Daily Archives: December 6, 2012
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By Abenezer Aregawi Ato Girma wrote and distributed letter regarding the Ethiopian Orthodox Church patriarch election controversy existed between the 4th Ethiopian patriarch forced to exile by the current regime Patriarch Abune Mekarios (the exiled sinodos) and the Ethiopian based … read more »
Posted in Abenezer Aregawi, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Christian, Dallas, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, God, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tamirat Layne
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Meet Kelvin Doe, an inspiring 15 year old from Sierra Leone who repurposes rubbish to create his own electronic gadgets. Known in his community as DJ Focus, because of his belief in focusing the mind to invent new things to … read more »
(AP) — Somalia has bottomed out in an annual ranking of the perceived corruption of nations, joining Afghanistan and North Korea. Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index, released Wednesday, shows Somalia ranked at 174 out of the 174 nations surveyed. … read more »
By Michael Keating There is an old saying, ‘if you’re a hammer, you will see everything else as a nail.’ Today there is no bigger hammer in the world than the U.S. military, and in one of its newest interests, … read more »
Posted in Article, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Paul Kagame, Somalia, United States, United States Africa Command, Yoweri Museveni
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By Ismail Einashe I recently gave a talk for Radio 4’s Four Thought series, exploring the links between childhood war trauma suffered by young Somali men and the way some are drawn to violent gang culture. Like other young Somali … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Britain, Gang, IndepthAfrica, London, Somali, Somali Civil War, Somali people, Somalia
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By Margaret Jackson Many Ghanaians had been waiting patiently to see the day that President John Mahama will take bully Akufo-Addo by the horn and tell him who he really is. This is because Akufo-Addo had been faking his character … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Ghana, Ghana 2012 election, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, John Kufuor, Mahama, Margaret Jackson, National Democratic Congress, Volta Region
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Eritrean soccer players who disappeared from their hotel in Uganda over the weekend have sought asylum in the east African country, a senior Ugandan government official said on Thursday. Mass defections by Eritrean soccer players are becoming common as the … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations, Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, Musa Ecweru, Navanethem Pillay, Refugee, Tanzania, Uganda, United Nations
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By Kuir ë Garang opinion The death of Isaiah Abraham is disheartening. What exactly did we fight for? What would a person like me hope for in South Sudan? More often than not our leaders lean on the ‘age’ of … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abraham, Deng Alor, IndepthAfrica, Isaiah Abraham, John Garang, Juba, Oyay Deng Ajak, SouthSudan, Sudan
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By Daniel Waweru Like the platypus, the Uhuruto — the newly-unveiled political alliance featuring Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto (with a supporting cast of Musalia Mudavadi and Najib Balala) — is a strange beast, consisting of two such different parts … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, Musalia Mudavadi, Raila Odinga, Ruto, Uhuru, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Pray For Peace But More Importantly Act Peacefully !!! To say that the stakes in this election are higher is an understatement. Perhaps never before have invested so much in an election not just financially but also HOPE. The resources … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Election, Ghana, ghana election, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Manhyia, Nana Akufo-Addo, NPP, United States
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Badu, K “To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the citizens”(Taft). In practice, … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Ghana, Ghana 2012 election, Ghana Armed Forces, Ghanaian, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Martin Amidu
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Stonash & Opoku Ware On the day of the elections, do not assume that anything is mistakenly or accidently done at the polling stations and/or its surroundings – NO – if you see something; say something! Election is like a … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged EC number, Electoral Commission, Ghana, Ghana 2012 election, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nana Akufo-Addo, national security, NDC, polling place
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Ghana the beloved nation of the Most High God has come to birth. Come December 7 2012, the nation would go through an unprecedented process of its molding. The December 7th election is non like any other in the history … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Christ, December 7 2012, Devil, Economic Community of West African States, Election, Ghana, Ghana 2012 election, God, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica
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One person has been killed and eight others wounded in a blast in a mainly Somali neighbourhood in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, police say. A roadside bomb exploded during rush hour traffic in the Eastleigh neighbourhood on Wednesday evening, police said. … read more »
Authorities in South Sudan should thoroughly investigate the murder of an online journalist, identify the motive, and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Diing Chan Awuol, who went by the penname “Isaiah Abraham,” was … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Chan, Committee to Protect Journalists, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Juba, Nuba Mountain, SouthSudan, Sudan, Tom Rhodes
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ZIMBABWE has been rated by Transparency International which released its latest corruption perception index placing the nation on number 163 from a total of 176 countries worldwide making it the most corrupt nation in the SADC region. The politically volatile … read more »
Johnnie Carson Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs As Prepared Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs Washington, DC December 5, 2012 Thank you very much Chairman Coons and Members of the Committee for the … read more »
Despite a marginal improvement over last year’s survey, Nigeria remained at the bottom of the heap on the global corruption index, having been ranked the 35th most corrupt country in the world by Transparency International (TI). In its 2012 report … read more »
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