Daily Archives: January 16, 2013
Johannesburg – Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba doesn’t believe the team revolves around him anymore. The team’s fans think otherwise. The Ivorians arrived in South Africa on Wednesday to begin another desperate quest for a long-awaited African Cup of Nations … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d'Ivoire, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged Africa Nations Cup, Côte d'Ivoire, Didier Drogba, Drogba, Indepth Africa Magazine, Johannesburg, Sabri Lamouchi, Shanghai Shenhua FC
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The Guardian, Your article on DfID’s support for Ethiopia‘s development is very misleading. (UK bid to spend millions training forces accused of abuse, 11 January). Blanket condemnation of the federal and regional government efforts to protect civilians of Ethiopia’s Somali … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Letters & Interviews
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Amnesty International, Department for International Development, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian airways, ethiopian news, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Ogaden National Liberation Front, Somali, Somali Region
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Nairobi — Eagle Alliance presidential flag bearer Peter Kenneth has named Ronnie Osumba his running mate for the March 4 election, a man he says shares common values of addressing issues affecting the country. “In selecting a running mate, we … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Kenneth, Kenya, kenya election, kenyan election, Martha Karua, Moi University, Musalia Mudavadi, Peter Kenneth, Raphael Tuju, Safaricom
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Liberia’s jailed ex-President and war criminal Charles Taylor appears to have written to MPs demanding an annual state pension of $25,000 (£15,600). Liberian Senate Secretary Nanborloh Singbeh said the letter would be discussed by MPs next week. The letter purportedly … read more »
Kenya – An official says gunmen suspected to belong to Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebels have shot dead five people and seriously wounded three others at a restaurant in eastern Kenya. The region’s police chief Charlton Mureithi said Wednesday that supporters of … read more »
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Hundreds of demonstrators torched 221 coffins outside Kenya’s parliament on Wednesday in protest at legislators who voted last week to triple their end-of-term bonuses and award themselves state funerals. President Mwai Kibaki, aware of popular resentment over … read more »
Somali Islamists say they have decided to kill a French agent they have held since 2009, as confusion continues over whether he is in fact still alive. The Al-Qaeda linked Shebab said in a statement they have “reached a unanimous … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Colombia, Foreign hostages in Somalia, France, Jean-Yves Le Drian, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News, Transport in Somalia, United States
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Opposition parties are back on the drawing board. But how far can they go in 2015 without a formidable alliance. Group Political Editor EMMANUEL OLADESU writes on the lessons past botched alliances and the imperative of a new merger plan. … read more »
Posted in Nigeria
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Tagged Action Congress of Nigeria, All Nigeria People, Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian Idol, Nigerian news, PDP, People Democratic Party
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara is in support of the plan by Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed to purchase 15 additional aircrafts for the state owned International Aviation College. The Party’s state Publicity Secretary, Mas’ud Adebimpe, said this in reaction … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abdulfatah Ahmed, Congress for Progressive Change, Ilorin Nigeria, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kwara State, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, PDP, People Democratic Party
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By Abdul-Rahman Abubakar, Daily Trust The World Bank has praised economic policies of the present administration declaring that it has led to slight reduction in the country’s poverty index from 48 to 46 percent. Speaking when he visited President Goodluck … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Federal Government, Federal government of the United States, GoodluckJonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Jonathan, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Poverty, World Bank
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On January 14 King Mohammed VI received a phone call from the French President, Francois Hollande, said the Royal Cabinet in a statement. On this occasion, the two leaders assessed and exchanged views on the situation in Mali in particular … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Dioncounda Traoré, France, François Hollande, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Military of Mali, Morocco, sub-Saharan Africa
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Folks, there is more trouble in Osonokrom. President Mahama’s intention to call about 4,800 witnesses to testify for him in the NPP’s election-related case now before the Supreme Court has sent serious shock waves through … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, Ghana School of Law, lawsuit, Mahama, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Islamist militants attacked and occupied a natural gas field partly operated by BP in southern Algeria early Wednesday, killing two foreigners and holding possibly dozens of others, including Americans, hostage while surrounded by Algerian forces. A … read more »
By Mark Kapchanga The Gibe III dam could help Ethiopia’s development, but it might also be disastrous for the environment and threaten half a million people’s livelihoods. There are concerns that more than half a million people’s livelihoods along the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, European Investment Bank, Gilgel Gibe III Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, Kenya, Lake Turkana, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Omo River, World Bank
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Farooque Chowdhury Hundreds of indigenous women and girls were murdered in Canada. To many, it’s a baffling fact. Recently, there were proposals in the UK parliament to expand the use of secret court hearings in civil cases. In Greece, migrants … read more »
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s players were promised more than $100,000 each Wednesday if they win the African Cup of Nations on the country’s return to the tournament after a 30-year absence. Ethiopia Football Federation president Sahilu Gebremariam said the … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Addis Ababa, africa cup nations, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica ghana news, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopian, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia
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ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is slated to take over as the chairperson of the African Union this month, replacing Benin president Boni Yayi as the head of the pan-African bloc, officials said Wednesday. “Ethiopia is going … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Boni Yayi, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Hailemariam Desalegne, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
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By Jamie Freedman and Ali Askouri (ASWAN, Egypt) – Representatives from Nile basin countries including Sudan have travelled to Egypt as part of an international project to improve cooperation on water management issues. The Blue Nile More than 25 participants … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
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Tagged Aswan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meklit Hadero, Nile, nile news, Nubia, Sudan, United States
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There are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, have begun fresh moves to seize the control of the party in the South-West from former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Investigations … read more »
By Richard Mugisha, opinion Five years ago, Uganda committed troops to the African Union Mission (Amisom), backed by UN Security Council resolution 1744 13 (2007), to stabilise chaos-devastated Somalia. This was a mission, one would intuitively say, that even the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, AMISOM, Burundi, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Court Union, Mogadishu, Somali, Somalia, Uganda
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The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan will hold their second summit in a month on January 24, a Sudanese official said on Tuesday, in a fresh bid to defuse tensions over oil, territory and other disputes. The neighbors came … read more »
Posted in East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Bashir, Omar al-Bashir, Salva Kiir Mayardit, SouthSudan, Sudan, Sudan Tribune
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Khartoum — A number of Sudanese opposition party leaders are in custody following the signing of an accord, dubbed the ‘New Dawn Charter’, under which they agreed to overthrow the government of President Omar al-Bashir and institute a federal system … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, Democratic Unionist Party, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kampala, Khartoum, National Congress, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan
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by Thomas C. Mountain “Soon come” as Jamaica’s Rastafarians say. In this case it applies to the end of the Ethiopian regime which is now in its terminal stage, in intensive care on life support and being kept alive only … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Hailemariam Desalegne, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jamaica, Meles Zenawi, Pax Americana
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Ethiopia may be eligible to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by 2014, according to officials at the organisation. The announcement that the country may be able to join the WTO within the next two years was made by Pascal … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Director-general, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Pascal Lamy, Russia, World Trade Organization, WTO
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Addis Ababa — The Ethiopian Road and Transport Authority on Tuesday revealed that the construction of a highway linking Ethiopia with neighbouring Sudan has been completed and opened for traffic. Officials told Sudan Tribune that the 100km-long corridor, stretching from … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Berbera, Djibouti, Djibouti Port, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, Somalia, Sudan
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Dear editor Alan Rusbridger, The Ogaden Somali Community of UK wishes to express its profound gratitude and appreciation to you, the editor of The Guardian, and in particular to your News Reporter Mr. Ben Quinn for his recent report about … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, Ethiopian government, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Guardian, IndepthAfrica, Ogaden, Ogaden National Liberation Front, ONLF, Politics of Ethiopia, United Kingdom government
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