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US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama are planning a three-nation tour to Africa, 26 June to 3 July. The visit is one that has long been anticipated by Africans, but has it come too late to generate … read more »

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The post Nigeria: Mujaheed Adebolaja, Nigerian Suspect in London Terrorist Attack appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

Leadership (Abuja) This man was photographed brandishing a knife and speaking to a woman at the scene Michael ‘Mujaheed’ Adebolaja, a 20-year old British Nigerian is identified as one of the two men who hacked to death a serving British … read more »

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The Eritrean government is still collecting taxes from expatriates in Canada to bankroll its military regime, despite being warned by the Department of Foreign Affairs to stop, a human rights group alleges. New documents appear to show the Consulate General … read more »

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The post Is the African Union equipped to serve Africa’s people for another 50 years? appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, guardian.co.uk Delegations from African countries listen to Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa in 1963 at the conference that set up the African Union. Photograph: AFP The African Union (AU) is now 50 years old. Amid the celebrations this … read more »

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On May 25, Africa celebrates its Golden Jubilee! The mortar which has been binding the several countries’ slates on the political map of the African continent has been the solidarity established by founding fathers against colonialism. It is the solidarity … read more »

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The post Eritrea: little to smile about, 20 years from freedom appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

Twenty years since Eritrea won independence from Ethiopia after one of Africa‘s longest wars, people are bowed down by a repressive government and increasingly frustrated at the lack of rights they fought for. Opposition parties are banned and anyone who … read more »

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The post Africa: The Birth of the OAU appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

column Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, was a passionate believer in African unity, and a living link with the historic Pan-African movement which had promoted solidarity among people of African descent everywhere against colonialism and racism. Earlier Pan-Africanists had identified … read more »

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The post Woman Seeks Asylum: King of Swaziland want to make me his 14th virgin bride appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

  Tintswalo Ngobeni, 22, fled to England from Africa as a teenager Caught attentions of King Mswati III – monarch notorious for lavish lifestyle Began contacting her at school when she was just 15 Wants asylum saying she could be … read more »

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The post Ethiopia: Off Political Taboos and Woos appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

By Teklu Abate The regime in Ethiopia and the opposition in the Diaspora and at home appear to live in totally different ‘worlds’. Each is a typical alien to the other. The governing party sees the opposition as powerless, incompetent, … read more »

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The post Chinua Achebe as Metaphor appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

When I was coming of age in my part of the African continent, I was oriented to four major metaphors for what my environment considered most important in our social discuss. The first was Zik, which I later learnt was … read more »

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The post Chinua Achebe (Ugonabo Ogidi ) Goes Home appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

By Joe Igbokwe All roads lead to Ogidi in Anambra State , Nigeria the home town of the late (Ugonabo) Professor Chinua Achebe on Wednesday May 23 2013 for the sage’s final burial. People from all walks of life will … read more »

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The post The curious case of Africa’s Progress and the missing Millennium Development Goals appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

By Susana Edjang The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that have driven the global development agenda, since September 2000, when Kofi Annan, then Secretary-General of the United Nations, and 191 member states surprised the world by unanimously agreeing and making, … read more »

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The post Somalia And The Slippery Slope Of ‘Jubbaland’ appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

By Abukar Arman If the latest development in Somalia gives you the feeling of being trapped in the Twilight Zone—somewhere between relative security and renewed bloodshed—you are not alone. Due to the array of competing internal and external interest groups … read more »

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The post The Legacy of Queen Victoria and Zimbabwean Culture appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

Canada recently just celebrated Victoria Day on the 20th of May, remembering a woman who is regarded as the longest serving monarch in British History and very well regarded as an embodiment of what the British Empire represented at its … read more »

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The post The Parable Of The Cockroach And Nigeria appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

by Prince Charles Dickson The Edos say “Ehemwen wÿÿ iren te gua so ihuan, ren te vbe gua ku, sokpan ukpÿ iye-ÿkhÿkhÿ ÿre ÿ ma gie iren ku iku iren vbe avan”.  A cockroach knows how to sing and dance, … read more »

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The post Ghanaian Pastor accused Pastor Chris, TB Joshua of occultism appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

Bishop Isaac Owusu Bempah, Founder and Leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, has labeled two of Nigeria’s celebrated pastors as partners in winning souls for the devil. In the godly words of the controversial Owusu Bempah, the founding … read more »

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The post My relationship with Chinua Achebe – Wole Soyinka appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

by Professor Wole Soyinka As a celebrated author, Professor Chinua Achebe’s final burial rites hold this week, I was on the road between Abeokuta and Lagos when I first learned about his death. Who called first – BBC or a Nigerian journalist? … read more »

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The post Somalia’s future: IGAD’s captivity or donors’ rescue appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

There is Somali adage that says, “Old man knows what causes his death.” When President Hassan Sh. Mohamud of Somalia started his speech at the second London Conference on Somalia (LCS II) on Maya 7, 2013, with the metaphor of … read more »

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The post Eritrea: From Here to Dignity appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

Selam Kidane From Here to Dignity The lord and master rides by on his horse and the peasant bows lowly and silently farts (a clever old saying… apparently) I came across the above saying in my readings on: shame pride … read more »

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The post Ethiopia: The corruption Game By Alemayehu G Mariam appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

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 »

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