Daily Archives: November 28, 2012
By John Nova Lomax An Ethiopian-American man handing out flyers for a memorial service for Ethiopia’s recently deceased prime minister, Meles Zenawi, claims he was assaulted by a countryman who reviled the repressive leader, according to criminal and civil court … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, New York Times, Prime minister, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, Zenawi
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(Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suffering from a chronic lung ailment that could worsen at any time and is being checked regularly by doctors, the Andean country’s ambassador to Britain said on Wednesday. Assange, 41, whose website angered … read more »
The results of a government survey show that over half of the population of South Africa lives in poverty in the wealthiest African nation. The national agency Statistics South Africa conducted the survey in 2009 and released the results on … read more »
More than 150 Tunisians have been injured, 13 critically, in clashes between security forces and demonstrators demanding the release prisoners detained detained during the country’s 2011 uprising. On Wednesday, clashes broke out between security forces and Tunisian protesters as riot … read more »
In its early stages of reviving peace in its country Somali is using the guidance of a policy document it calls “the foundations of new beginning”. This document is based on a six pillar frame work where priorities for the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Somali
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Al-Shabaab, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, sheikh, Somali, Somali people, Somalia
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By Jamal Abdulahi This is part one of two part article that reviews the 2012 elections in America. Part one focuses on what transpired in the presidential election and some of the potential ramification. Part two reviews election results from … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Barack Obama, Boehner, IndepthAfrica, Jim DeMint, John Boehner, obama, Republican, United States, United States Senate
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“Bomb them like Gaza”, a Kenyan Facebooker rants. “Wipe them out, that’s the only solution”, another raves. “If you rattle a snake, be prepared to be bitten by it”, another sheepishly quotes an already nauseating absurdity once brayed out by … read more »
Posted in Article, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Eastleigh, Garissa, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, Nairobi, Somali, Somali people
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by IMAN HASSAN, Mail7Guardian Last year around this time, I was eagerly anticipating my trip to Nairobi. My last visit was in 2008 and I could not wait to be greeted by the warmth of the city and its people, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, Nairobi, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, toronto
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By Ebissa Ragassa “In most progressive society social changes have always preceded governmental changes” This is a very sensitive time in Ethiopian history, at times when we are fighting for equality in all of its forms, spreading multiculturalism, attempting to … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Catherine Ashton, Charter, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopian people, European Union, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu, People of Ethiopia, SouthSudan, Sudan, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, made the following statement today: “Following the announcement by the National Election Commission (NEC) of the results of the presidential elections held on 17 November 2012, … read more »
Posted in Documents, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged Catherine Ashton, Ernest Bai Koroma, European Union, IndepthAfrica, National Election Commission, NEC, President of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People
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Theme: “Getting To Zero, HIV Free Generation in Africa is Possible” INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA When: 1ST DECEMBER 2012 The event will comprise of the following activities to be organized from 30 November to 1st December 2012: 30st, … read more »
By Ramzy Baroud In life, some phenomena cannot be explained by ordinary logic or technical language, let alone official discourses. How did Gaza manage to fight back with such ferocity and undying vigor in quelling the latest Israeli war despite … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza, Gaza War, Hamas, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestinian people, tel aviv
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René Lefort The trade-off offered by authoritarianism to its client-constituents is security and high growth rates. After Meles challenges may force change, or build the case domestically for a new strong man. Meles Zenawi, the former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, IndepthAfrica, List of heads of government of Ethiopia, Meles, Meles Zenawi, Prime minister, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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By Magdi El Gizouli The contradictions ravaging the Sudanese Islamic Movement (SIM) matured in the folds of its 8th General Conference into an antagonism between loyalists and dissidents, an antagonism that the state attempted to resolve by means of a … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Defence Minister, IndepthAfrica, National Congress, National Islamic Front, NCP, Rift Valley Institute, Salah Gosh, Sudan, Wad Ibrahim
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by Ahmad Salkida Terror initiated bomb blasts from the Jama’atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda’Awati Wal Jihad sect in Nigeria otherwise known as the Boko Haram, may decline or escalate for any period of time but the indicators for overall peace may truly be far -fetched. … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Ali Modu Sheriff, bokoharam, Borno, Borno State, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sufi
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By Milton Allimadi The violent plundering of Congo’s immense riches which began under King Leopold of the Belgians continues by outsiders as the world watches and even acquiesces to the criminal attacks. The slaughter of women and children — the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Rwanda, Uganda
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Tagged Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Joseph Kabila, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Uganda, United Nation
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Private planes are all the rage among Nigeria’s humble men of God, with high-flying pastor Ayo Oritsejafor the latest to claim that his own jet is vital for him to spread his gospel effectively. Not everyone is sure, however, that … read more »
By Isaiah Abraham Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to disagree. The two countries were made to sign an agreement known as Cooperation Agreement two months ago in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the very agreement sponsored by the African … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged African Union, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, IndepthAfrica, Juba, Khartoum, Lam Akol, SouthSudan, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
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by John Stremlau, SUCCESSFUL elections were held in Sierra Leone this month, another African good news story barely noted amid the headlines of the latest conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Middle East. But the 50-year sentence … read more »
Posted in Article, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged All People's Congress, APC, Economic Community of West African States, Ernest Bai Koroma, IndepthAfrica, Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People, South Africa
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Join us for a peace rally in New York in front of the Rwandan Mission to the United Nations at 1 pm, Wednesday, November 28th to call for Rwanda to cease its support for its proxy “rebel” militia in the … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, DR Congo, Press Releases
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Tagged Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, New York, New York City, Rwanda, Uganda, United Nations
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday pledged that Nigeria would continue to work with other African Nations to ensure a peaceful resolution of all outstanding disputes between Sudan and South Sudan, a State House press statement, issued by the Special Adviser … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, West Africa
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Tagged Abyei, African Union, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Omar al-Bashir, Reuben Abati, South Sudan, Sudan
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The state minister at the presidency of the republic in Sudan, Amin Hassan Omar, claimed on Tuesday that some of the plotters of the coup attempt allegedly foiled by intelligence authorities last week confessed to the charge. FILE PHOTO – … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Blue Nile, IndepthAfrica, National Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, NCP, Omar al-Bashir, Salah Gosh, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
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Kenyans in the Diaspora will not vote in the next General Election. The bombshell was delivered to Parliament Tuesday by Justice minister Eugene Wamalwa, who told MPs the decision was reached at last week’s Cabinet meeting. It followed consideration of … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Election, Kenya
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Tagged Diaspora, Eugene Wamalwa, IEBC, IndepthAfrica, Irwin Cox, Kenya, Kenya 2013 Election, Kenyan, Martha Karua, member of parliament
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By Mekonnen Workineh Ever since TPLF came to power over 21 years ago, there was no facet of an Ethiopian citizen’s life that has not been affected by the brutal and dictatorial regime. There remains no stone left upturned by … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Democratic Revolutionary Front, Gregory Stanton, International Criminal Court, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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press release President Jacob G Zuma congratulates President Ernst Bai Koroma on his re-election and swearing-in putting him at the helm of his country’s affairs. Noting the statement that was issued by the African Union Election Observer Mission on 19 … read more »
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