Daily Archives: January 10, 2013
Ghana warmed up for next week’s Africa Cup of Nations by beating seven-time continental champions Egypt 3-0 in a friendly in Abu Dhabi. Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu opened the scoring for the Black Stars in the first half, before Richard Boakye and … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Ghana, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged Abu Dhabi, africa cup nations, Asamoah Gyan, Gabon, Ghana, Ghana national football team, IndepthAfrica, Kwesi Appiah, Tunisia
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On a recent visit to Mauritania the International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde called for a “revival of the private sector” in the Maghreb, “a market of about 90 million people” whose potential is untapped, she said. ”The Maghreb has great potential … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Columnist, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Algeria, Arab Maghreb Union, Christine Lagarde, IndepthAfrica, Maghreb, Mauritania, Morocco, Nouakchott, Tunisia
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Exclusive: documents seen by the Guardian detail £13 – £15m government funding for ‘special police’ in Ogaden region The Ethiopian army withdrew from teh Ogaden region after compalints againts soldiers” conduct – to be replaced by the ‘special police’. Photograph: … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Department for International Development, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, Ogaden, Ogaden National Liberation Front, Politics of Ethiopia, Somali, Somali Region
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(AP) — On the eve of an unimaginably long walk — one that starts in Africa, winds through the Middle East, across Asia, hops over to Alaska, goes down the western United States, then Central and South America and ends … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Associated Press, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Middle East, Paul Salopek, Places In Between, Rory Stewart, Salopek, United States
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BAMAKO — Islamist fighters who have controlled northern Mali for months seized a government town in the country’s centre on Thursday and vowed to push further south, an Islamist official told AFP. Abdou Dardar, from the Ansar Dine group, said … read more »
Posted in Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bamako, Burkina Faso, European Union, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Konna, Mali, mali news, Thursday
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The influential Forbes Magazine, has listed the country as ranking high in global index for habouring one of the world’s saddest people, saying the country’s leadership must move from corrupt practices and official profligacy to render quality leadership to the … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Angola, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Republic, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, Nigeria, saddest nations in the world, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe news
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by Betre Yacob Independent human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty international, and the Anti-Torture Committee of the United Nations have several times reported of systematic persecution as well as use of violence and torture against Ethiopian journalists, … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Amnesty International, Donald Yamamoto, Embassy, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, Prison, United States, Wikileaks
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The influential Forbes Magazine, has listed the country as ranking high in global index for habouring one of the world’s saddest people, saying the country’s leadership must move from corrupt practices and official profligacy to render quality leadership to the … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Angola, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Republic, Indepth Africa Magazine, Liberia, Nigeria, Nigeria news, nigeria saddest nation, Nigerian news, Sierra Leone
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Ethiopian police have arrested two men suspected of involvement in the murder of an Austrian rafter shot dead during an apparent robbery of his travel group, an official from the force said on Thursday. The 27-year-old man was killed as … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Afar Region, Amhara people, Austria, Bahirdar, Blue Nile, Eritrea, Ethiopia, ethiopia austrian murder, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica
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The Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) yesterday in Abuja said its members may not broadcast live matches of the 2013 African Cup of Nations (AFCON). BON Chairman, Abubakar Jijiwa, told a news conference on the competition’s broadcast rights that this … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged 2013 Africa Nations Cup, Africa Nations Cup, BON, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria national football team, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Zambia
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By Abdulrahman Al-Rashed Neither imams nor members of the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist movements would be able to protect the Egyptian presidency from the wrath of the people when they pay more pounds for one dollar. Every single citizen will … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Copts, Egypt, Egyptian, Gamal Abdel Nasser, IndepthAfrica, Muslim Brotherhood, Saudi Arabia, Sinai Peninsula, Suez Canal
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By Courtney Meyer In late November, two Congolese rebel fighters who chose to abandon the group revealed to the BBC the extent of Rwanda’s meddling and financial backing. Captain Rudahirwa and Colonel Bestfriend Ndozi—former members of the Congolese army turned … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Rwanda
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Tagged Congolese, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, Democratic Republic Congo, Indepth Africa Magazine, Rwanda, Rwanda news, rwandan news, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United States
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Following the passage of the 2013 Appropriation Bill last December, a public commentator, Mr. Igboka Uwadiegwu, wrote: “Nigeria’s national budget is 5 trillion Naira? Nigeria is not a poor country then, Nigeria is a miserable country. Five trillion Naira would … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Cape Verde, December, Equatorial Guinea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigerian news, Petroleum industry, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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NAIROBI — “There are 10 dead and two critically wounded, with gunshot wounds, machete cuts and burns,” local Red Cross official Caleb Kilunde told AFP. The attack came a day after nine were killed in a raid. Violence in the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, IndepthAfrica, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kenya, kenyan news, Nduru, Orma, Orma people, Pokomo people, Tana River
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Johannesburg – Zimbabwe is well behind schedule with vital reforms needed to ensure a credible and violence-free election that would pick a successor to its troubled power-sharing government, Human Rights Watch warned on Thursday. The global rights body said repressive … read more »
I am back in the US after campaigning in the Central and Ashanti regions of Ghana. My observations while campaigning in the villages led me to believe that we have a political system in which the electorate does not understand … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Kumasi, Kwame Nkrumah, member of parliament, Obuasi, Pump, United States
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan agreement of US$115 million to finance the construction of a cross-border electricity transmission link between Ethiopia and Kenya. The US$1.26 billion Ethiopia-Kenya power line project is a 1,068 km high-voltage transmission … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya
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Tagged African Development Bank, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, East Africa, EEPCO F.C., Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya
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(PlusNews) – Major projected cuts in US government funding for Ethiopia’s health sector could greatly undermine the progress the country has made in the fight against HIV, authorities and experts say. “There’s an AIDS spending cliff in Ethiopia, and the … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Health
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Tagged AIDS, Center for Global Development, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, HIV, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, PlusNews, Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, United States
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By Mekuria Bulcha A DECADE AFTER THE ABORTED OROMO EVICTION FROM FINFINNEE A Persistent Story of Expropriation, Humiliation and Displacement The first version of this article was published under the title Greater Addis Ababa in the Making: Stop Them, … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Finfinnee, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Oromia, oromo, Oromo people
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By Yilma Bekele My beautiful and brilliant niece graduated from college a few days ago. We are all proud and happy with her accomplishment. It gave the whole family an opportunity to get together. Believe me the festival was preserved … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Facebook, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Tanzania, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF, United States
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Ethiopian football fans are excited to see their national team return to the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in South Africa after a 31-year absence. The Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia are in Group C for the African football fiesta, along … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Africa Nations Cup, Burkina Faso, Degu Debebe, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Sudan, Zambia
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Ethiopian inflation dropped in December to 12.9 percent year-on-year, its lowest rate of 2012, official data showed on Wednesday. The government had targeted single-digit inflation in 2012, something it now hopes to achieve this year. Inflation, which has been billed … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Economy, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged December, Economic growth, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Inflation, International Monetary Fund, November
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