Category Archives: Hottest News
[View the story "The death of US Ambassador in Libya" on Storify] The death of US Ambassador in Libya Follow IndepthAfrica live blog on the violent deaths of four American diplomatic personnel in Libya today 12/09/2012. Storified by Indepth Africa … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, Libya, News, North Africa, Spotlight, World News
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Tagged Ambassador, Ambassadors of the United States, Barack Obama, Benghazi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libya, United States, US Ambassador
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Roger Runningen and Hans Nichols, ©2012 Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obamacondemned “in the strongest terms” an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that left the ambassador and three other American embassy staff dead. He ordered tighter security … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, Libya, News
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Tagged Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Rodham Clinton, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Mitt Romney, obama, Romney, United States
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Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema called for a national strike at all mines on Tuesday until the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) leadership steps down. “There must be a national strike at all the mines until Frans Baleni … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, Carletonville, IndepthAfrica, Julius Malema, Lonmin, Malema, National Union of Mineworkers, South Africa
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NAIROBI — Tribesmen launched new attacks early Tuesday in Kenya’s southeastern Tana River area, torching houses and killing at least three police officers, police sources said. “Three people have been killed and six others have been wounded seriously,” a senior … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Hottest News, Kenya, News
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Al-Qaeda, IndepthAfrica, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kenya, Mombasa, Monday, Police officer, Tana River
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Zimbabwe’s president reportedly labels J’can men as drunkards always high on the weed A media entity in Zimbabwe has reported that the country’s president, Robert Mugabe, has taken an unprovoked swipe at Jamaica and, in particular, Jamaican men. In an … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jamaica, Mugabe, Nehanda Radio, Robert Mugabe, Sizzla, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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In Summary Result: Zambia 1-0 Uganda Result: CAR 1-0 Burkina Faso Result: Gabon 1-1 Togo Result: Ghana 2-0 Malawi Result: Sierra Leone 2-2 Tunisia Result: Sudan 5-3 Ethiopia Result: Mali 3-0 Botswana Result: Cape Verde 2-0 Cameroon Result: Ivory Coast … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Hottest News, News, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, Sudan
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Tagged 2013 africa cup of nation, 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, 2013 african cup of nations qualifiers draw, 2013 african cup of nations qualifiers fixtures, 2013 african cup of nations qualifiers results, 2013 african cup of nations qualifiers table, 2013 african nations cup, africa cup, africa cup 2013, Africa Cup of Nations, Africa Nations Cup, African, african cup, african nations, African Nations Cup, BBC Africa, Cameroon, Cape Verde, cup of nations, Didier Drogba, IndepthAfrica, John Obi Mikel, live results, live sores, nations cup 2013, nations cup 2013 africa cup nations, Nations Cup qualifiers, Nigeria, Samuel Eto'o, Stephen Keshi
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NAIROBI — Kenyan gunmen shot dead 11 people in a revenge attack following a massacre last month in which 52 people were killed in the remote southeastern Tana region, Red Cross officials said Friday. “Fresh attacks in Tana River have … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Hottest News, Kenya, News
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Tagged Cattle, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kenya, Nairobi, Orma, Orma people, Pokomo, Tana River
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Over 80 000 imbali who attended this year umhlanga ceremony yesterday danced before His Majesty King Mswati III and the Queen Mother as well as their guests. The maidens ignored the wind, which blew up a dust storm and was … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, Southern Africa, Spotlight, Swaziland
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Tagged Eastern Cape, IndepthAfrica, KwaZulu-Natal, Mswati III, South Africa, Swazi people, Swaziland, Umhlanga, Umhlanga KwaZulu-Natal
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Ethiopians in Toronto, Sunday September 2nd paid tribute to their late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi during a memorial service at Dominion Ballroom, Sheraton Hotel, Downtown Toronto. The memorial service at Sherraton centre included among others, songs about commendable deeds of … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Hottest News, News, Spotlight
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Downtown Toronto, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, State funeral, toronto
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Tens of thousands of people have gathered in the Ethiopian capital for the state of funeral of late prime minister Meles Zenawi. It is the first state funeral to be held in the country in more than 80 years. Mr … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Hottest News, News
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Tagged Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegne, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Hailemariam, Meskel Square, Paul Kagame, Susan Rice
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LUANDA — Angola on Saturday tallied ballots from its second peacetime elections, expected to keep President Jose Eduardo dos Santos in power despite demands from the poor for a fairer slice of the nation’s oil wealth. Counting began shortly after … read more »
Posted in Angola, Hottest News, News, North Africa
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Tagged Abel Chivukuvuku, Angola, Angola 2012 Elections, CASA-CE, Elections, IndepthAfrica, José Eduardo dos Santos, Luanda, MPLA, President of Angola, Unita
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The death of Meles Zenawi, under whom Ethiopia made strides despite repression, highlights the need for strong democratic institutions to maintain stability. By Kenneth Roth, latimes Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, who died last week after a long illness, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, Hottest News, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa news, Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegne, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenneth Roth, Meles Zenawi, Somalia
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Johannesburg – Ululation, whistles and jubilation marked expelled ANCYL leader Julius Malema’s arrival at the Aurora mine in Grootvlei, Springs on Thursday. Workers sang “Ngisebenzela izingane zami emgodini” (I’m working for my kids in the mine). Malema arrived in a … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, Grootvlei Power Station, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Mercedes-Benz Viano, Nelson Mandela, South Africa
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Faced with a combination of body blows ranging from spiking prices for maize, import dependent Kenya’s staple food, IMF mandated food subsidy cuts, a foolhardy USA instigated invasion of Somalia, election triggered ethnic warfare and a simmering independence movement by … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Hottest News, Kenya, News
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, Kikuyu, Mombasa, Nairobi, Somalia, United States
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By Getahune Bekele Described by political commentators as a fool who risked everything on one endeavor, due to the hearty relationship he has had with the late Ethiopian despot Meles Zenawi, the world’s wealthiest black man Sheik Mohamed-Al-Amoudi (pictured) is … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele, Hottest News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, East Africa, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Ogaden, Riyadh, Somalia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Finance minister Tendai Biti yesterday said the inclusive government had no money for elections as the August 30 Supreme Court deadline for President Robert Mugabe to call for by-elections in three vacant constituencies beckoned. Mugabe on July 11 lost a … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged George Charamba, Harare, IndepthAfrica, Movement for Democratic Change Tsvangirai, Robert Mugabe, Tendai Biti, Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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South Africa — The shock, the mourning, and now the questions 10 days after the shoot-out in a South African platinum mine in which police killed 34 striking miners. The tragedy laid bare the harsh living conditions of the workers … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, African National Congress, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Johannesburg, John Capel, Miner, Mining, Pretoria, reuters africa news, South Africa
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Amnesty International yesterday said that Gambia had executed nine death row prisoners, after President Yahya Jammeh vowed to carry out all death sentences by mid-September. “Amnesty International has received credible reports that nine persons were executed last night (Thursday) in … read more »
Posted in Gambia, Hottest News, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Business News, Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news agency, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Amnesty International, bbc africa news, Boni Yayi, Capital punishment, Death row, Gambia, IndepthAfrica, List of heads of state of the Gambia, Radio France Internationale, reuters africa news, Yahya Jammeh
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The ANCYL has denied reports that its deputy president Ronald Lamola will be removed from his position after a disagreement with its expelled president Julius Malema. “We dismiss this rumour with the contempt it deserves and we are well aware … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, ANC, ANCYL, Independent Online, IndepthAfrica, Johannesburg, Julius Malema, Luthuli House, reuters africa news
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Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Hottest News, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, African Union, Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegne, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, reuters africa news, Somalia, United States
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Meles Zinawe, who died early on Tuesday after more than two decades ruling Ethiopia in the strife-torn Horn of Africa, was not an especially nice man. He had little tolerance for opposition at home and never shrank from going to … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Hottest News, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Meles, Meles Zenawi, reuters africa news, Robert Mugabe, Tony Blair
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, a regional strongman in the volatile Horn of Africa in power for over two decades, has died in hospital abroad, the government said Tuesday. “Prime Minister Meles Zenawi passed away yesterday evening at around midnight,” … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Hottest News, News
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Tagged died., ESAT, esat ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia music, Ethiopia new, Ethiopia news, ethiopia tv, ethiopian news, Ethiopian prime minister Meles, IndepthAfrica, Meles, meles ethiopia, Meles Zenawi
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Mali has announced a new government of national unity, five months after a military coup ousted the country’s elected government. The new government replaces a transitional government created in April that was plagued by infighting. It has 31 posts and … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, Mali, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Bamako, Cheick Modibo Diarra, Coup d'état, Dioncounda Traoré, France, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, Provisional government, reuters africa news
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President Jacob Zuma and Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa must resign following the death of mineworkers at Lonmin’s Marikana operations, in the North West, expelled ANC Youth League President Julius Malema said on Saturday. “President Zuma decided over the massacre of … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Cyril Ramaphosa, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Lonmin, Malema, Maputo, National Union of Mineworkers, reuters africa news, Zuma
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The details being reported seemed outlandish: a supposed graft-busting legislator stuffing bribe money under his hat because he had already filled his pockets, an oil baron recording the transaction. The truth was anybody’s guess, but what was clear was that … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, FaroukLawan, FemiOtedola, House of Representative, IndepthAfrica, Lawan, Nigeria, reuters africa news, Subsidy
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A Libyan security official says two car bombs have exploded in Libya’s capital, killing two people. The official says the first car bomb went off in a main street early in the morning Sunday, killing two and wounding four people. … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, car bomb, Eid ul-Fitr, IndepthAfrica, Interior ministry, Libya, Ramadan, reuters africa news, Salah, Sunday, Tripoli
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South African President Jacob Zuma has announced an inquiry into violence at a mine in the north-east of the country, calling the deaths there “tragic.” BBC reports that at least 34 people were killed when police opened fire on striking … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged 2011-12 premier league, Arsenal Soccer News, barclays fantasy football, Barclays Premier League, english premier league, EPL Soccer Highlights, fantasy football 2012/13, Football Videos, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Lonmin, National Union of Mineworkers, premier fantasy league, premier league 2011/12, premier league 2012, premier league fixtures, premier league news, premier league table, South Africa, South Africa under apartheid, South African Institute of Race RelationsX FridayX Ficksburg, Sports News Football
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One of the bloodiest police shootings since the days of apartheid has killed 34 miners and injured 78 at a South African platinum mine, leaving the nation in crisis and searching its soul over the rising levels of violent protest … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, South Africa, Southern Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged 2011-12 premier league, Arsenal Soccer News, barclays fantasy football, Barclays Premier League, english premier league, EPL Soccer Highlights, fantasy football 2012/13, Ficksburg, Football Videos, Friday, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Lonmin, National Union of Mineworkers, premier fantasy league, premier league 2011/12, premier league 2012, premier league fixtures, premier league news, premier league table, South Africa, South Africa under apartheid, South African Institute of Race Relations, Sports News Football
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Police shot dead more than 30 at Marikana mine; Brutal images shock post-apartheid South Africa; President Zuma cuts short Mozambique trip; World platinum prices spike, Lonmin shares slump. The killing by police of more than 30 striking platinum miners in … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa Business News, Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, African National Congress, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Johannesburg, Lonmin, Marikana, Nathi Mthethwa, National Union of Mineworkers, reuters africa news, South Africa
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Tension reigned Thursday in oil-rich Gabon where the main opposition said its television station was torched after violent clashes between its supporters and police in the capital Libreville. But the government said police gave a “measured reaction” to Wednesday’s unauthorised … read more »
Posted in Gabon, Hottest News, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Business News, Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Ali Bongo, Ali Bongo Ondimba, André Mba Obame, Gabon, IndepthAfrica, Libreville, Mba Obame, reuters africa news, Wednesday, Zacharie Myboto
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