Daily Archives: December 17, 2012
France is insisting on ‘rapid’ military intervention in Mali. Its unmanned drones have reportedly been scouring the desert of the troubled West African nation – although it claims that the drones are seeking the whereabouts of six French hostages believed … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged African Union, Al-Qaeda, Amadou Toumani Touré, Barack Obama, France, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Sahel, West Africa
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The Coordinating Minister for the economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has described the traumatic experience of her mother, Professor Mrs Kamene Okonjo, in the hands of her abductors as horrific, as she was left without food for … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Delta State, Finance minister, God, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Okonjo-Iweala, Robert Zoellick
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With tears in her eyes, a Toronto mother spent time Monday morning thanking those who helped reunite her with her two children, who had allegedly been abducted by family members in Zimbabwe. “Thank you very much for everything, you made … read more »
THE Joint Task Force (JTF) has denied reports that the Boko Haram Islamic sect was planning to attack Maiduguri metropolis and other parts of Borno State. Speaking Monday in Maiduguri, JTF’s spokesman, Lt. Col Sagir Musa said that the alleged … read more »
The Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has cried out that members of the Boko Haram sect are planning to attack him. “Going by security reports available to me, I may be attacked any day, anywhere, anytime and this is … read more »
By Addisfortune A recent discussion with a friend of mine, who is a business management coach by profession, has taken me by surprise. It is not that the discussion was unique in subject but it brought a rather new perspective … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Amharic, Amharic language, Economic Development, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, Muslim, United States
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Overnight residents of Dinsor town, previously an Al-Shabaab stronghold in the Bay region of Somalia, witnessed the retreat of Al-Shabaab forces in the face of a joint Somali-Ethiopian military advance. Dinsor, held by Al-Shabaab for the last four years, fell … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian National Defense Force, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Kenyan, Kismayo, Politics of Ethiopia, Somalia
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Lifan Industry Group Co. (601777), a Chinese automaker, plans to spend $3.5 million moving into a new vehicle-assembly plant in Ethiopia next year as it seeks to expand in Africa, General Manager Liu Jiang said. The company’s Ethiopian unit, Yangfan … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, China, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liu, World Bank
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Tedros Adhanom (PhD), the most favoured Ethiopian senior official in the eyes of the West, has taken his first steps late last week, as chief of Ethiopia’s diplomatic corps. He introduced himself to ambassadors based in Addis on Friday, December … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis, African Union, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, European Union, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, Ministry of Health, Nobel Peace Prize, Tedros Adhanom
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Dakar/Brussels, Unless addressed immediately, recurrent violence in Nigeria’s Plateau state will continue to fuel settler-indigene tensions and exacerbate intercommunal strife across the country. Curbing Violence in Nigeria (I): The Jos Crisis, the first in a series of International Crisis Group … read more »
A benefit concert, auction and raffle brought local artists and residents together for a faraway cause Sunday. “A Korah Christmas,” which took place at IKE Box in downtown Salem, was an effort to raise money and awarness for the community … read more »
Posted in Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Christmas, Christmas tree, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Holidays, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Korah
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Assistant coach of premier league side Liberty Professionals, Felix Aboagye is advising Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah to ensure all differences between players are settled in the dressing room before matches are played. The former Black Stars striker believes … read more »
Christopher Katongo has won the 2012 BBC African Footballer of the Year award. The 30-year-old Zambia captain beat off competition from Demba Ba, Didier Drogba, Younes Belhanda and Yaya Toure to become the first winner from southern Africa in the … read more »
Posted in Soccer, Southern Africa, Sports, Zambia
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Tagged Africa Nations Cup, BBC African Footballer of the Year, Christopher Katongo, Demba Ba, Didier Drogba, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Katongo, Zambia
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The Ethiopian High Federal Court has dropped one charge in the terror case against 29 Muslims. Terrorism charges were not dropped, although defense lawyers had argued those charges are unconstitutional. The 29 Muslims who were arrested in July on terrorism … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian government, ethiopian news, House of Federation, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Islamabad High Court, Muslim, Politics of Ethiopia, terrorism
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An Ethiopian housemaid committed a suicide by hanging herself at her employer’s house in Saudi Arabia after claiming she had kept seeing ghosts. Her employing family found the maid hanged by a rope at her room adjoining their house in … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arabic language, Employment, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Maid, ethiopian maid suicide, ethiopian news, Hanging, IndepthAfrica, Maid, Police, Saudi Arabia, Shuqrah
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Mangaung – Results of the elections for the ANC top six positions will only be announced on Tuesday morning. Delegates at the ANC’ s 53rd national conference are expected to start voting on Monday night, but no plenary is scheduled … read more »
It’s normal for human beings to have sexual desires and since the prisoners cannot get women, they turn to each other for sexual satisfaction. In former VP, Moody Awori’s days as Minister of Home Affairs, he introduced reforms to Prison … read more »
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has revealed that he is engaged to a woman almost 50 years junior to him. He further said, “Finally I feel less alone.” The media baron said on Sunday that his engagement to 28-year-old Francesca … read more »
Julius Malema has given the ANC’s Mangaung conference an ultimatum to immediately reinstate him as youth league president with full powers, or else face the consequences. In a letter of demand written to ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe yesterday, Malema identified … read more »
In Kenya, we have had Kenyatta (a Kikuyu) as the president for 15 years. Moi, so far, the longest serving president Kenya has ever had, was there for close to a quarter of a century. Moi, from the Nilotic speaking … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Farah Maalim, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Mohamed Maalim Mohamud, Mohamed Yusuf Haji, Raila Odinga, Somali, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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By By Osman Hassan A friend of mine from the Somali Region in Ethiopia (Ogaden), another region under occupation like Khatumo, talked to me the other day about the similarities of the two occupations- in their case under an empire … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, Somali
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Tagged Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Khatumo, Somali, Somali people, Somali Region, Somalia, Somaliland
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By Steve Paterno Last week, in commemoration of Human Rights Day, I was interviewed by Radio France International (RFI) http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/#http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20121211-protestors-killed-south-sudan so as to highlight the issues of human rights abuses in South Sudan. The interview was as timely as it … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Juba, Khartoum, Murle people, Small Arms Survey, SouthSudan, SPLA, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
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By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed, By: Arab News In the Egyptian arena rages the biggest political, intellectual, popular and elitist media battle. Parties are now fighting over authority, positions, history and the future. The disputed proposed constitution caused bloodshed on both … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged 2011 Egyptian revolution, Cairo, Egypt, Egyptians, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Mursi, Muslim Brotherhood, Politics
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Ethiopian Ambassador to Beijing, Ambassador Seyoum Mesfin, said China “is making an unparalleled and historic contribution to the development drive of Ethiopia.” He commended China’s partnership and support in infrastructural development and in transforming Ethiopia’s human resource into human capital, … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Beijing, China, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Seyoum Mesfin
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle Addis Abaab — Ethiopia has started a test run of electricity supply to neighbouring Sudan, according to state power utility, Ethiopian Electric and Power Corporation (EEPCo). Head of EEPCo, Mihret Debeb, said that Ethiopia has been testing … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged EEPCO F.C., Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Hailemariam Desalegne, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, World Heritage Site
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By Eric Wainaina,The star opinion Of beautiful people in Ethiopia and us… ‘It’s amazing how even the ugly people in Ethiopia are beautiful,’ I think to myself as we land in Addis. Everyone is such a specimen of near royal … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya
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Tagged Addis, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Fiat Lada, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Ketepa, Meles Zenawi
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by Okenwa R. Nwosu, M.D “Then, and more so, even now, I still believe that despite the intellectual foundations of the book, it can only serve to draw us back and to divide us further as a nation. And everything … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Babatunde Fashola, Biafra, Brown University, CHINUA ACHEBE, Igbo, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo
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by Justine John DYIKUK Travelling back home from South-South Nigeria for the yuletide season was one of great joy, eager expectation and an irresistible homely-summon. As the writer was preparing to crouse through the hinterland and picturesque plains of the … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Justine John DYIKUK
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Jos, Langtang South, Nigeria Labour Congress, Plateau State, River Benue, rivers state, Strike action, trade union
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By Alemayehu G. Mariam If History is on the Side of Brave Africans, Shouldn’t the U.S. be Too? When President Obama visited Accra, Ghana in 2009, he delivered two distinct political messages within one overarching moral imperative: “History is on … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Accra, Barack Obama, Ethiopia, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, National Endowment for Democracy, obama, United States Department of State
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SIX years after a Nigerian 18-seater Dornier 228 Air Force transport plane, carrying 15 senior army officers and three crewmembers crashed leaving only three survivors that sustained serious injuries on September 17, 2006, 2012 will go down in history as … read more »
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