Category Archives: Columnist
By Messay Kebede Since the death of Prime Minister Meles, the political situation of Ethiopia has entered a phase of uncertainty with no clear momentum toward stabilization. Despite predictions of the imminent collapse of the EPRDF, either under the pressure … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Messay Kebede, Op-ed
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Tagged EPRDF, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Hailemariam, Libya, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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House cleaning or window dressing? Are they playing us like a cheap fiddle again? For a while, it was all about the Meles Dam and how to collect nickels and dimes to build it. That kind of played itself out. … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Alemayehu G. Mariam, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, John Kerry, Meles, Meles Dam, Non-governmental organization, World Bank
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The practice of city pastors commandeering all the tithes and offerings to themselves while pauperizing their village counterparts is one of the reasons every pastor is running to the city to establish a church. Tithes and offerings are biblical injunctions … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Christian, God, Gospel of Matthew, jesus, Jews, Levite, New Testament, Tithing
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Alemu Tafesse, Political Analyst and academic Anti-authoritarian struggles creep into the symbolical world both in content and form. Acts of defiance send across sparks of moments that carry multiple meanings to multiple audiences. In many instances, with more repression, more … read more »
Posted in Alemu Tafesse, Article, Columnist, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amharic, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian muslim, Government, Kality, Muslim, People of Ethiopia, wedding
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By; Kiflu Hussain I might never have known about the existence of African Media Initiative (AMI), had I not received an invitation from this organization that sounds well intentioned. In 2011, I was pleasantly surprised by an email from … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kiflu Hussain, Op-ed
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Tagged Amy Winehouse, Arizona, Facebook, IndepthAfrica, Julie Larson-Green, Martin Luther King, Microsoft, People, River Song
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By; Kiflu Hussain Uganda is a 50 year old independent African country unlike Ethiopia that has been hosting OAU/AU for five decades while enjoying her own thousands of years of “independent”history.Ironically, Ethiopia has no independent institution which is equally … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kiflu Hussain, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Obafemi Awolowo University, Organisation of African Unity, Osun State, Pan-Africanism
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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 Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye If anyone had told me a few years ago that a time will come in Nigeria when the authorities will approve the teaching of sexual immorality as a subject in junior and secondary schools, I would have … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Op-ed, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
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Tagged Behavior Analysis, Christian, Holy Spirit, Human sexual activity, IndepthAfrica, Morality, Nigerian, psychology, Religion and sexuality, Social Sciences
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by Obinna Akukwe The Kano State Government is bent on converting the scene of the bus station bomb blast into an Islamic school. Governor Rabiu Kwakwanso had earlier told the Igbo traders and transporters who built and developed the park … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Bus, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Sabon Gari
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By: Farai Mamina Facebook political gladiator ‘Baba Jukwa’ has gained instant reputation as Zimbabwe’s own version of Wikileaks. The arrogant but well-informed mole always signs off his Facebook posts with the declaration that he rebelled from Zanu PF. Baba Jukwa … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Farai Mamina, Op-ed, Politics, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Didymus Mutasa, George Charamba, IndepthAfrica, Morgan Tsvangirai, People, Robert Mugabe, United States, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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Chris Okotie is the first cerebral pastor in Nigeria to make an apostolic incursion into Nigeria’s dirty presidential politics . In 2003 he contested under Justice Party, placing 8th out of 29 candidates with 119,547 votes. Okotie formed FRESH Democratic … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Chris Okotie, Courtroom, Facebook, God, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Judge, Nigeria, Nigerian, Procedural law
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By Obinna Akukwe Recently the Boko Haram Group of terrorists rejected the amnesty offer of the Nigerian Government making a Boko Haram Republic a viable alternative. A situation whereby everybody is begging a murderous group to accept amnesty makes nonsense … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Ado Bayero, bokoharam, Bola Tinubu, Islamic republic, Jonathan, Katsina, Muslim, Nigeria
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America is Watching!? Diplomacy by hypocrisy is “diplocrisy”. Edmund Burke, the British statesman and philosopher, said “Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” We’ve heard many promises on … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged CPJ, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Kerry, Meles Zenawi, Reeyot Alemu, United States
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After years of overlooking the real needs of the Somali people, it is significant change longed-for that Somalia’s statebuiling featured in the strategic agenda of the key actors of the International Community (IC), namely the G8 powers[1] in their ministerial … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Mohamud M Uluso, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged African Development Bank, Indepth Africa Magazine, International Financial Institutions, International Monetary Fund, Somali, Somali people, Somali Shilling, Somalia
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In the regional dispute related to the topic of the Sahara, Morocco maintains the course set by the Security Council with the primary goal of achieving a mutually acceptable political solution, and all this through negotiation. In this respect, Morocco … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Op-ed, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Human rights, Morocco, Sahara, Sahrawi people, Security Council, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Western Sahara
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By Philip Amiola Same sex marriage has been a subject of public debate for a long time. A cursory review of ancient literature traces this contention to the antediluvian age. Since then, proponents of this world view have coined several … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Op-ed, Philip Amiola, West Africa
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Tagged Gay, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Lagos, Law, LGBT, Marriage, Nigeria, Nigerian, same sex marriage, United States
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By Betre Yacob Imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu has won the 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. She is given the prize in recognition of her “exceptional courage, resistance and commitment” to freedom of expression. According to UNESCO’s news … read more »
Posted in Article, Betre Yacob, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa University, Committee to Protect Journalists, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Feteh, IndepthAfrica, Muammar Gaddafi, Reeyot Alemu, UNESCO
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(Getahune Bekele- South Africa) “He is fit like fiddle and in perfect health. Never been to any hospital recently and no doctor has diagnosed him with heart condition.” The former ruler’s son-in-law who extensively travels between Johannesburg and Harare told … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele, Op-ed
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Tagged American English, Calibri, Default (finance), Graphics, IndepthAfrica, Times Roman, Vector, Vector Markup Language, VML
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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 Obinna Akukwe Ohaneze Ndigbo has denied blanket support for the amnesty programme, insisting that victims of Boko Haram attacks must be compensated. Reacting to the statement credited to it during its solidarity visit to Kano in the aftermath of … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Amnesty, bokoharam, Enugu, GAAICOM, Igbo, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Nigerian, nigerian newsppaers, Ohaneze
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By Robele Ababya, Self-defense is a natural right Self-defense at this critical time in the history of Ethiopia threatened by divisive ethnic policy being perpetrated by TPLF’s warlords is a natural right. The Amharas subjected to ethnic cleansing and indeed … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Robele Ababya
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amhara people, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Flag of Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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By Jamal Ali In an etiological analogy, Somalia’s current state-building detractors resemble like the mythical Medusa’s head. It appears that Perseus had cut them all off exhaustingly, except his blade slashed the last head before it hid in a ruble. … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Columnist, East Africa, Jamal Ali, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, Ankara, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Mogadishu, Somalia, Somaliland, Turkey
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Having gone thus far in unpacking the implications of Justice Kpegah’s suit against Akufo-Addo, we are at the point where we want to clarify issues to help those following us keenly understand more clearly what … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Michael Bokor, Op-ed, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Akufo-Addo, Edward Akufo-Addo, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Lancing College, Middle Temple, Nana Akufo-Addo, William Addo Dankwa Akufo
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On April 15 heads of Moroccans political parties held a meeting to discuss the groundbreaking draft resolution for human rights in Western Sahara. The meeting was devoted to the latest developments regarding the National Question in the United Nations, and … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Op-ed, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Sahara, Spanish Empire, United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, United States, Western Sahara
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A targeted and co-ordinated attack occurred today at the Boston Marathon shortly after 3 pm EDT. The Boston Marathon which was established in 1897 is said to typically attract 500 000 spectators and this year had over 27 000 entrants … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, Tsungai Chipato
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Tagged Boston, Boston Marathon, Deval Patrick, Eastern Time Zone, IndepthAfrica, Massachusetts, Patriots Day, Pentagon, United States
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By Teklu Abate The Ethiopian regime has launched the Meles Zenawi foundation following its April 6 Congress at the AU Hall here in the capital. The foundation constitutes a library, a research center, a fellowship programme, and a public park, … read more »
Posted in Article, By Teklu Abate, Columnist, Op-ed
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Tagged Azeb Mesfin, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Meles, Meles Zenawi, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Sudan
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By Alemayehu G Mariam Ethiopia today is a “prison of nations and nationalities with the Oromo being one of the prisoners”, proclaimed the recently issued Declaration of the Congress of the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF). This open-air prison is administered through … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, George Ayittey, George Bernard Shaw, Henry David Thoreau, IndepthAfrica, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people
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By Yilma Bekele Animal trainers use a whip with a stiff handle to show who the boss is. A whip is used to gain control and achieve compliance using pain. During slavery in the US whipping was a powerful weapon … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Yilma Bekele
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Tagged China, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, People of Ethiopia, Soviet Union, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF, United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Retired Supreme Court Justice Francis Kpegah’s legal action against the NPP’s Akufo-Addo at the Fast Track Division of the High Court will begin being heard on April 23, barring any hitch. The Writ of Summons … read more »
Posted in Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, Op-ed, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Georgina Theodora Wood, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Justice Kpegah, Kpegah, Margaret Thatcher, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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Spare Reeyot, CPJ pleads with Berhan Hailu By Getahune Bekele, South Africa Her predicament touched millions of hearts around the world in 2012 when it was established that she had a malignant tumor in her breast which prompted her lawyer … read more »
Posted in Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele, Op-ed
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Tagged berhanhailu, CPJ, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Reeyot, Solitary confinement, United Nations, United Nations Convention Against Torture
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