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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said Nelson Mandela. For the late Meles Zenawi and his apostles (the Melesistas) in Ethiopia, the reverse is true: Ignorance is the most powerful weapon you … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Op-ed
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Tagged Carter G. Woodson, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Fela Kuti, George Orwell, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nelson Mandela, sub-Saharan Africa
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by Alemayehu G. Mariam “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”, said Edmund Burke. But what happens when evil triumphs over a good young woman journalist named Reeyot Alemu in Ethiopia? Do … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amnesty International, Ethiopia, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, International Women's Media Foundation, Meles Zenawi, Reeyot, World Press Freedom Day
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By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. At a recent meeting, at his Flagstaff House office, with editors and chief executives of the print and electronic media, President John Dramani Mahama is reported to have counseled these media operatives against the production … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Flagstaff House, Ghana, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, National Democratic Congress, New Patriotic Party
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President Zuma has been facing widespread criticism for his comments on Apartheid and the damage it has wrought on society. Planning Minister Trevor Manuel claims that the time for blaming Apartheid is over, at least for certain failings of government. … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Op-ed, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, ANC, Apartheid, Bantu Education Act 1953, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, South Africa, South African Communist Party, Trevor Manuel
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The National Universities Commission (NUC) wishes to announce to the general public, especially parents and prospective undergraduates that the under-listed “Degree Mills” have not been licensed by the Federal Government and have, therefore, been closed down for violating the Education … read more »
Posted in Education, Ghana, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged AnambraState, Benin, BenueState, Cape Coast University, Imo State, IndepthAfrica, National Universities Commission, Nigeria, North Central University
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Part (I) Strange things are happening in Ghana under the temporary reign of President John Dramani Mahama. Not only are highly qualified university graduates roaming the streets looking for unavailable jobs, but also the economic situation in Ghana at the … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jerusalem, John Dramani Mahama, John Mahama, National Health Insurance Scheme, Supreme Court of Ghana, Tamale North
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By Obi Nwakanma, Via vanguard opinion President Goodluck Jonathan,truly found his vocation: with a doctorate in Zoology, there could be no better place for him to put his skills to work than in the Zoo called Nigeria. Nigeria is a … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Anthills of the Savannah, Boko Haram, CHINUA ACHEBE, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, national security, Nigeria, Nigerians, Tortoise (band)
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Jacob Kporfor We all understood that all the fingers are not equal but they strongly help each other to do any function. The President of a country is equally as import as the cleaner of the streets. It is very … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Business and Economy, Ghana, Ghana Cocoa Board, Indepth Africa Magazine, John Dramani Mahama, John Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo
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By Eric Reeves A number of very recent, highly credible, ground-based reports indicate that Khartoum’s regular Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Arab militia proxies have attacked the Kiir Adem area of Northern Bahr el-Ghazal State, South Sudan. What makes these … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Sudan
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Tagged Blue Nile, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan, Sudan
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Shifting the Goal Posts & Influencing People with Bribes Won’t Save President Mahama The obstinate President who is full of himself but empty on issues is doomed. President Mahama, as hollow on issues and policies as he is, still believes … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged electoral fraud, Ghana, God, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, NDC, Rome
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“What goes around, comes around”, so a popular saying goes. I can hardly understand the wisdom in a recent accusation President Mahama levelled against the Ghana media houses. I am not being disrespectful to him, neither do I seek to … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Breakfast television, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, NDC, New Patriotic Party
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Damptey, Daniel Danquah The so-called Citizen Governance Network is not a credible organization. It is a conglomerate of hurriedly- assembled discordant members whose sole purpose is to attract attention to itself. There is nothing Islamic about it, for if there … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Christian Council of Ghana, Citizen Governance Network, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem, John Dramani Mahama, Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rome
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It’s the beginning of the end for Sudan’s Omar Al Bashir, who said that he’s gracefully withdrawing from office after more than two decades in the presidential palace. He’ll be gone by 2015, he claims. Few will mourn his departure, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, Meles Zenawi, Middle East, National Congress Party, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan
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*popular cleric still in Semera ignoring threat of arrest (By Getahune Bekele, South Africa) Despite demonstration in tyrannized nation where adhering to Islam is becoming dangerous and hedged with restrictions under the controversial anti- terrorism law, the peaceful Islamic revolution … read more »
Posted in Columnist, Getahune Bekele
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Islam, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Semera, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Adal Isaw adalisaw@yahoo.com It is a presumption; “the primary purpose of empirical theory in political science is to explain a political phenomenon—not to justify social engineering or political reform.” In other words, political scientists seek to uncover “what is, not … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Atlantic, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, James Q. Wilson, New York City, political science, Social science, United States
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One now wonders if it has become a crime for a Ghanaian to acquire expertise and experience in the Diaspora. Yes, Ghana is worldly acclaimed to have a very good education system that continues to produce well-qualified and competent graduates … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, K.Y. Amoako, Kofi Annan, Kwame Nkrumah, Kwesi Botchwey, London, Nigeria
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By OPOKU BONNA This last general election is the third time NPP has officially complained bitterly about their verdict been stolen by the NDC in Ghana. But in all, they have been very reasonable in handling the issue. This time … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Electoral Commission, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, National Democratic Congress, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor One fashionable strategy being adopted these days by the mainstream political parties to disguise their activities is the formation and use of politically motivated groups that they disguise as civil society groupings. Mushrooming all over … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, National Democratic Congress, National Democratic Party, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP, United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor When Kwame Pianim said before the 2008 elections that any idiot can bear/carry the flag of a political party, many didn’t understand him. Is he not right, after all? Of course, he was reacting to … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Kufuor, Kwame Pianim, Mahama, member of parliament, New Patriotic Party, NPP, State of the Nation Address
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Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur Her Ladyship the Chief Justice, Honourable Members of Parliament, My presence here this morning is in fulfillment of Article 67 of Ghana’s Constitution which requires the President of the Republic … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Electoral Commission, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, John Dramani Mahama, John Kufuor, member of parliament, Speaker (politics), State of the Nation Address
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When we Ethiopians treat adult journalists that act as toddlers in a dipper it isn’t their fault but, ours. The havoc they cause on society in the service of tyranny is because we treat them as an adult; it is … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Associated Press, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, Information Revolution, latest ethiopian news, Mark Twain, news ethiopia, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Woyane
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I am too apt not to jump into conclusion on any event that stares me in the face without thoroughfully investigating the reason behind it. In fact, I am not one of those people who usually takes everything thrown at … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Ashanti, Ashanti people, Ghana, God, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, NDC, Nigeria, Nigerians
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There is no telling why Woyane have choice to tarnish good will of Tigray and associate it with crime of atrocity and corruption. Whatever the reason may be, it is part of the grad plan of tearing Ethiopians apart. The … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Amhara Region, crime, Eritrea, ESAT, 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, Tigray, Woyane
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By ANDREW SOLOMON WHEN my husband-to-be and I met the Ghanaian politician John Dramani Mahama at a friend’s wedding near Accra eight years ago, I liked him immediately. I kept up with his fortunes mostly through mutual friends, and I … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Andrew Solomon, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Jaipur Literature Festival, John Atta Mills, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, New York Public Library, United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The Founder and leader of Glorious Word Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, is in the news again for the wrong reason. He is reported to have predicted that President Mahama will die this year … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor
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Tagged Aliu Mahama, Ghana, God, IndepthAfrica, Mahama, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Owusu Bempah, Supreme Court of the United States
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Many politicians are always placing the attainment of power OVER and ABOVE the pursuit of PRINCIPLES. Some politicians are prepared to CONDONE and CONNIVE in doing the WRONG THINGS if that would enable them to ACHIEVE or BASK in the … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Jerry Rawlings, John Atta Mills, Kwame Nkrumah, Nana Akufo-Addo, NDC, NPP, Obuasi
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Everyone must leave something behind when he dies…something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die…It doesn’t matter what you do, so long as you change something from the way it was before … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, Jonathan, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Lagos, lagos nigeria, Nelson Mandela, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria newspaper, nigeria time, online nigeria, Reuben Abati, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
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TORONTO – A 23-year-old woman who was found strangled to death in North York over the weekend has been officially identified. Toronto Police say Nyumwai Caroline Mkurazhizha — the city’s latest murder victim — is from the Republic of Zimbabwe. … read more »
(Reuters) – Few in Nigeria’s second city of Kano would admit to supporting the Islamist insurgents waging a bloody northern rebellion against the central government in Abuja. But when Boko Haram talks of sweeping away the corrupt old order and … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, bokoharam, GoodluckJonathan, Ibrahim Shekarau, Islam, Kano, Kano Emirate, Nigeria, Nigerian, Nigerian soccer
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Your Excellency Mr. Yayi Boni, Chairperson of the African Union and President of the Republic of Benin, Colleague Heads of State and Government, Your Excellency Mr. Ban ki-Moon, Secretary – General of the United Nations, Your Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini … read more »
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