Daily Archives: February 7, 2013
by Katrina Manson The link between one of the world’s most powerful corporate leaders and a small bank in Ethiopia might not be immediately obvious. In this case, it’s an IBM server, which powers Awash International Bank. But soon it … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Awash International Bank, Ethiopia, IBM, Indepth Africa Magazine, M-Pesa, Nairobi, New York, Smarter Planet
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Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) – The birthday party didn’t go according to plan. It was billed as a summit to celebrate 50 years of the African Union and its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity, and to promote an African Renaissance … read more »
Posted in African Union (AU), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria
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Tagged African Union, Ban Ki-moon, Indepth Africa Magazine, Mali, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Rwanda, South Africa, Southern African Development Community, United Nations
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FIDH welcomes the African Union’s commitment to prioritising the protection of civilians and restoration of the rule of law in conflict resolution, made during its recent Twentieth Summit. Our organisation calls on the African Union (AU) to now take all … read more »
Posted in African Union (AU), Article, Ethiopia
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Tagged African Union, AfricanCourt, Central African Republic, FIDH, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, International Federation for Human Rights, Mali
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By James Hamill, A little more than a decade ago, in July 2002, the African Union (AU) was formed against an inauspicious backdrop. For Africa, the previous decade had been defined by conflict, state collapse, failed peacekeeping missions and even … read more »
At the Sheraton Addis Ababa, in the Ethiopian capital, Heads of State, diplomats and government officials exchanged pleasantries, talking about issues, as those at diplomatic loggerheads busily avoided each other. Indulging in the padded lobby of the Sheraton Hotel … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged 2013 Africa Nations Cup, Addis Ababa, African Union, Benin, Boni Yayi, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, latest ethiopian news, Mali, news ethiopia, Omar al-Bashir
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08 February 2013 H.E. Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma Chairperson of African Union Commission African Union Headquarters P.O. Box 3243 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Your Excellency, Re: Endemic conflicts, corruption, youth unemployment and civil unrest in Africa I have the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, ethio media oromo, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, Nelson Mandela, news about ethiopia, news ethiopia, news for ethiopia, news from ethiopia, news in ethiopia, news of ethiopia, news on ethiopia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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By Graham Peebles Besieged, abused, ignored In the harsh Ogaden region of Ethiopia, impoverished ethnic Somali people are being murdered and tortured, raped, persecuted and displaced by government paramilitary forces. Illegal actions carried out with the knowledge and tacit support … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged ethio media oromo, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news about ethiopia, news ethiopia, news for ethiopia, news from ethiopia, news in ethiopia, news of ethiopia, news on ethiopia, Ogaden, Ogaden National Liberation Front, Somali Region
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(BY Getahune Bekele- South Africa) Few weeks after terror suspect Gush Abera was cought by the FBI for plotting to kill exiled Ethiopian journalist Abebe Gelaw in the US, another rogue and wellnigh pro Zenawi terrorist, Mulugeta Kahsay yet again … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Federal Bureau of Investigation, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, Sudan, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF, United States
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Human rights abuses documented The Ethiopian government has committed egregious human rights abuses to make way for agricultural land investments, in direct violation of international law, said the Oakland Institute in a new briefing paper released in New Delhi this … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia land grab, ethiopia lans grab, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, Ethiopian government, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Investment, land grabs in Ethiopia, latest ethiopian news, new delhi, news ethiopia, Oakland Institute, Politics of Ethiopia, United Nations Human Rights Council
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by Abdulrazaq O Hamzat When the railway first begun its operation some years ago, I was in Kwara state and noticed the train attracted so much attention due to the kind of publicity given to it by the then governor, … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Bukola Saraki, GoodluckJonathan, Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Nigeria, rail transport, Train
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At least 53 people have died in a road accident north of the Zambian capital, Lusaka. Reports suggest that a bus taking passengers from a mining district to the capital collided with an oncoming truck. The bus, operated by the … read more »
(AP) — Nigeria is in position to win the African Cup of Nations again thanks to impressive performances that have brought back memories of the 1990s team which dominated African football. Nigeria will play Burkina Faso at Soccer City on … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Nations Cup, Burkina Faso, Finidi George, IndepthAfrica, Jay-Jay Okocha, Keshi, Mali, Nigeria, Nigeria national football team, Stephen Keshi
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CRYSTAL PALACE have turned their attentions to Peter Odwemwingie to spearhead their charge for promotion from the Championsip. The Eagles want Odemwingie on loan with a view to a permanent move in the summer if they are promoted. Odemwingie, 31, … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged CRYSTAL PALACE, Eagles, Ewood Park, IndepthAfrica, Jerome Thomas, Michael Appleton, Nigeria, Palaces, Twitter
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JOHANNESBURG – Tunisian referee Slim Jdidi has been banned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after his controversial performance in Wednesday’s African Nations Cup semi-final between Burkina Faso and Ghana. “CAF was not happy with the standard of refereeing … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged 2013 afcon fixtures, 2013 afcon tickets, afcon fixtures, afcon tickets african nations, africa cup 2013, Africa Nations Cup, african cup, African Nations Cup, Burkina Faso, Confederation of African Football, cup of nations, Ghana, Hicham El Amrani, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan Pitroipa, nations cup 2013, Nelspruit, Nigeria
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A nine-year-old girl in Mexico gave birth last month and authorities are searching for the father, who’s believed to be 17, AFP reports. The girl, known as Dafne, delivered by C-section on Jan. 27 a baby girl who weighed 5.7 … read more »
(Reuters) – Nigeria’s four main opposition parties have announced a merger, forming a coalition which could pose the biggest threat to President Goodluck Jonathan’s ruling party since the end of military rule in 1999. Previous attempts at opposition alliances have … read more »
Kevin Mupungu The violent 2008 general elections failed to produce a single party majority government in Zimbabwe. Resultantly, political and economic paralysis triggered the formation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and a Government of National Unity (GNU) under the … read more »
Posted in Article, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged GNU, Harare, IndepthAfrica, MDC, Movement for Democratic Change Tsvangirai, Robert Mugabe, ZANU, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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By Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam An authoritarian regime is bad, no matter what its ideological dressing may be. Terrorism is also bad, whether it is Islamic, secular, or so-called state terrorism. While this may be a truism, the EPRDF would argue … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, Austin Community College, Boko Haram, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, ETV, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Muslim, news ethiopia
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At 45, he should have known better. In any case, ignorance is not an excuse and he will soon be arraigned under the NDLEA Act…The suspect will soon be charged for unlawful exportation of cocaine as soon as investigations are … read more »
By Eze Eluchie Obasanjo made four huge mistakes in office – El-Rufai: Will someone tell this character that what he is referring to as ‘huge mistakes in his Presidency’ regarding Obasanjo’s misrule of Nigeria are actually criminal acts punishable under … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Atiku Abubakar, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, IndepthAfrica, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Nigerian news, Nuhu Ribadu, Obasanjo, Olusegun Obasanjo
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The new Somalia president is miserably behaving like Mr. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, Saddam Hussein’s information minister. He reminds me of Mr. al-Sahaff pitifully saying: “There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!” Mr. al-Sahaff made this statement while the USA … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Baghdad, Hassan, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Saddam Hussein, Siad Barre, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland
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The realization of duties is very significant often to standardize for the services delivered in a good quality and reliable levels. The government has different agencies and units that involved in very huge and serious tasks which are the heart … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Britain, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland
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By Jairo Munive Following decades of civil war South Sudan achieved independence from Sudan in mid-2011 as the culmination of a long peace process. Both the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) and international donors consider a successful Disarmament Demobilization and … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Indepth Africa Magazine, news about sudan, news for sudan, news from sudan, news in sudan, news of sudan, news on sudan, South Sudan, SPLA, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement, United Nations, United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan
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A year after she was pardoned from prison on the condition she agree to marry her rapist, a young Afghan woman, faced with distressingly few options, has now reluctantly wed her attacker. In 2009, Gulnaz, then 16 years old, gained … read more »
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo “Money and Corruption Are ruining the land, Crooked politicians Betray the working man, Pocketing the profits And treating us like sheep, And we’re tired of hearing promises, That we know they’ll never keep.” –Ray Davies: Once … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Cecilia Ibru, IndepthAfrica, Judiciary, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria newspaper, Nigerian, Nigerian naira, Nigerian news, Sunday Ehindero, United States, Willie Sutton
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By Faysal Qassim “Authoritarian leaders do repeat their tactics, once as tragedy, second as farce,” a modified version of Marx’s assertion in his article The Eighteenth Brumaire. On February 5, the regime in Ethiopia released a documentary film entitled “Jihadawi … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Akeldama, Authoritarianism, Democracy, East Africa, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia
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South Africa (AP) — Nigeria closed in on its first title since 1994, advancing to Sunday’s final of the African Cup of Nations against a surprising Burkina Faso team looking to lift the trophy for the first time. Nigeria routed Mali … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged 2013 afcon fixtures, 2013 afcon tickets, afcon fixtures, afcon tickets african nations, africa cup 2013, Africa Nations Cup, african cup, African Nations Cup, Burkina Faso, cup of nations, Emmanuel Emenike, Ghana, Jonathan Pitroipa, nations cup 2013, Nelspruit, Nigeria, Wakaso Mubarak
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Arbi Harnet Asmara Residents Post Calls for Street Protests in the Capital Members of the Freedom Friday Movement (ArbiHarnet/ JumAt AlTaHrir) in Eritrea have successfully posted flyers and posters with the call for street protests against the regime and in … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged ArbiHarnet, Asmara, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea-Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Information Ministry, Isaias Afewerki, January 21, Monday
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Mo Farah could play a leading role in a small army of Britons recruited to unite and inspire their native Somalia after 22 years of civil war, the country’s President said yesterday. The Olympic here, who was born in Mogadishu, … read more »
“The world today is in the throes of complex crises. The ideals of tolerance and coexistence and the right to differ are being grossly violated. At the same time, we are witnessing some of the worst manifestations of extremism and … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Columnist, Mali, Said Temsamani, West Africa
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Tagged Cairo, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Mali, Morocco, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Organization Islamic Conference, Palestinian people, Ummah
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