Monthly Archives: December 2012
In the last two decades, there were much chaos, suffering and little room for substantial and constructive dialogue in Somalia. However, Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon’s recent bold move to call for a national dialogue no doubt deserves a national … read more »
Posted in Abdisamad Mooge, Article, Columnist, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, British Somaliland, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somali, Somali Civil War, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, Somalia News, Somaliland
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For a generation, Ethiopia brings to mind grim news footage of hollow-eyed children with swollen bellies – the kind that spurred Bob Geldof to mastermind the Live Aid appeal. But for youngsters at a Norfolk village school the exotic country, … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Bob Geldof, British Council, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, live aid, Ormesby
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Now that the NPP leaders have submitted their petition to the Supreme Court to demand the declaration of their defeated flagbearer, Akufo-Addo, as winner of Election 2012, they seem to have made good their threat … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Electoral Commission, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, National Democratic Congress, New Patriotic Party, NPP, President, Supreme Court
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By Pedzisai Ruhanya S Zanu PF approaches its usually choreographed annual conference next week, familiar signs of President Robert Mugabe’s undemocratic leadership are being further exhibited, with the party’s 10 provinces stampeding to endorse him through an opaque and sham … read more »
Posted in Article, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Morgan Tsvangirai, Mugabe, Ndabaningi Sithole, Robert Mugabe, Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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President Goodluck Jonathan claimed today that Nigeria’s biggest challenge to good governance is not corruption, but the attitude of Nigerians. Jonathan submitted this theory today in Yenagoa during a flowery tribute that he paid his former national security adviser, General … read more »
The Somali government has given the local Al-Shabaab fighter group a 100 days ultimatum to end fighting and lay down its arms. The country’s Interior and National Security Minister issued the ultimatum and called on the people to join hands … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Burundi, IndepthAfrica, Jowhar, Kenya, Mogadishu, Somali, somali government, somali news, Somalia
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By Michal Shmulovich,timesofisrael JENDA, Ethiopia — In a secluded village in northern Ethiopia, near the foot of the Blue Nile, Zahava Aregito Zagaya, 16, and a group of other Israeli-Ethiopian teens were walking through expansive green and yellow pastures of … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Special Reports
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amharic language, Blue Nile, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jewish Agency for Israel, Yedioth Ahronoth, Zahava
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By Sidibe, Abdul Nana Akofu-Addo’s political career is dead and over. Instead of allowing his political family to say good bye and bury the body, he is forcing them to keep and worship the body, and get contaminated in process. … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Election, Electoral Commission, Ghana, Ghana news, IndepthAfrica, Nana Akufo-Addo, National Democratic Congress, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP
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By Habtamu Abay Recently I came across one commentary by an Egyptian management consultant by the name Ms. Rania Al-Maghraby (PM World Journal, Vol. I, Issue III-October 2012). With a candid English and pleasant conceptual flow, she mentioned some of … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Anwar Sadat, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sahara, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
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Ethiopia coach Sewnet Bishaw has dropped five of his players from his 31-man provisional squad that has pitched camp in Addis Ababa. The team has been reduced to 26 and it has been revealed that three more players will be … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged Addis Ababa, africa cup nations, Burkina Faso, East Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, ethiosport, Niger, South Africa, Zambia
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In the history of modern Ethiopia the free press is certainly a relatively recent phenomenon. It is only a little over two decades since press freedom was given a constitutional guarantee and Ethiopians were able to air their views openly … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Facebook, Freedom of the press, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Reeyot Alemu, Woubshet Taye
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Six Indian men were charged with murder today after the death of a woman gang-raped on a bus. The move came as armed police today sealed off parts off New Delhi and appealed for calm. The 23-year-old student’s body is … read more »
A rape victim in India is believed to have committed suicide after police took 14 days to register her case and a further 30 days to make an arrest. It is believed the teenage girl was kidnapped from Baras village … read more »
West Brom striker Osaze Odemwingie is not the only star that will be missing when the 2013 Africa Nations Cup begins in South Africa, writes OLUFEMI ATOYEBI Super Eagles coach Steven Keshi did not surprise many Nigerians when he omitted … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Soccer, Somali, South Africa, Sports, Sudan, Uganda
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2013 African Cup of Nations, Africa Nations Cup, Demba Ba, Keshi, nations cup 2013, Newcastle, Nigeria, Obafemi Martins, South Africa
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One of, if not the last, Eritrean askari, aboy Welday Tecle Weldekidan Melkai Tensai of the village of Damba Minche in the Serai region has passed away at the age of 93. Aboy Welday was drafted into the Italian African … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Thomas C. Mountain
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Tagged Asmara, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea news, eritrean, eritrean news, Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Italy
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Aklog Birara, PhD Have you ever wondered, as I have, why Ethiopia and the Ethiopian people are caught in a vicious cycle of disillusionment, dispossession and disempowerment? Have you pondered, as I have, the simple truth that the vast majority … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, IndepthAfrica, Saudi Arabia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF, Washington Metropolitan Area
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By Getahune Bekele A poor peasant and a primary school dropout, who was described by senior political commentator as cold blooded murderer with thinking and reasoning capacity of a dinosaur, Gen Samora is dying… According to a sensitive document leaked … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Gabriel, Hayelom Araya, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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NAIROBI — Suspected Islamists shot dead a Kenyan policeman in an ambush in the restive northeastern border town of Mandera, the latest in a string of attacks near the border with Somalia, police said Friday. “The officer was on patrol … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged African Union, Al-Qaeda, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kenya, kenya news, kenyan news, Mandera, Nairobi, Police officer, Somalia
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Nigeria captain Joseph Yobo has lashed out at Peter Odemwingie for being disrespectful after the West Bromwich Albion striker said the country does not have a team leader. Odemwingie said via Twitter that recent Eagles captains have only looked out … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Africa Nations Cup, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Yobo, Nigeria, Obafemi Martins, Peter Odemwingie, Stephen Keshi, Taye Taiwo
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Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez wants to keep John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses for cup matches in January before releasing them for the Africa Cup of Nations. The Blues start their defence of the FA Cup against Southampton on January … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Cup of Nations, Burkina Faso, Chelsea F.C., FA Cup, IndepthAfrica, John Obi Mikel, Nigeria national football team, Rafael Benítez, Stamford Bridge, Victor Moses
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Levante forward, Obafemi Martins, could be called up into Nigeria’s provisional squad for the 2013 Afcon. With doubts hovering over the presence of Newcastle United striker, Shola Ameobi for the Africa Cup of Nations, supersport.com can report that Nigeria’s head … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Cup of Nations, Africa Nations Cup, Alan Pardew, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria Football Federation, Obafemi Martins, Shola Ameobi, South Africa, Stephen Keshi
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Critical Threats Horn of Africa Security Brief Somali police conducted security operations in Mogadishu, Banadir region on December 27. The searches were concentrated in the Hamar Weyne, Waberi, Hoban and Dharkenley districts of the city. Fifteen suspects were arrested during … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Beledweyne, Kenya, kenyan news, Kismayo, Mandera, Mogadishu, somali government, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News
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A document on opening of Azerbaijani embassy in Ethiopia has been approved at the session of Milli Majlis. The statement came from chairman of the Parliament’s international and interparliamentary relations committee Samad Sayidov, informing the MPs about the draft law, … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Azerbaijan, diplomatic mission, Ethiopia, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, member of parliament, Ogtay Asadov
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Foreign Based Ethiopian footballers who may play for Ethiopia in the African Cup of Nations From Left to right David Beshah (TSC Euskirchen Germany), Abdusalam Abas “Fuad” Ibrahim (Minnesota FC), Abdul Wali Aman (Washington University), Yusuf Saleh (Syrianska, Sweden), Khalid … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged 2013 Africa Nations Cup, Africa Nations Cup, Aljazeera, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, ethiosoccer, ethiosport, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia
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By Luka Biong Deng Sudan like other nations will celebrate the New Year but it will uniquely celebrate its 57th anniversary of independence. The real question for the Sudanese people is what the future holds for them and whether the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, Economist Intelligence Unit, Freedom House, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, National Congress Party, Omar al-Bashir, SouthSudan, Sudan
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JOHANNESBURG — Angola and the defending champions Zambia are the first of the African Nations Cup competitors to arrive in South Africa for the tournament, almost a full three weeks before the kickoff of the tournament. Both countries are based … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Angola, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, Zambia
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Tagged africa cup nations, Angola, Emmanuel Mayuka, Francis Kasonde, GiraBola, Libreville, South Africa, Zambia
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Sudan and South Sudan on Thursday accused each other of incursions into disputed border areas, in a new setback to plans to secure their volatile boundary and resume cross-border oil flows. The accusations come a day after Sudan’s President Omar … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged African Union, Bahr Al-Arab, IndepthAfrica, Omar al-Bashir, Salva Kiir Mayardit, SouthSudan, Sudan, United Nations, Western world
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The United States has evacuated its embassy in the Central African Republic and temporarily halted its operations, amid security fears after rebels seized large swathes of the country. The State Department said it had not broken off diplomatic ties with … read more »
NIGERIA coach Stephen Keshi says the Super Eagles will give their best in the group that has reigning champions Zambia at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations finals. Keshi said in an interview with SuperSport that with adequate preparations, Nigeria … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged Alan Pardew, Danny Shittu, IndepthAfrica, Keshi, Nigeria, Nigeria Football Federation, Nigeria national football team, Shola Ameobi, Stephen Keshi
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By Tyler Falk, smartplanet Africa now has more than 650 million mobile phone subscribers. That’s more than either the United States or the European Union. And it’s a market that has seen explosive growth. Since 2000, the mobile phone market … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Africa mobile phone, Bandwidth (computing), BantaLabs, European Union, ICT, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Information and communications technology, United States, World Bank
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