Daily Archives: December 11, 2012
By Andrew Green,World Polirics Review KAMPALA, Uganda — Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s long-serving president, has emerged as the central mediator of the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, orchestrating the withdrawal of rebel troops from the key Congolese city … read more »
Posted in Article, DR Congo, East Africa, News
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Tagged Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kampala, Rwanda, Uganda, United States, Yoweri Museveni
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The Africa Under 19 Women Cricket trophy will remain in the East African region as hosts Uganda emerged champions when the tournament came to a close this Monday evening in Kampala. The Ugandan team lost only one game in the … read more »
Jeremy Gordin Jeremy Gordin says electorate seems to be suffering from a case of battered wife syndrome We’re standing – or, in my case at the moment, sitting – on the cusp of the Mangaung conference, due to run from … read more »
Posted in Article, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, ANC, Blade Nzimande, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Kingsley Amis, Martin Seligman, Nelson Mandela, Zuma
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Mali’s president has named a longtime public servant as the country’s new prime minister, hours after the position’s former occupant was arrested and forced to resign by the soldiers behind a spring coup. The presidential decree read on state television … read more »
Several hundred Egyptian protesters breached a concrete and metal barricade outside the Cairo presidential palace, as groups gathered for rival rallies over Mohammed Morsi’s constitutional referendum proposal. There was no violent confrontation despite the tensions surrounding the determination of Islamist … read more »
South Africa’s churches have attacked the African National Congress (ANC), accusing the ruling party of moral decay and of abandoning Nelson Mandela’s goal to build a non-racial democracy from the ashes of apartheid. Jacob Zuma Photo: EVA-LOTTE JANSSON In a … read more »
The Arab Spring is rearranging the political landscape of the Middle East, and many have been wondering whether the Muslim Brotherhood’s takeover in Cairo would mark the end of the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. But one Israeli … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Blue Nile, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sudan
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By: Jim Kouri Somali and African Union security forces drove members of a powerful Islamic terrorist group out of the town of Jowhar on Sunday, according to a report from a counterterrorism expert in Israel. The government and AU troops … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged African Union, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Ayman al-Zawahiri, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Islamic Courts Union, Jowhar, Mogadishu, Somalia
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By Dr Doyin Okupe The current rating of the Transparency International is not the fault of the present administration but due to decades endemic corruption in our polity. Therefore the statement by Action Congress’ Lai Mohammed, placing the blame for … read more »
I rarely discuss Nigerian politics as it is a complete waste of time and a mere offshoot of the main problem, but I learnt over the weekend that the finance minister, Okonjo Iweala’s mother was kidnapped. Well, talk about the chickens … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Delta State, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kidnapping, Lagos, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Okonjo, Okonjo-Iweala
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The Rwandan reality known to the world is the RPF version simply because it has not been challenged for 18 years. (Canada) – Yes, Rwanda is a normal country, a normal country with a tragic part of its history but … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Rwanda
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Democratic Republic Congo, IndepthAfrica, Kagame, KIGALI, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Rwandan Patriotic Front
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By Anne Bartlett If the dragging of student bodies from a water-filled ditch this week served to illustrate anything, it showed that the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) is not worth the paper it is written on. It … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Al-Fashir, Darfur, Darfuri, Doha, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Indepth Africa Magazine, Khartoum, Middle East, Qatar, Sudan
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Katie Gresham In honor of World Human Rights Day (December 10), I would like to present to you the top 10 worst human rights offenders in the world, with a little help from Freedom House, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Central Africa, Djibouti, East Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Belarus, Equatorial Guinea, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Middle East, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, United Arab Emirates
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Essam El-Erian is the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s top foreign propaganda figure and with the Muslim Brotherhood hard at work seizing power and torturing protesters, he had his work cut out for him when he arrived at the Al-Noor Islamic School … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Noor School, Brooklyn, Egypt, Egyptian, Erian, IndepthAfrica, Maged, Muslim Brotherhood, New York
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By JOANNA PARASZCZUK,.jpost Sudanese rebel groups say Khartoum reaching secret agreement with Tehran to establish an Iranian military base. Photo: Davoud Poorsehat/Reuters Sudanese opposition groups accused Khartoum this week of reaching a secret agreement with Tehran to establish an Iranian … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Iran, Israel, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, Port Sudan, Red Sea, Sudan, Tehran
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The Eritrean government has dismissed recent reports alleging that the long-time leader of Eritrea, Isaias Afewerki, has decided to stand-down in 2013. Eritrean president, Isias Afewerki (AFP/Getty) Citing sources in Asmara, Ethiopian Review, an online journal, recently reported that Afewerki … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Afewerki, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Isaias Afewerki, Sudan, Sudan Tribune, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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The title of a recent Al Akhbarreport declares: “Morsi summons 3,000 jihadis from Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia, Somalia and Iran to be an Islamic army to strike the police and army forces” of Egypt. According to the report, Ibrahim Ali, a … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Egypt, Ibrahim Ali, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamization of Egypt, Middle East Forum, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Sharia
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday congratulated President John Mahama of Ghana on his victory in last weekend’s presidential and parliamentary elections. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and … read more »
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today castigated statements by Robert Mugabe at his party’s Zanu PF conference that this time he will fight like a wounded lion. “There is no wounded lion. Who would you want to fight? Who … read more »
Number of jailed journalists sets global record Worldwide tally reaches highest point since CPJ began surveys in 1990. Governments use charges of terrorism, other anti-state offenses to silence critical voices. Turkey is the world’s worst jailer. A CPJ special report … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Special Reports
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Tagged Associated Press, Azadiya Welat, China, Committee to Protect Journalists, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Mehmet Ali Birand, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
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Backslidden Pastors and their Patronage of a Port Harcourt Based Occult Woman There is disturbing news within pastoral circles in Abuja concerning some backslidden colleagues whose recent patronage of a certain Port Harcourt based occult woman is a source of … read more »
As far as military involvement is concerned, Iraq should soon take its place in America’s crowded rear-view mirror. Next year, provided President Obama keeps his promise, we may also be referring to Afghanistan in the past tense. Yet, unfortunately, this … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Economic Community of West African States, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, United Nations Security Council, United States, West Africa
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On December 10 the Ministers of Defense of the 5+5 Initiative held a meeting in Rabat to assess the current situation in Mali and to seek ways of how to resolve the insecure situation prevailing in that part of Africa. … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Algeria, Bamako, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Morocco, Sahel, United Nations Security Council
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SINCE MARCH, no fewer than four crises have shaken the foundations of Mali, West Africa’s landlocked heart. First, a military coup toppled the country’s democratically elected government and ended the exercise of civilian authority. Second, Libyan weapons and resources spilling … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bamako, Coup d'état, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, Sharia, United States, West Africa
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THE REPORTS OUT of northern Mali are more appalling by the day. A vast, arid swath of Africa has fallen under the control of radical Islamists who are imposing a strict form of sharia and building a new stronghold for … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Economic Community of West African States, France, Hillary Rodham Clinton, indelthafrica, Indepth Africa Magazine, Islamism, Mali
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Bamako – Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra resigned on Tuesday, hours after he was arrested at home by soldiers acting on the orders of former coup leader Amadou Sanogo. “I, Cheick Modibo Diarra, resign with my government,” Diarra said … read more »
Posted in Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bamako, Cheick Modibo Diarra, Diarra, IndepthAfrica, Mali, mali news, United Nations Security Council, United States, West Africa
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