Category Archives: America
By Ambassador Donald Koran, opinion Today, around half the world’s population is at risk from malaria – a preventable and treatable disease that claims the life of a child every minute. Just ten years ago it was estimated that globally, … read more »
Posted in America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Ghana, Global Issues, Guinea, Middle East, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Barack Obama, Disease, Health, HIV positive people, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Malaria, Rwanda, World Malaria Day
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By Winnie Ssanyu Sseruma Almost half the world’s population – an estimated three billion people – live in areas where malaria is transmitted. Endemic to 107 countries in the tropics and subtropics, it is responsible for around one million deaths … read more »
Posted in America, Article, Asia, Australia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Europe, Global Issues, Health, Kenya, Middle East, Niger, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Disease, HIV, HIV positive people, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Malaria, Mosquito net, sub-Saharan Africa, UNICEF
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev woke up and told investigators that he and his brother Tamerlan were waging a lone jihad when they set off two bombs packed with nails and ball bearings at the Boston Marathon. He said his brother came up … read more »
By Dennis Prager We cannot bring back the stolen lives. We cannot bring back the lost limbs or the lost hearing. And we cannot mitigate the infinite grief of the victims’ loved ones. But there is something we can and … read more »
By Richard Falk The dominant reactions to the horrific bombings on April 15th, the day of the running of the Boston Marathon, as well as the celebration of Patriots Day, have been so far: compassion for the victims, a … read more »
Nil NIKANDROV The Venezuelan National Election Council (CNE – Consejo Nacional Electoral) has announced the election results. As the forecasts had said, Nicolas Maduro has won. It was a tough fight, Maduro has gained 50.76% of the vote against 49.07% … read more »
By Ajamu Baraka This month marks the tenth anniversary of the U.S. attack on Iraq, one of the most egregious expressions of naked power and imperial ambition since the Second World War. The attack defied both an outraged world opinion … read more »
Whether or not he achieves diplomatic breakthroughs on his visit to Israel, President Obama’s trip could help the peace process by focusing news media attention, for once, on positive aspects of normal existence in that controversial corner of the Middle … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Barack Obama, Gaza, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East, Palestinian people, United States, west bank
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The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), a group with Muslim Brotherhood origins and an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror-financing trial, recently toured the White House and met with multiple officials. According to the group, Paul Monteiro, … read more »
By Salim Lamrani – Opera Mundi President Hugo Chavez, who died on March 5, 2013 of cancer at age 58, marked forever the history of Venezuela and Latin America. 1. Never in the history of Latin America, has a political … read more »
Venezuelan soldiers brace against protective fences as supporters wait in line to pay last respects to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez outside the Military Academy in Carlatimesacas. (Leo Ramirez / AFP / March 7, 2013) latimes The news of … read more »
It is no accident that the death of Hugo Chavez, while mourned by the usual suspects on the left, was celebrated by thousands of his fellow countrymen. In the Doral section of Miami, FL, home to the largest enclave of Venezuelans living … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Carlos Andrés Pérez, Chavez, Fidel Castro, George W. Bush, Hugo Chávez, hugo chavez biografia, hugo chavez biography, hugo chavez cancer, hugo chavez dictator, hugo chavez health, hugo chavez noticias, hugo chavez quotes, Miami, Venezuela, Vladimir Putin
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Philly The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has the potential to birth a dramatic change in his oil-rich country’s relationship with the United States. But it may take years to materialize, if it ever does. Much will depend on … read more »
By RIA Novosti The death of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez from cancer may have been part of a plot by the United States to infect its enemies in Latin America with the disease, the leader of Russia’s Communist party, Gennady … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Chavez, Dilma Rousseff, Fernando Lugo, Fidel Castro, Gennady Zyuganov, George W. Bush, Hugo Chávez, hugo chavez biografia, hugo chavez biography, hugo chavez cancer, hugo chavez dictator, hugo chavez health, hugo chavez noticias, hugo chavez quotes, IndepthAfrica, Latin America, United States
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By Joel Hirst For the next days and weeks there will be many Op-Eds and articles analyzing the impact of the premature demise of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. His legacy will be dissected; the effects of his political and economic … read more »
From:The Australian HE was lionised as a hero by the Western Left, of course, but it would be hard to find a leader in recent history who more comprehensively betrayed the wellbeing of his country than Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. … read more »
By William Donohue Is there a “gay lobby” involved in blackmail that resulted in the decision of the pope to resign? No serious observer in or out of the Vatican currently accepts this account. But that hardly means there isn’t … read more »
By Franklin Lamb Truth told, this American observer has attended his share of international conferences and has traveled in more than 70 countries. But never has he visited such a complex country, evolving culture, and striving energized society, populated by … read more »
By Matt Miller, At times like these, I wish I wasn’t a policy wonk. Or at least not one who can’t help asking if the reality of a president’ proposals come close to the rhetoric they’re couched in. I want … read more »
The stage is set for the high drama that has become the US president’s State of the Union speech. Barack Obama will try to set a tone for the rest of the year and legislative session to come. He will … read more »
By Colin Todhunter In an increasingly media-driven age, language is everything and is often used by officialdom to tyrannise meaning. With the deaths of millions on its hands since 1945, the US has become the world’s number one terror state. … read more »
At President Barack Obama’s second inauguration ceremony Monday, the African-Caribbean Diaspora will play a part in some of the several events. The group will host the first-ever African-Caribbean Diaspora Presidential Inaugural Ball. The Reverend Doctor Agorom Constantine Dike, chairman of … read more »
To read and order Frank Gaffney’s pamphlet, The Muslim Brotherhood in the Obama Administration, click here. November was just about done and Chris Matthews, the MSNBC host voted most likely by his own staff to have a poster of Barack … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Barack Obama, Egypt, Frank Gaffney, Homeland Security Advisory Council, Huma Abedin, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Society of North America, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim Public Affairs Council
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By Vladimir Gladkov Police have found a note left by William Spengler who ambushed firefighters in the town of Webster in the US state of New York. A couple of days ago, Spengler, a 62-year old resident of Webster, who … read more »
Pope Benedict XVI on Friday weighed in on a heated debate over gay marriage, criticising new concepts of the traditional family and warning that in the fight for the family, mankind itself is at stake. “In the fight for the … read more »
Posted in America, Europe, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged France, Gilles Bernheim, IndepthAfrica, Marriage, Pope Benedict XVI, same sex marriage, Simone de Beauvoir, United States, Vatican City
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David Horowitz and John Perazzo When a Neighborhood Watch guard shot Trayvon Martin in February 2012, a chorus of civil rights activists concluded that he had been killed because of his race. Michael Skolnick, the political director for hip-hop mogul … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Congressional Black Caucus, Duke, IndepthAfrica, obama, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Southern Poverty Law Center, Trayvon Martin, United States, White American, White privilege
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After an independent report found that mistakes were made in the Obama Administration’s handling of the Benghazi jihad massacre, Barack Obama immediately took action against those who apparently made them: Eric Boswell, the assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security; … read more »
The hypocrites in Hollywood are running scared after a mentally ill 20-year-old, Adam Lanza, invaded Sandy Brook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and proceeded to murder 20 small children. Their first reaction, of course, was that guns were to blame. … read more »
The Newtown massacre is the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history and one of the deadliest mass shootings around the world. A gunman at Virginia Tech University killed 33, including himself, in 2007. Only Virginia Tech and the mass killings … read more »
Posted in America, Article, Global Issues, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Barack Obama, Connecticut, IndepthAfrica, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Norway, President of the United States, School shooting, United States, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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December 14, 2012: A total of 27 people are killed at a primary school in Newtown, Connecticut, in the northeastern United States, after a gunman opened fire. Twenty children and six adults were killed at the school, and another adult … read more »
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