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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 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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The post Africa at 50: Redefining African Solidarity appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

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 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 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 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 Re-Emerging: The Jews of Nigeria appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

Like many young men and women growing up in Nigeria, Shmuel consistently heard that the Igbo people were Jews. Yet, two centuries of Christian Colonialism prevented him and many other Igbo from exploring that connection further. When an Internet café … read more »

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The post Nigeria: A Space at the Mortuary…By Olusegun Adeniyi appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

By Olusegun Adeniyi If there is any development that depicts the state of affairs in our country today, it is what happened last week following the coordinated attacks by Boko Haram on police, army and prison formations in Bama, Borno … read more »

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The post Tithes and Offerings and the Pauperization of Village Pastors appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

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 »

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The post Nigeria: Insecurity – Don’t Declare Emergency Rule, Govs’ Forum Tells Jonathan appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

By Chibuzo Ukaibe,Leadership (Abuja) The 36 governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) yesterday asked President Goodluck Jonathan not to yield to the agitation for a declaration of state of emergency in troubled states in the country. … read more »

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The post Nigeria: Ngige and Obi: the debate begins appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

by Valentine Obienyem I think it was Shakespeare who in Macbeth said “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.”  I am not a telepathy expert neither do I aspire to be one. Human nature is so … read more »

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The post Nigeria: Boko haram staging bolder, deadlier comeback appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

(Reuters) – After a crackdown pushed them out of Nigeria’s northern cities, Islamist militant group Boko Haram have regrouped, rearmed and are staging a bold comeback that has already allowed them to seize control over parts of the northeast. Using … read more »

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The post Ghana: Lest We Forget – 1983 – Thirty Years Ago appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

The year 1983 perhaps was the harshest year in Ghana’s modern history. In some countries there would be retrospectives, symposia and other kinds of public reflections on this most devastating year in our collective memory. When I say “collective”, I … read more »

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The post 50 year old Uganda and Ethiopia host of OAU/AU for 50 years appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

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 »

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