Daily Archives: December 8, 2012
Women say that while waiting in transit camps in Ethiopia they were coaxed into agreeing to injections of long-acting birth control drugs. Women who immigrated from Ethiopia eight years ago say they were told they would not be allowed into … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Aliyah, DepoProvera, Ethiopia, Family planning, IndepthAfrica, Injection (medicine), Israel, Jewish Agency for Israel, Women in Ethiopia
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Gender equality is an issue that is afforded a significant amount of attention right now in Ethiopia. Many facets of public policy are designed to ensure the representation and benefit of women. For these reasons and many others, including the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged abuse, Addis Ababa, Asmara, crime, Domestic violence, Eritrea, Ethiopia, ethiopian comedy, ethiopian music, Ethiopian News Agency, ethiopian news in amharic, ethiopian news paper, ethiopian newspapers, ethiopian reporter, Indepth Africa Magazine, Isaias Afewerki, Meles Zenawi, Middle East, People, Red Sea, Violence and Abuse, Women
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IndepthAfrica – In 1991 the EPLF backed transitional government of Eritrea and the TPLF backed transitional government of Ethiopia, agreed to set up a commission to look into any problems that arose between the two former war time allies over … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Afar Region, African Union, asena, asena eritrean news, asmarino, Eritrea, Eritrean Defence Forces, eritrean news paper hadas eritrea eritrean news paper, eritrean news radio, eritrean news tigrigna, Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, meadna eritrean news, meskerem eritrean news, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Two Nigerian fraudsters, whose global £2.7m scam had deadly consequences for one family they mercilessly ripped off, were jailed two days ago. Police identified a total of thirteen victims all over the world, who each lost an average of £207,000, … read more »
By Alex Vines, Chatham House (London) column ‘We have a prediction problem. We love to predict things – and we aren’t very good at it.’ These are the words of the statistician superstar Nate Silver, one of the few men … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Malawi
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Tagged Banda, Bingu wa Mutharika, Chatham House, IndepthAfrica, Joyce Banda, Malawi, Mutharika, Nate Silver, Peter Mutharika
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Andrew Kenny Andrew Kenny asks what it is that drives the often obsessive hostility to homosexuality THE HOMOSEXUAL MYSTERY What have Fidel Castro, Robert Mugabe, American Tea Party conservatives, Islamic extremists and Ugandan Bishops got in common? They all … read more »
Posted in Article, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Daily Telegraph, David Cameron, Denis Thatcher, Fidel Castro, IndepthAfrica, Mugabe, Oscar Wilde, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
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Clashes on 1 December in Somalia’s central region of Galgaduud have cost the lives of 26 people. Two rival clans, disputing over the distribution of land and water, are responsible for the casualties. The clan system is Somalia’s form of … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Failed state, Hawiye, Hiraab, IndepthAfrica, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, Sunni Islam
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The year 2009 started with hope for improvement in Puntland. There was a new President, an active media and the prospect of oil and gas finds. On the down side there was an increasing pirate activity along the coasts of … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Abdirahman Mohamud Farole, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Farole, Garowe Online, IndepthAfrica, Puntland, Somali, Somalia
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The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) expressed deep concern today at the reported murder of journalist Diing Chan Awol and added its voice to the growing calls for a full investigation into the killing. According to media reports, … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abraham, IndepthAfrica, Juba, SouthSudan, Sudan, Sudan Tribune, United Nations, United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan, Unmiss
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