Daily Archives: January 30, 2013
The shares were spoiled in a pulsating El Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu, as a thumping late header from Raphael Varane earned Real Madrid a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final against Barcelona. The Catalan … read more »
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El Clasico 2013: Real Madrid 1 v 1 Barcelona The shares were spoiled in a pulsating Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu, as a thumping late header from Raphael Varane earned Real Madrid a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their … read more »
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Johannesburg – Mali coach Patrice Carteron has played down the physical advantage his team will hold over South Africa when the two countries meet in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals later this week. The physique of west African players … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Soccer, South Africa, Sports
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Tagged Africa Nations Cup, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Mamadou Samassa, Moses Mabhida Stadium, Patrice Carteron, South Africa, South Africa national football team
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We wrote last week that BlackBerry 10 would need some of the top apps in the ecosystem if it would be able to take on the iPhone. Research In Motion — now BlackBerry — unveiled some of those apps at … read more »
FULL-TIME – Algeria 2-2 Ivory Coast The other game in the group ends all square – Ivory Coast top the group with seven points, Togo second on four, Tunisia third, also on four, and Algeria bottom on one. Togo finish … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria, Soccer, South Africa, Sports, Tunisia, Zambia
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By Allison Kaplan Sommer,haaretz The more the story about Ethiopian women who were given birth control shots was repeated, the more warped and distorted it became. The story of the dramatic drop in the birthrates of the Ethiopian Israeli community … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Aliyah, Beta Israel, DepoProvera, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, ethiopian women, ethiopian women in Israel, Haaretz, Health maintenance organization, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica ghana news, Israel
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Samira Shackle, middleeastmonitor Birth rates among Israel’s Ethiopian Jewish community have fallen by nearly 50 per cent in the last 10 years. Now, for the first time, a government official has acknowledged that women of Ethiopian origin were being injected … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Beta Israel, DepoProvera, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Prime minister, Yitzhak Shamir
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2013 El- Clasico: Real Madrid v Barcelona Huge queues snaked away from Real Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium on Monday morning, a sign of optimism around the club which has been absent in recent months. Football’s finest venue will stage some huge … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Soccer, Sports
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Justice Abubakar Talba, just recently handed Mr. John Yusuf only a two-year jail sentence for conniving with others to defraud the office and pensioners of N27.2bn. The Judge gave him an option of fine in the sum of N750,000 for … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged corruption in nigeria, Court, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, ethiopia eritrea, Football Nigeria, IndepthAfrica, Japan, Judiciary, Nigeria, nigeria africa, Nigeria Government, Nigeria politics, Olusegun Obasanjo, senegal africa, World Economic Forum
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BLANTYRE, Malawi — For sale, presidential jet, 15 years old. Perfect flying condition. $13.3 million. Contact Malawi for details. Cash-strapped Malawi on Monday announced that it will be inviting bids for President Joyce Banda’s jet, as it tries to raise … read more »
by Messay Kebede This article is not a rejoinder to Prof. Alemayehu G Mariam’s recently posted article titled “Ethiopia: The Irresponsibility of the Privileged.” Alemayehu’s article is well-thought-out and accurate in its analysis of the shortcomings of Ethiopian intellectuals. The … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Alemayehu G. Mariam, Democracy, Ernest Renan, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia eritrea, Ethiopia in Amharic, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Football Nigeria, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Italy, latest ethiopian news, Leninism, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, nigeria africa, Nigeria Government, Nigeria politics, senegal africa
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By Yilma Bekele The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.” — Ai Weiwei, Chinese dissident As a concept there is nothing wrong with Federalism as … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yilma Bekele
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia eritrea, Ethiopia in Amharic, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation, Ethiopians, EthioTelecom, Football Nigeria, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, nigeria africa, Nigeria Government, Nigeria politics, Orange, senegal africa, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF, United States
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By Reporters Without Borders In Somalia (175th, -11) 18 journalists were killed, caught up in bomb attacks or the direct targets of murder, making 2012 the deadliest in history for the country’s media. The Horn of Africa state was the … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya
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Tagged Central African Republic, Declaration of Table Mountain, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Omar al-Bashir, Robert Chasowa, Yoweri Museveni
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(Nairobi) – Somali authorities should drop politically motivated charges against five people including a journalist and a woman who alleged she was raped by state security forces. The attorney general on January 29, 2013, brought charges of insulting a government … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Aljazeera, Catherine Ashton, European Commission, European Union, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Rape, Somali, Somalia
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Ijaw National Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, yesterday, declared that nobody could stop President Goodluck Jonathan from seeking a second term in office, saying only the Nigerian electorate could decide his fate in 2015. Speaking with newsmen shortly after the … read more »
The Congress for Progressive Change has said it wants its National Leader, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to contest in 2015. The party, which explained its merger talks with some opposition parties, said it wanted Buhari to contest because of the … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Action Congress of Nigeria, Buhari, Congress for Progressive Change, ethiopia eritrea, Football Nigeria, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, nigeria africa, Nigeria Government, Nigeria politics, PDP, People Democratic Party, senegal africa
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Ivory Coast defender Emmanuel Eboue has confidently teased the Super Eagles of Nigeria saying that the Nigerian team shouldn’t celebrate their advancement to the quarterfinals as their journey in 2013 African Nations Cup will be short lived. Eboue went on micro-blogging site … read more »
Bafana Bafana face Mali in Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final in an exact repeat of the 2002 quarter-final, which The Eagles won 2-0. Mali ensured qualification from Group B yesterday, and will face Bafana on February 3 at Moses … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Mali, Nigeria, Soccer, South Africa, Sports
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STEVE Clarke will seek a replacement for Peter Odemwingie if the troubled forward leaves Albion – but admits it would be a major struggle finding anyone before tomorrow night’s 11pm deadline. The Albion boss is confident Queens Park Rangers will … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Redknapp, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Peter, Peter Odemwingie, Queens Park Rangers F.C., Twitter, West Bromwich Albion FC
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Africans are now sick and tired of liberation political parties, who can only boast about the past. I read last week that a prominent female ANC leader in South Africa has accused the DA of being neocolonialists who want to … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, South Africa, Southern Africa, Vince Musewe
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Tagged African National Congress, ANC, Harare, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, South Africa, White Africans of European ancestry, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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Liam McGrath Peter Odemwingie has been a firm favourite at West Bromwich Albion for three seasons, since his move from Lokomotiv Moscow for £2.5 million back in 2010, producing some of his best football in his career with the West … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged BBC Sport, Harry Redknapp, Hawthorns, IndepthAfrica, Peter Odemwingie, Queens Park Rangers F.C., Steve Clarke, Twitter, West Bromwich Albion FC
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Africa Cup of Nations Venue: Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg Date: Wednesday 30 January Kick-off: 17:00 GMT Ivory Coast plan to make changes against Algeria, but are yet to decide whether star striker Didier Drogba will return to the starting side. … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged 2013 afcon fixtures, 2013 afcon tickets, afcon fixtures, afcon tickets african nations, africa cup 2013, africa cup nations, african cup, African Nations Cup, Algeria, Algeria v Ivory Coast live, Algeria v Ivory Coast live online, Algeria v Ivory Coast live streaming, Algeria v Ivory Coast Preview, Côte d'Ivoire, cup of nations, Didier Drogba, Ivory Coast, nations cup 2013, Sabri Lamouchi, Togo, Tunisia
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2013, Africans are mesmerized! (By Getahune Bekele, Rustenburg-South Africa) ETHIOPIA 0 – 2 NIGERIA My man of the match—Minyahil Teshome My player of the tournament— Abebaw Butako My most promising player— Fuad Ibrahim “Look out for this young Ethiopian … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged Abdus Ibrahim, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Nigeria, Nigeria national football team, Rustenburg, South Africa, Victor Moses
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By: Robyn Dixon Los Angeles Times SEVARE, MALI—Priceless ancient manuscripts put to the torch. Desperate residents paid to snitch on neighbours for violations of a puritanical strain of Islam. Whippings, beatings and amputations meted out to those who disobeyed. French-led … read more »
Atlantic There are cash-strapped governments, and there are broke governments. And then there’s Zimbabwe, which, after paying last week’s government salaries, has just $217 in the bank. No, we didn’t forget any zeroes to the end of that figure. Zimbabwe, … read more »
John Mikel Obi has warned Ivory Coast not to write off Nigeria ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final clash on Sunday. The Super Eagles needed two late penalties from Victor Moses to overcome Ethiopia 2-0 and book their … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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(OPride) — On Friday Jan. 25, several hundred Oromo immigrants staged concurrent demonstrations in Washington, D.C. and London calling for the release of political prisoners, respect of the constitution, and the establishment of rule of law in Ethiopia. “We earnestly … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, London, news ethiopia, oromo, Oromo people, US government, Washington DC
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by Selam Kidane When I was a primary school my teacher from grade one was my favourite teacher… one day during lunch hour, we all saw her being led away across our play ground wailing whilst being held by some … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Araya Desta, Asmara, Eritrea, Eritrea news, eritrean, Ethiopia, Monday, People's Front for Democracy and Justice, Stockholm, Television
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First Interview With Eritrea’s Ali Abdu: Information Minister Confirms: Has Left The Regime Expressen newspaper interview translated by Google Translate from Swedish. BEIRUT. Eritrean dictator Isaias Afewerkis Information Minister Ali Abdu Ahmed has fled the country and is living today … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ali Abdu, Ali Abdu Ahmed, Dawit Isaak, Eritrea, Eritrea news, eritrean, eritrean news, Expressen, Google Translate, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica South African Press Association, Isaias Afewerki, Sweden
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