Daily Archives: December 16, 2012
(Reuters) – Real Madrid stumbled to a 2-2 home draw with Espanyol, allowing victorious Barcelona to open up a 13-point gap over their rivals and prompting Real boss Jose Mourinho to say the Catalans have all but won the Spanish … read more »
The Newtown massacre is the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history and one of the deadliest mass shootings around the world. A gunman at Virginia Tech University killed 33, including himself, in 2007. Only Virginia Tech and the mass killings … read more »
Posted in America, Article, Global Issues, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Barack Obama, Connecticut, IndepthAfrica, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Norway, President of the United States, School shooting, United States, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Kaduna — Alhaji Mukhtar Yero was on Sunday sworn-in as the new Governor of Kaduna State by the state Chief Judge, Justice Rahila Cudjo. The ceremony conducted at Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House, Kaduna was witnessed by members of the … read more »
Two people were seriously injured when at least three grenades were lobbed towards a bar in the predominantly Somali neighbourhood of Eastleigh in the Kenyan capital Nairobi late Sunday, police said. “Two people were injured in the blasts. They have … read more »
United States has asked South Sudan to allow the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) assist in probing the recent killing of Isaiah Abraham, a renowned South Sudanese political commentator. South Sudanese political commentator, Isaiah Ding Abraham Chan Awuol, who was … read more »
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor We continue to focus attention on the NPP at this point in the post-election assessment of our national life. The threat to national stability posed by the riotous behaviour of its members still persists. Likewise, … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, EC number, indepthaffrica, John Dramani Mahama, Kumasi, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Supreme Court
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The NPP may continue fretting and protesting (whether legally or through riotous behaviour by its activists), but its leaders seem not to know that their fate had long been decided before the 2012 elections were … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Nana Konadu, National Democratic Congress, NDC, NPP
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Now, to the main issues that I consider as the real causes of the NPP’s defeat. The “Yen Akanfuo” label made the NPP an anathema to those who felt slighted or endangered. It is one … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Facebook, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Kufuor, National Democratic Congress, New Patriotic Party, NPP, President
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor As the NPP leaders and followers continue to create the impression that the results of the just-ended elections were tampered with by the media, the Electoral Commission, and the NDC to crown President Mahama as … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Electoral Commission, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Mahama, Merchant bank, New Patriotic Party, NPP, United States
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Blantyre, Malawi – Police in the Malawi capital, Lilongwe, Sunday arrested 42 Ethiopians as they tried to flee to South Africa. Immigration Department spokesman Elack Banda said the refugees had fled the UNHCR-Malawi government-run Dzaleka Refugee Camp in the central … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi
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Tagged Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Immigration Department, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joyce Banda, Lilongwe, Malawi, Refugee, South Africa
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Deur Robele Ababya Ethiopië is een van die eerste lande in die wêreld te aanvaar Christendom in 330 nC die verwelkoming van die koms van die prediking van die Nuwe Testament die Ou Testament wat in plek was te verryk. … read more »
Kwa Robele Ababya Ethiopia ni nchi ya kwanza katika dunia kukubali Ukristo katika 330 AD kukaribisha ujio wa kuhubiri Agano Jipya kuimarisha Agano la Kale kwamba alikuwa mahali. Alikuwa pia nchi ya kwanza duniani ambapo Mfalme Mkristo alitoa kimbilio kwa … read more »
Kukwama katika Athens ndogo gorofa siku zote ili kuepuka kuwa hawakupata na polisi, na kupata mwingine hisabu katika gereza na uwezekano wa kumpiga, 29-year-old Cameroon Eugene Manaa rues siku alikuja Ugiriki. “Maisha ni magumu si tu hapa. Ni vigumu, “anasema … read more »
Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR The main criticism being voiced about the government led by President Mohamed Morsi within Egypt and by some foreign observers is that it lacks the majority support of the people of Egypt. In substantiation of this argument it … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Islamism, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Saudi Arabia, United States
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Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR On Sunday, in an apparently conciliatory move, Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi rescinded his controversial decree of November 22 assuming vastly new powers granting him immunity from law, which triggered massive protests against his regime. However, he is stubbornly … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Barack Obama, Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, obama, United States
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By Rohini Bhaskar Maryam, a doctor in charge of an SOS clinic in Badbado. Photo courtesy of Jens Honore. Once upon a time, Somalia was one of Africa’s most prosperous and thriving commercial centers. However, because of an ineffective … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Ali, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Nursing School, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali people, Somalia
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Spirits were high among members dressed in black and white African National Congress T-shirts. “We have arrived. We are members of Umkhonto. The bazooka is going to shoot,” they sang in isiZulu. Most of the delegates held up two fingers, … read more »
Islamists allied to President Mohamed Morsy on Sunday claimed that Egyptians have voted in favour of a controversial draft constitution during a referendum, but opposition accused them of “vote rigging” and irregularities. Muslim Brotherhood members claimed that their tally showed … read more »
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