Daily Archives: January 12, 2013
Johannesburg – Bafana Bafana completed their preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament by holding fancied Algeria to a goalless draw at Orlando Stadium, in Soweto, on Saturday evening. South Africa, who are 68 places below Algeria in … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Soccer, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sports
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Tagged 2013 africa cup of nations 2010, 2013 africa cup of nations bids shortlist, 2013 africa cup of nations draw, 2013 africa cup of nations final round draw, 2013 africa cup of nations history, 2013 africa cup of nations qualification, 2013 africa cup of nations wiki, africa cup of nations 2012 fixtures, africa cup of nations 2012 live, africa cup of nations 2012 schedule, africa cup of nations 2013, africa cup of nations fixtures, africa cup of nations qualifiers, africa cup of nations website, africa cup of nations winners, Africa Nations Cup, african cup of nations 2013 fixtures, Algeria, Bafana, Cape Verde, IndepthAfrica, Itumeleng Khune, Katlego Mphela, Orlando Stadium, South Africa national football team
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Paul Doyle, The Observer It has been some journey for Cape Verde to reach this tournament and now the Blue Sharks must face South Africa. Cape Verde’s captain, Nando Maria Neves, is key to his side’s defence at the forthcoming … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Cape Verde, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged Africa Cup of Nations, Africa Nations Cup, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Verde, Fredson Tavares, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Lúcio Antunes, Nando Maria Neves, South Africa
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“Minnows”, “rank outsiders” or, at best, a hardly flattering “unknown quantity”. These are just a few of the comments flying around about Ethiopia’s prospects in next week’s African Cup of Nations in South Africa in the country’s first appearance in … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Africa Nations Cup, Burkina Faso, Emmanuel Adebayor, Ethiopia, ethiopia at AFCON 2013, ethiopia at nations cup, Ethiopia Football Team, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia
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Zambia played out a goalless draw with Norway on Saturday in their final warm-up match before starting the defence of their African Nations Cup title in South Africa later this month. Zambia failed to score for a fourth successive warm-up … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Soccer, Southern Africa, Sports, Zambia
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Tagged Africa Nations Cup, Cape Town, Christopher Katongo, Côte d'Ivoire, IndepthAfrica, Libreville, Norway, South Africa, Zambia
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France has said one of its soldiers and an intelligence agent have been killed in a failed hostage rescue attempt in Somalia. The agent, who is code-named Denis Allex and was captured by militants in 2009, died in the fighting … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Allex, Foreign hostages in Somalia, France, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, Islamism, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Mali, Somalia
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By Abdirahman Mohamed Dirye opinion While global attention is focused on Somalia, the self-declared republic of Somaliland has been independent for 20 years without recognition by the international community. This lack of recognition is an injustice to Somalilander. Hanna, not … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, John F. Kennedy, Mogadishu, New York Times, Obama Administration, Somali, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News, Somaliland, Somalilander
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By Mohamud M Uluso, analysis The disintegration of Somalia into feuding armed clans, some headed by warlords, still remains the biggest problem in rebuilding the nation The setting up of local public administration in the regions of Gedo, Lower Jubba … read more »
Posted in Analysis, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabab, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Court Union, Mogadishu, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somali, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, Somalia News, Transitional Federal Government
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Without much deviation from its draft state, the long awaited directive that will allow banks and Micro Financial Institutions (MFI) to provide transaction-based mobile and agent banking services was issued, on January 1, 2013. Now clients of banks and MFI’s, … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sci/Technology
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Tagged Bunna, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Financial institution, Financial services, IndepthAfrica, Ireland, Mobile banking, Mobile phone, National Bank, Zemen
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By Onyedika Agbedo, Guardian AS the National Assembly continues with the process of amending the 1999 Constitution, Chief Ndukwe Ikoh, an Abia State leader of thought and promoter of Mezie Obodo, a socio-political group in the Southeast, expects the legislators … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abia State, Aso Rock, Guardian, indeprhAfrica, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, National Assembly, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Theodore Orji, United States
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Fuad Ibrahim hit his first international goal for Ethiopia in a 2-1 weekend victory over Tanzania as the countdown to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations continued. Making only his third appearance for the Walias Antelopes, the striker from United … 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, Addis Ababa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, ethiopia AFCON 2013 news, ethiopia nations cup news, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, ethiopian team news, Nigeria, Stephen Keshi, United States
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The Prime Minister noted that Ethio-US cooperation which had long concentrated on humanitarian assistance had now evolved into meaningful development relations in the areas of trade, investment and infrastructure development. He stressed the need to further enhance cooperation in security … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Hailemariam, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, Meles, Oklahoma, Thursday, U.S Government
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BY Justine John DYIKUK As this writer sat reflecting on the state of affairs in both private and corporate Nigeria, many things came to his mind. While he was gleaning through the pros and the cons of our national life, … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Justine John DYIKUK, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Christian, GoodluckJonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Port Harcourt, rivers state, United States, West Africa
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The Nigerian government plans to buy 30 aircraft for the nation’s domestic carriers to improve efficiency and lower the cost of air travel, according to media reports. The comments were attributed to Yakubu Dati, corporate communications general manager of the … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged aircraft, Central Bank of Nigeria, Corporate communication, Dati, Embraer, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Politics of Nigeria
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According to a recent publication by the Guardian, the British government has plans to fund and train an Ethiopian paramilitary group in the Ogaden and subsidize them with millions of Pounds. Renowned international human rights groups such as: Human Rights … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Amnesty International, British Government, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian government, Ethiopian National Defense Force, ethiopian news, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Liyuu-Special Police, Ogaden, Ogaden National Liberation Front
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By Getahune Bekele Expressing its solidarity with firebrand Ethiopian journalist Abebe Gelaw, the Ethiopian National Transition Council has called up on the Obama administration to rethink its policy of friendship with the terrorist legions of TPLF warlords who are holding … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele
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Tagged Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Federal Bureau of Investigation, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF, United States, Washington DC
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Handout A Jan 2013 handout photo of a truck at Nevsun’s Bisha mine in Eritrea. When the Vancouver-based miner initiated construction of Bisha in late 2008, the government ordered the miner to enlist a state-controlled contractor called Segen Construction for … read more »
Posted in Business, East Africa, Economy, Eritrea
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Tagged Asmara, Bisha, erirea news, erirean news, Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, Nevsun, Nevsun Resources, Politics of Eritrea, Segen, Vancouver
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