- Obama - coming to Africa
- Nigeria: Mujaheed Adebolaja, Nigerian Suspect in London Terrorist Attack
- Eritrea still collecting money in Canada for military regime: Documents
- Is the African Union equipped to serve Africa's people for another 50 years?
- Africa at 50: Redefining African Solidarity
- Which Way Ethiopia: Revolution, Civil War, or National Reconciliation?
- Eritrea: little to smile about, 20 years from freedom
- Africa: The Birth of the OAU
- Woman Seeks Asylum: King of Swaziland want to make me his 14th virgin bride
- Ethiopia: Off Political Taboos and Woos
- Chinua Achebe as Metaphor
- Chinua Achebe (Ugonabo Ogidi ) Goes Home
- The curious case of Africa’s Progress and the missing Millennium Development Goals
- Somalia And The Slippery Slope Of ‘Jubbaland’
- The Legacy of Queen Victoria and Zimbabwean Culture
- Israel and the Arab Gulf States: An Undeclared Alliance
- The United Nations’ Hezbollah Protection Force
- Sustain Gains. Invest in Malaria. Save Three Million Children's Lives in the Next 1000 Days
- World Malaria Day: highlighting awareness of a preventable disease that still kills thousands
- Excusing Jihad In Boston
- Lessons from Boston and Chechnya
- Analysis: How do you solve a problem like Apartheid?
- Somalia: Frail Leadership, Federalism Frenzy, and the Fragile Peace
- Factors of Change and Transformation in Ethiopia
- How the West is seeking to usurp Africa’s struggle for freedom and democracy
- Ethiopia: A Critical Appraisal of the Diaspora Organized Groups Opposed to the Regime in Ethiopia
Daily Archives: December 1, 2012
Unity or impunity? Kenya’s ICC-indicted leaders strike deal
NAIROBI — Some see it as a sign of moving beyond Kenya’s bitter ethnic hatred that erupted into bloody post-election violence: two leading political rivals agreeing to ally as running mates for presidential polls in March. But others more cynical … read more
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
Tagged Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, Nakuru, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Congo Plane Crash Kills 30
A cargo plan that crashed at Brazzaville airport killing at least 27 people belonged to the Armenian freight specialist airline Rij Airways, the foreign ministry in Yerevan said Saturday. The plane, carrying seven crew members, crashed as it tried to … read more
Why Ethiopian hero’s and nationalists are terrorists for the tyrant regime
By Abenezer Aregawi I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation … read more
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Amhara National Democratic Movement, Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nelson Mandela, Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization, Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Is die huidige Suid-Soedan Republiek van die land waarvoor ons geveg het?
N ope brief aan die Voorsitter Kiir Deur Bol Garang de Bol U Eksellensie, die President van die Republiek van Suid-Soedan, Algemene Salva Kiir Mayardit, as u bewus mag wees, maar ons versoek, advies, menings lyk om geïgnoreer te word … read more
Posted in Afrikaans
Tagged Addis Ababa, Arok Thon Arok, IndepthAfrica, John Garang, Kuol Manyang Juuk, Lam Akol, Maar, news Africaans, Riek Machar, William Nyuon Bany
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Je, hii ya sasa Sudan Kusini Jamhuri nchi tukapigana?
Barua ya wazi kwa Rais Kiir Kwa Bol Garang de Bol Mheshimiwa, Rais wa Jamhuri ya Sudan Kusini, Salva Kiir Mayardit Mkuu, kama unaweza kuwa na ufahamu, ingawa ombi letu, ushauri, maoni kuonekana kuwa kupuuzwa na wewe na Mawaziri wako, … read more
Posted in Swahili
Tagged Arok Thon Arok, IndepthAfrica, John Garang, Kuol Manyang Juuk, Lam Akol, News in Swahili, Riek Machar, Salva Kiir Mayardit, SouthSudan, Sudan
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Marikana: ambao risasi ya kwanza?
NUM itatumia yao Marikana Tume kuonekana kukataa kwamba wanachama wao nia mauaji ya kwanza. Lakini timu za utetezi kujaribu siri vifo kwanza squarely juu ya mabega ya muungano wa Afrika Kusini kubwa. Tu ambao ni wajibu wa hali ya hewa … read more
Posted in Swahili
Tagged Bruce, Congress of South African Trade Unions, IndepthAfrica, Johannesburg, Lonmin, Marikana, News in Swahili, NUM, Rustenburg, Tume Marikana
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Kudhibiti umebaini Uingereza kufunikwa juu ya kikatili Kenya mauaji
Kamwe kabla ya kuonekana files juu mtego wa Uingereza kikatili wa kikoloni wa Kenya tumekuteremshia jitihada za haraka za kuficha mauaji ya wafungwa wasiokuwa na silaha wakati wa maandamano ya Mau Mau. Eleven wafungwa katika kambi kizuizini Hola walikuwa kikatili … read more
Posted in Swahili
Tagged Cyprus, Government of the United Kingdom, Hola, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Mau, Mau Mau Uprising, News in Swahili, Tom Mboya, Walter Coutts
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Marikana: wie eerste geskiet?
Die NUM sal hul Marikana Commissie voorkoms gebruik om te ontken dat hul lede die eerste moorde gepleeg het. Maar die verdediging-spanne sal probeer om die eerste sterftes te pen vierkantig op die skouers van Suid-Afrika se grootste vakbond. Presies … read more
Posted in Afrikaans
Tagged Augustus, Congress of South African Trade Unions, IndepthAfrica, Johannesburg, Lonmin, Marikana, NUM, Rustenburg, South Africa
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Ethiopië: Klik op die yster wanneer dit warm is “
By Dagmawi Gudu Kassa Die woord wat ek gebruik as my titel hier lyk hierbo minder bekend in ons onlangse taalkundige geskiedenis. Maar as ons getuie van die huidige geskiedenis van hierdie wêreld, het mense van verskillende nasies anders as … read more
Posted in Afrikaans
Tagged Belgium, Dagmawi Gudu Kassa, Ethiopia news, IndepthAfrica, jesus, Meles Zenawi, Netherlands, Paula Hamilton, Uncle Sam, Yenesew Gebre
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Ethiopia: ‘Hit the iron when it is hot’
By Dagmawi Gudu Kassa The saying I used as my title here above seems less known in our recent linguistic history. But as we are witnessing the current history of this world, people of different nations other than Ethiopians, even … read more
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Arab Spring, Death, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, indepthafrca, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Hailemariam, nation, Uncle Sam
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Document revealed Britain covered up a brutal Kenya massacre
Never before seen files on Britain’s cruel colonial grip on Kenya have revealed a desperate attempt to cover up the massacre of unarmed prisoners during the Mau Mau uprising. Eleven prisoners at the Hola detention camp were brutally clubbed to … read more
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
Tagged British Empire, Hola, Hola massacre, Kenya, Kenyan, Mau Mau Uprising, Tom Mboya, Walter Coutts
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World Aids Day: The curse of being one of the witches of Malawi
Hazel Southam ,independent An Aids awareness scheme is teaching villagers HIV is an illness, and not caused by witchcraft. By Hazel Southam in Kasarika Sixty-nine year-old Enifa Ngulama has sold some honey. She runs to the back of her mud-brick … read more
Posted in East Africa, Malawi
Tagged AIDS, Billy Thomas, Health, HIV, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Malawi, Sierra Leone, World AIDS Day
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Marikana: who shot first?
The NUM will use their Marikana Commission appearance to deny that their members committed the first murders. But the defence teams will try to pin the first deaths squarely on the shoulders of South Africa’s biggest union. Just who is … read more
Posted in Article, South Africa, Southern Africa
Tagged IndepthAfrica, Johannesburg, Lonmin, Marikana, NUM, Rustenburg, South Africa, University of Johannesburg, Zwelinzima Vavi
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Nigeria: Army discovers another bomb ‘factory’ in Zaria -Arrests 60-year-old supected terrorist
MILITARY authorities on Friday in Kaduna said they had discovered a two-bedroom bungalow in Zaria where Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) were manufactured, insisting that they would continue to demolish such buildings used as bomb factories. They also disclosed that following … read more
Is this current South Sudan Republic the country we fought?
An open Letter To President Kiir By Bol Garang de Bol Your Excellency, the President of the Republic of South Sudan, General Salva Kiir Mayardit, as you may be aware, although our request, advice, opinions seem to be ignored by … read more
RE: Ethiopia: Is three Deputy Prime Ministers Constitutional?
alem it is quit natural to oppose what ever idea you didn’t believe on. but it should be justifiable and to the benefit of the country at large. opposing for nothing is the worst thing. first and at most you … read more
Ethiopia: EPRDF embroiled in Zenawi’s legacy By Robele Ababya
Robele Ababya Revelation of Zenawi’s vision for Tigray Azeb Mesfin reportedly revealed the existence of a project document prepared by her late husband Zenawi to transform Tigray into an industrial center of the tribal-based Federation of Ethiopia. This rather surprising … read more
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