Daily Archives: December 9, 2012
Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped Kanene Okonjo, 82, mother of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. Okonjo-Iweala’s mother, wife of His Majesty Chukwuka Aninshi Okonjo, the reigning Obi of Ogwashi-Uku kingdom … read more »
Boko Haram, How are you. I know you are listening because very many in your ranks are highly educated and intelligent. I mean the Pro-Sharia Boko Haram and the Al-Qaeda Boko Haram. The PDP Boko Haram will wait for another … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, West Africa
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Tagged Ado Bayero, bokoharam, Kano, Muslim, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Southerner, United Arab Emirates
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Never say never, because politics is an unpredictable and dirty game. A colleague of mine posed to me a very fascinating mental challenge the other day. She challenged me to imagine what would happen to Zimbabwe if ZANU (PF) won … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Southern Africa, Vince Musewe, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Harare, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, MDC, Politics, Robert Mugabe, ZANU, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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By Said Temsamani IndepthAfrica – On the eve of the upcoming meeting of “Friends of Syria” that Morocco will hold in Marrakesh, the Moroccan government has started taking concrete measures to give a powerful signal to the current Syrian regime … read more »
Sudarsan Raghavan and Edward Cody,independent.co.uk The next war against terrorism is taking shape in this West African country, as African nations backed by the United States and France are readying a force to recapture Mali’s north from extremists linked to … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, AQIM, Economic Community of West African States, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Somalia, United States, West Africa
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Jossy Romanat The legacies of European colonization of Africa have different forms – economic, social, political and cultural imperialism and perhaps the cultural aspect is the most destructive. The famous Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o in his book “Decolonizing the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea news, eritrean, eritrean news, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ngugi, People's Front for Democracy and Justice, PFDJ
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By: Arab News, Khalid Alnowaiser I realize that this is another very sensitive subject, but I would like to make two important points in order to dispel any confusion or misunderstanding. When I discuss a matter having religious implications, I … read more »
By Magdi El Gizouli Four students were found dead Friday in a feeder irrigation canal of an experimental farm next to the main campus of the University of Gezira. The students drowned to death; their bodies carried no marks of … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Darfur, Darfuri, Friday, Gezira University, IndepthAfrica, Liberation and Justice Movement, National Congress Party, Rift Valley Institute, Sudan
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By Teklu Abate Since his coronation in October 2001, the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Girma WoldeGiorgis, has been ‘playing’ at the background of the political scene. He is occasionally seen on ETV, receiving ambassadors and inaugurating … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Abune Merkorios, Abune Natanael, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, IndepthAfrica, Patriarch, Tamirat Layne, Voice of America
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By Daniel Flynn — West African states must deploy a military force in north Mali quickly or it will become increasingly difficult and costly to oust armed groups there, Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan said in an interview. … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Burkina Faso, Daniel Kablan Duncan, France, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Sahel, United Nations Security Council, Washington, West Africa
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By Zechariah Manyok Biar On December 4th or 5th, 2012, Isaiah Abraham was dragged out of his house and shot dead in front of the same house by unknown gunmen. It is not yet clear why he was killed. But … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Juba, Kapoeta, Khartoum, Kongor, Lam Akol, SouthSudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement, United Nations
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Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has called on his Zanu-PF party to begin mobilising and fight like a “wounded beast” to reclaim votes it lost in the election four years ago. For the very first time since independence in 1980, Zanu-PF … read more »
Ghanaians waited on Sunday for official results to a presidential election that was fraught with technical problems, but which officials hope will still burnish the country’s reputation as a pillar of African democracy. A leading local news outlet that was … read more »
Posted in Election, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Ghana, ghana election 2012, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, West Africa
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President Jacob Zuma has met with South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela, who is in hospital. A statement from the presidency said that Mr Zuma found Mr Mandela “comfortable and in good care”. It offered no other details about why … read more »
By Abenezer Aregawi “Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality. If you’re a man, you take it” Malcolm x Ethiopia is one of the oldest and ancient countries in the world with more than 3000 years history. … read more »
Posted in Abenezer Aregawi, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, FDRE, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Ogaden National Liberation Front, Olf, Oromo Liberation Front, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, United States
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