Category Archives: East Africa
Zekre Lebona You can see for yourself- the city is like the ship rolling dangerously; it has lost the power to right itself and raise its head up out of the waves of death. Thebes is dying. There is a … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Adam Hochschild, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, Milan Kundera, Oedipus, Oedipus the King, Sophocles
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By Tambay A. Obenson A year ago, Yidnekachew Shumete was one of 3 Ethiopian filmmakers selected for a week-long visit to Monaco and Cannes for workshops, programs and events happening during the 2012 Cannes Film Festival in May. Shumete, along … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged 2012 Cannes Film Festival, Addis Ababa, Berlin, Cannes, Ethiopia, Film festival, IndepthAfrica, Medal Of Honor, Monaco, Seattle International Film Festival
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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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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — An Ethiopian court ruled Tuesday that prosecutors have two weeks to finalize corruption charges against two dozen people who have been arrested, including a senior Cabinet minister. The 24 people charged include the head of Ethiopia’s … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Anti-Corruption, Associated Press, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, Melaku Fenta, prosecutor, Rod Blagojevich corruption charges
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The international community must keep Eritrea under “close scrutiny”, an independent United Nations expert said today, stressing the need to fundamentally transform the East African nation’s “current culture of rights denial.” “Blatant disrespect for human rights in Eritrea is unacceptable,” … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Djibouti, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, Human rights, Human rights in Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, Keetharuth, Politics of Eritrea, Special Rapporteur
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On 29 July 1936 Abune Petros was executed by the Italian fascist that were trying to colonize our country for his refusal to submit. On May 2, 2013 the monument that was built to commemorate our Holy Father was removed … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Debre Libanos, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian Airlines, IndepthAfrica, Italy, People of Ethiopia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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By Abdihakim Aynte Last week, Somalia’s donors and international partners came together in London to lay down the foundations of post-transitional government in the country. The London gathering, which brought together over 50 heads of state and hundreds of international … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, David Cameron, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, London, Mogadishu, Somali, Somalia, Somaliland
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By Beny Gideon Mabor “I don’t know what’s right and wrong anymore”, he said, tears streaming down his cheeks. “On the one hand, I am warned that you are the tool of oppression against our people, an enemy of the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, Dinka people, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Messiria tribe, Ngok Dinka, South Sudan, Sudan, United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei
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By Teklu Abate Thanks to advances in information and communication technologies, people overcome spatio-temporal limitations. We communicate in real time regardless of where we live. Traditionally, communications and collaborations were made between people and organizations that somehow know each other … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Democracy, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Facebook, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, New York, United States, World Bank
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Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Bahaa ElDin said on Saturday that Egypt does not oppose the establishment of development projects or dams along the Nile River as long as it does not affect water distribution between countries. Bahaa … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Ahram, Bahaa ElDin, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sudan, Wikileaks
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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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Ethiopian police have arrested a minister and 11 other people on corruption charges, an official and state media said on Saturday, in the country’s most high-profile swoop against graft for more than a decade. Businesses in the region regularly complain … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Global Financial Integrity, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Reuters, Rwanda, Siye Abraha
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Eritrea rejects in the clearest of terms Amnesty International’s wild accusations that it has “jailed at least 10,000 political prisoners.” Amnesty’s transparently political assault on Eritrea is totally unsubstantiated, with the organization unable to back its claims with facts. It … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Amnesty, Amnesty International, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Political prisoner
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Eritrea’s hardline regime has jailed at least 10,000 political prisoners, many in “unimaginably atrocious conditions”, rights group Amnesty International said in a report Thursday criticising the situation in the Red Sea state. With political opposition banned, independent media quashed and … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Amnesty International, Asmara, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Soviet Union, United States
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by Sadik When the dictators incarcerate valued and exceptional leaders without justice, it is not only to bar them from their followers, but to break their soul in irreversible manner. Today our brave Ethiopians broke the passion of the oppressor … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, Journalist, Prison, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Twenty years after its independence, Eritrea’s prisons are filled with thousands of political prisoners, locked up without ever being charged with a crime, many of whom are never heard from again, Amnesty International said in a report released today. Twenty … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amnesty International, Arbitrary arrest and detention, Claire Beston, Eritrea, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Political prisoner, Prison
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By Eskinder Nega (From Kaliti Prison) “So that I may do the deed That my soul has to itself decreed.” – Keates Individuals can be penalized, made to suffer (oh, how I miss my child) and even killed. But democracy … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Democracy, Eskinder, eskindernega, Ethiopia, Horace, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Stalinism, United States
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As Addis Ababa prepares for grand festivities, galas and events in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the African Union (AU), formerly known as the Organization of African Unity (OAU), on May 25, 2013, we, Africans, … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Emperor Haile Selassie, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, League of Nations, United States
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Dear All, You are cordially invited to attend a Conference Discussion Sharing Forum about “Land Grabbing in Africa” with its devastating catastrophic effects it puts on the People of Africa which in effect is causing harm and is hindering sustainable … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Letters & Interviews, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African people, Congo, Ethiopia, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ivory Coast, Land grabbing, Pan-Africanism
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By Philip Amiola The volume of responses generated by my last article entitled, “Gays and Lesbians, We Will Not Keep Quiet!” has put me under responsibility to write a sequel to address genuine concerns raised by some of my readers. … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Facebook, Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, LGBT, Marriage, Nigeria, Philip Amiola
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By Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — More than 1 million babies die the day they are born every year, and the 14 countries with the highest rates of first-day deaths are all in Africa, according to a new report released … read more »
Posted in Cape Verde, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Op-ed, Senegal, Somali, South Africa, Special Reports, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Central African Republic, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Melinda Gates, Save the Children, Sierra Leone, Somalia, sub-Saharan Africa, World Health Organization
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By Shem Oirere, construction.com Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa, may boast Africa’s tallest building by 2017. While a 58-story building had been announced, plans unveiled by a private Chinese developer now call for a 99-story office-hotel tower. Guangdong Chuanhui Group has … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Carlton Centre, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Ethiopia, ethiopioan, Guangdong, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi
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Source: Human Rights Watch Free Jailed Journalists, Allow Media Freedom (Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government should mark World Press Freedom Day, on May 3, 2013, by immediately releasing all journalists jailed under the country’s deeply flawed anti-terrorism law. On May … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Feteh, Freedom of the press, Human right watch, IndepthAfrica, Temesgen Desalegn, United Nations Human Rights Council, World Press Freedom Day
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Abdel Latif El-Menawy Al Arabiya THREE years ago I warned of the water crisis and the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam via a series of articles. I traveled to Ethiopia and Eritrea and met with late Ethiopian premier Meles Zenawi and Eritrean … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Isaias Afewerki, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Sudan
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Somalia: Commentary on IHS Jane’s spin on Jubbaland trap Few days ago, IHS Jane, a well-established company for global security analysis, released an analysis under the title Somalia’s Jubbaland Conundrum. The following key points are presented at the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged American English, Calibri, Chinese style name, IndepthAfrica, Light List, Men, People, somalis, Times Roman, Typeface
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By Kris Berwouts The last time I communicated directly with Victoire Ingabire, on October 13th 2010, she sounded tense and tired. After an absence of more than 16 years, she had come back to Rwanda in January to participate in … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Politics, Rwanda
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Tagged Bernard Ntaganda, Frank Habineza, IndepthAfrica, Kayumba Nyamwasa, KIGALI, Netherlands, Rwanda, Rwandan Patriotic Front, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza
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Meles Zenawi when he was alive and his apostles today (“Melesistas”) keep playing us in the Diaspora like a cheap fiddle. They make us screech, shriek, scream and shout by simply showing their mugs in our cities. How do they … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Blue Nile, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, New York City, Nile, San Diego, Sudan
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ADDIS ABABA — The family of Reeyot Alemu, this year’s winner of the World Press Freedom Prize, says her situation in an Ethiopian prison is worsening by the day. Reeyot Alemu and Eskinder Nega are two of the best-known Ethiopian … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Amnesty International, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Prison, Reeyot, Reeyot Alemu, UNESCO
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BY Justine John DYIKUK Today (3, May 2013), World Press Freedom Day celebrates its 20th anniversary. The Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO’s General Conference. Since then, 3 May, the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Freedom of speech, IndepthAfrica, mass media, Nigeria, press freedom, rivers state, UNESCO, Windhoek Declaration, World Press Freedom Day
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Ethiopia is prepared to start a genocide against its LGBT citizens, according to a religious group affiliated with the government of the African nation. Details follow. According to GayStarNews: Government officials, religious leaders, leading heath professionals, charities and members of … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Capital punishment, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Game Show Network, Homosexuality, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, LGBT, Religious denomination
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