t want conflict in the first place. Israel is a rogue state. It’s a serial provocateur. Multiple attacks were launched. Hamas responded defensively. It’s their … read more »
NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA is a woman who speaks her mind. Just over a year into her second stint as Nigeria’s finance minister, she has written a new book that she describes as a road map for low-income oil-exporting countries and poor … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged GSM, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigerian news, Okonjo-Iweala, Olusegun Obasanjo, Paris Club, Price of petroleum
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By Mohamud M Uluso Besides terrorism threats, the federal government of Somalia faces other threats emanating from three different but self-reinforcing sources. These threats would derail the achievement of peace, stability and self governance in Somalia. The first threat is … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, Somali
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Tagged Eritrea news, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kismayo, Mogadishu, Politics of Somalia, Somali, Somali people, Somalia
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Eritrea; A Nation In Isolation
Award winning independent producer Afshin Rattansi has released the groundbreaking documentary “Eritrea; A Nation In Isolation” on PressTV. The first authentic documentary on Eritrea since its independence 21 years ago and filmed in Eritrea during the carnival week leading up … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Thomas C. Mountain
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Tagged Asmara, Eritrea, Eritrea news, eritrean, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Red Sea
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A mispronunciation taken to be blasphemous in Nigeria’s north sparked a riot by Muslim youths Thursday, leaving four people dead as well as a church and shops burnt, police and residents said. “What happened in (the town of) Bichi was … read more »
A family of four from Ethiopia may end up homeless following one neighbour’s written complaints about noise. Former refugee Mr Daniel Feyisa, wife Frehiwot, their seven-year-old daughter Idlawit, and 18-month-old son currently live at Ammerud located in the capital’s north-eastern … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ammerud, Dagsavisen, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Feyisa, Foreigner, Housing cooperative, IndepthAfrica, Neighbourhood, Neighbours, Television
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ADDIS ABABA — An Ethiopian court on Thursday delayed the appeal of blogger Eskinder Nega and opposition leader Andualem Arage who were jailed earlier this year for for terror-related offences. Judge Dagne Melaku said the Supreme Court needed several weeks … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Anti-terrorism legislation, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ginbot 7, IndepthAfrica, Muslim, Supreme Court of the United States, terrorism, United States
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The International Criminal Court unsealed an arrest warrant Thursday for the Ivory Coast’s former first lady, accusing her of crimes against humanity in the aftermath of her husband’s election defeat in 2010. It says that Simone Gbagbo, wife of Laurent … read more »
On his first full day as a master of the city of Goma and its 800 000 fearful inhabitants, Colonel Vianey Kazarama of the M23 insurgents did his best to sound reassuring “We Congolese have begun our liberation,” he told … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, Rwanda
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Tagged Congo, Daily Telegraph, Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Lake Kivu, Rwanda, United Nation, United Nations peacekeeping
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(IRIN) – Refugee crises appear to come and go. In 2011, all eyes were on the Dadaab refugee complex in northern Kenya as it received hundreds of thousands of Somalis fleeing famine and conflict. This year, attention has shifted to … read more »
Posted in Analysis, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Chad, Dadaab, Eritrea, Eritrea news, eritrean news, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, somali news, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, sudanese news, UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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by Joshua Tucker The heat is on in Kenya. And it’s not just because the rains are late. As the country prepares for it fifth multi-party elections on March 4, 2013, the competition is flaring. The top two contenders for … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Irwin Cox, Kenya, Kofi Annan, Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn arrived in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, Wednesday for talks with host Mwai Kibaki, on his first official visit since assuming the leadership of Africa’s third most populous country. The two East African leaders signed a … read more »
press release Robert Mugabe has conceded failure to run the government following admittance by his spokesperson, George Charamba today. Charamba lamely claimed that Mugabe donated farming inputs through donations he got from “men and women of goodwill who made available … read more »
Posted in Press Releases, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged George Charamba, Head of government, IndepthAfrica, Morgan Tsvangirai, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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By Appiah, Kofo Nineteen fifty-eight born youthful John Dramani Mahama luckily happens to be the No. 1 man and chief executive officer of the Republic of Ghana in the West African sub-region, a developing nation in the Third World Africa. … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, God, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, NDC
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By Michael Deibert When the provincial capital of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fell to rebel forces yesterday, the rapidity of the rebel advance was shocking, but the fait accompli failure of both Congo’s armed forces and … read more »
Posted in Article, Central Africa, DR Congo, Rwanda
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Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Kabila, Laurent Nkunda, Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
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The only peaceful, free and fair election in Zimbabwe was probably in 1980 when ZANU PF was confident that it enjoyed popular support which would result in resounding victory. Thereafter, we have had a litany of shameful and farcical formalities … read more »
President Goodluck Jonathan has told a Federal High Court that contrary to the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, an incumbent president’s tenure in office can extend beyond four or eight years. The president, who last Sunday said it was too … read more »
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is under renewed pressure to call for by-elections in three vacant constituencies in Matabeleland after their former legislators appealed against a High Court ruling in which Judge President George Chiweshe allowed the ZANU-PF leader to collapse the … read more »
Dimetros Birku So goes the saying: “if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it’s a duck.” What if it does not look like an eagle but it really is an eagle, seriously? Despite its peaceful and … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Dimetros Birku, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Al Ahbash, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Mesfin Negash, Muslim, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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(IRIN) – The Israeli government says a hardening of migration policy has caused a 90 percent drop in arrivals in the last few months, from around 2,000 in May to 122 in September. Under an updated Anti-Infiltration law passed in … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Egypt, Eritrea, Eritrea news, eritrean news, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Interior ministry, IRIN, Israel, Negev, Sinai Peninsula, tel aviv
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editorial The Ethiopian government has just called for the need on the part of opposition political parties to strengthen themselves and to play an active role in the collective effort to realize a democratic and developed Ethiopia. Similar calls have … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Democracy, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, French Revolution, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Heinrich Böll Foundation country director Patrick Berg said the current NGO law makes it impossible for the foundation to carry out its mandate to encourage inclusive political debate. Credit: Ed McKenna/IPS ADDIS ABABA , Nov 22 2012 (IPS) – The … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Human rights, Human rights in Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, NGO, Non-governmental organization, United Nations Human Rights Council
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