Daily Archives: December 22, 2012
Relentless rain, a hissy fit from Papiss Cisse and yet another booking for Cheik Tiote seemed to be adding up to a bad afternoon for Newcastle United when, not for the first time, Shola Ameobi came to their rescue. The … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged Alan Pardew, Demba Ba, Gabriel Obertan, Harry Redknapp, indepthsport, Newcastle, Papiss Cissé, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Shola Ameobi
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Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi says he left out the senior trio of Osaze Odemwingie, Taye Taiwo and Obafemi Martins from his provisional squad because they are not needed at the moment. All three were left out of a provisional 32-man … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Africa Nations Cup, Burkina Faso, Danny Shittu, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, nigeria super eagues, Obafemi Martins, Peter Odemwingie, Stephen Keshi, Taye Taiwo, Zambia
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Solid, longstanding relations between the United states and Morocco. Throughout history, leaders of both countries have alwys been keen to continue working and coordinating with each other to further develop and expand their bilateral ties. Every time the issue of … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Fellow, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, King Mohammed, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Morocco, Non-governmental organization, United States, Washington D.C
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Accra – Highly tipped by pundits to clinch the 2012 African Footballer of the Year award, Ivory Coast international Didier Drogba was held off by his compatriot Yaya Toure on Thursday December 20 in Accra, Ghana, where the awards gala … read more »
Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, African Footballer of the Year, Côte d'Ivoire, Didier Drogba, Ghana, Shanghai Shenhua FC, Yaya Touré
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It took Ethiopia 31 years to stage a comeback to the most prestigious football tournament that has ever graced Africa. But the team knows too well that for them to stamp their authority at the Africa Cup of Nations, it … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged africa cup nations, Burkina Faso, Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations, Ethiopia, ethiopia at nations cup, Ethiopia news, ethiopia sccero, ethiopia sport, ethiopian news, ethiopian soccer, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Sudan, Zambia
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A central square in the Eritrean capital city of Asmara on May 11, 2008. (Radu Sigheti/Reuters) Eritrean information minister Ali Abdu, who is rumored to have defected this past week, helped build one of the world’s strictest systems of media … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Abdu, Al-Qaeda, Ali Abdu, Asmara, Eritrea, Eritrea news, eritrean Ali Abdu, eritrean news, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, United States
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NAIROBI — Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga announced Saturday he would be running again for the presidency in the elections to be held in March next year. “I commit myself to the people of Kenya and the Coalition for Reform … read more »
Kano – Two suspected suicide car bombers attacked the offices of two major telecoms companies in the volatile northern Nigerian city of Kano on Saturday, police and the army said. One of the attackers blew himself up when he rammed … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Airtel, Bharti Airtel, Boko Haram, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kano, MTN Group, Nigeria, Nigerian news, Suicide attack
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By Terra Lawson-Remer Transparency International just released its 2012 country rankings of corruption in the public sector. The index is based on a variety of corruption-related data, including public opinion polls and assessments collected from experts living and working in … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Afghanistan, Finland, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, New Zealand, North Korea, somali news, Somalia, Transparency International, UNICEF
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Do you recall what happened when rumours circulated that Akufo-Addo had pissed on a mosque in the Tamale area when he visited the palace of the local chief to seek his blessing for his bid … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Christianity, Ghana, God, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, Mahamudu Bawumia, Mills, NPP
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Paul Trewhela Paul Trewhela says the Mangaung elective conference was determined by fraud “Widespread irregularity” within the ANC – and the “forces of change” An important analysis has been published by Professor Pierre de Vos – professor of Constitutional Law … read more »
Posted in Article, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, ANC, Bloemfontein, Free State, Gwede Mantashe, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Kgalema Motlanthe, South Africa
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Pope Benedict XVI on Friday weighed in on a heated debate over gay marriage, criticising new concepts of the traditional family and warning that in the fight for the family, mankind itself is at stake. “In the fight for the … read more »
Posted in America, Europe, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged France, Gilles Bernheim, IndepthAfrica, Marriage, Pope Benedict XVI, same sex marriage, Simone de Beauvoir, United States, Vatican City
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Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has left star strikers Peter Odemwingie and Obafemi Martins out of his squad for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa. West Brom attacker Odemwingie last featured for Nigeria in a Nations Cup qualifier … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged africa cup nations, Danny Shittu, Nigeria, Obafemi Martins, Peter Odemwingie, Rabiu Ibrahim, Stephen Keshi, West Bromwich Albion F.C.
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Morocco welcomed the historic decision of the UN Security Council that has unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the deployment of an international force in Mali to restore the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. “This is a landmark not … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Economic Community of West African States, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Morocco, United Nations, United Nations Security Council
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General Andrew Azazi, Nigeria’s former NSA and Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State died in a plane crash a week ago raising concerns over the safety of President Goodluck Jonathan. Those who removed Gen Azazi from the way can remove … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, bokoharam, Borno State, Goodluck, GoodluckJonathan, Henry Okah, Lagos, Nigeria
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The West African Examinations Council on Friday said it had withheld the results of 47,289 candidates out of 396,614 candidates that sat for the Nov./Dec. 2012 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The Head of the Nigeria National Office, WAEC, … read more »
People in Enugu gather discreetly to sing the Biafran anthem and raise the flag In a quiet, dusty and fairly secluded corner of Enugu city, south-eastern Nigeria, a group of men unfurled a homemade flag and then sang. “Biafra will … read more »
Ababiya Nemera Ever since the April 2011 official launch of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Project, there have been various reports, whether tangible or not, insinuating military attacks against Ethiopia by lower riparian countries. Rumors of Egypt trying to … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali, Sudan
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, ethiopian on Nile, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Lake Nasser, Nile, Sudan, Water resources
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by Teklu Abate The division of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (EOTC) into two competing synods has a single cause: the way the most infamous patriarch, the late Abune Paulos, was instated as leader of the church twenty years ago. … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Abune Paulos, Addis Ababa, Dallas, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, IndepthAfrica, Patriarch, Synod, Voice of America
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Zambian midfielder Felix Katongo has warned his team mates that Ethiopia will be a tough nut to crack at the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations. The reigning African Champions will begin their title defence against the Ethiopians on January … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Africa Nations Cup, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, ethiopian soccer, Felix Katongo, IndepthAfrica, Nelspruit, Sudan
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