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A hospital secretary who was asked by an African diplomat for sex on his desk is set for a substantial payout after winning her sexual harassment claim. Vanessa Turley, 41 – who has spent £10,000 in legal fees fighting her … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, Ebbw Vale, General Medical Council, indepthafrica africa news, Justin Lee Collins, Niger, Sexual harassment, Turley, Wales, West Africa
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The United States called on coup leaders in Mali on Friday to step down and allow for elections to take place. U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner spoke one day after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gave … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News
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Tagged africa african news, Amadou Toumani Touré, Bamako, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, indepthafrica africa news, Mali, Mamadou Konate, United States, West Africa
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Two people were reportedly killed in Askira, a small community south of Borno State when gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram attacked a bank and police station yesterday. Residents of the sleepy town, which is the headquarters of … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged africa african news, bank, Boko Haram, Borno State, Goodluck Jonathan, indepthafrica africa news, Islamism, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Police station
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Real Madrid head coach Jose Mourinho has rubbished reports he had reached an agreement to manage Manchester City at the end of the season. A Spanish report hinted the former Chelsea tactician was primed to return to the Premier League … read more »
Posted in Soccer, Sports
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Tagged africa african news, Copa del Rey, indepthafrica africa news, José Mourinho, madrid, Mesut Özil, real madrid, Real Madrid C.F, Roberto Mancini, Sergio Ramos
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Cape Town – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe had guests attending the launch of Zimbabwe’s Trade and Investment Policy Document in stitches when he told them that he was not too old, Radio VOP reported on Friday. Mugabe turned 88 on … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Spotlight, Zimbabwe
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Tagged africa african news, Cape Town, Harare, indepthafrica africa news, Morgan Tsvangirai, Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe
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Cape Town – Kenyan businessman Paul Kamlesh Pattni, who gave Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a royal robe which reportedly once belonged to slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is linked to an $850m fraud case that almost ground the East African … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged africa african news, Cape Town, Daily News Wrap, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Kenya, Muammar Gaddafi, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
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Johannesburg – The ANC Youth League was being traumatised and suppressed under President Jacob Zuma’s leadership, expelled league president Julius Malema said on Friday. “Under President Zuma, we’ve seen the youth of the ANC being traumatised and expelled from their … read more »
Posted in News, Politics, South Africa, Southern Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged africa african news, African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, ANC, Fikile Mbalula, Gwede Mantashe, indepthafrica africa news, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Malema
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Bamako – Mali’s junta leader appealed on Friday for foreign help to secure the West African country against a separatist Tuareg uprising after the rebels entered the strategic northern town of Kidal. The West African country is an indirect victim … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Hottest News, Mali, News, West Africa
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Tagged africa african news, Amadou Toumani Touré, Bamako, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Kidal, Libya, Mali, Reuters, West Africa
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Shrien Dewani has always protested his innocence in the case of his wife Anni’s murder. The South African authorities claim there is evidence of his involvement but Dewani’s supporters have answers for many of the questions raised. Here are some … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged africa african news, Cape Town, Closed-circuit television, Dewani, Gugulethu, hotel, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Shrien Dewani, South Africa
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PARIS — French police arrested about 20 suspected Islamists in dawn raids on Friday, most of them in the hometown of an extremist who was shot dead by police last week after a killing spree. Agents from France’s DCRI domestic … read more »
Posted in News, World News
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Tagged africa african news, Al-Qaeda, Algeria, France, indepthafrica africa news, Merah, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, September 11 2001, Toulouse
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Toby Leon Moorsom Macky Sall should be supported, but people should be suspicious and vigilant. He is, after all, Wade’s protégé. For peasants and petty traders living under feudal monarchies, the only thing worse than living with a plundering despotic … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, News, Senegal, West Africa
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Tagged Abdoulaye Wade, africa african news, Dakar, Idrissa Seck, indepthafrica africa news, Karim Wade, Macky Sall, Sall, Senegal, Wade
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A Cape Town man has received counselling after he was apparently raped by a man dressed as a woman, it was reported on Friday. Lt-Col Andrè Traut told the Cape Times the man, 26, was walking to the Groote Schuur … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged africa african news, Cape Times, Cape Town, DNA, indepthafrica africa news, London, National Insurance Crime Bureau, Rape, Seattle, Woman
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BESIDES Helen Zille’s “educational and health refugees”, the thousands of “refugees” expected to swamp Cape Town this weekend is a good enough reason for the Western Cape premier to be afraid – though pleasantly so. The ironic twist to Zille’s … read more »
Posted in Entertainment, Movie & Music
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Tagged africa african news, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Helen Zille, indepthafrica africa news, Mike Stern, South Africa, Steve Dyer, western cape
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Remembering Chief Obafemi Awolowo Cameron Duodu In the unstable Nigeria of the 1970s, this journalist met Chief Awolowo and tried to press him over the political situation in the country. Only later did the writer realize the meaning of Awolowo’s … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged africa african news, Awolowo, Business and Economy, Embassies and Consulates, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Jubril Aminu, Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo
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William Finnegan In 1955, openly racist, all-white juries made certain that the confessed killers of Emmett Till walked free in Mississippi. In Florida today, the Stand Your Ground law may yet block the workings of justice. The killing of Trayvon … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, News
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Tagged africa african news, American Legislative Exchange Council, Castle Doctrine, Emmett Till, Florida, indepthafrica africa news, National Rifle Association, Police, Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman
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Horace Campbell The killing of Trayvon Martin serves as an inspiration for those who want to speak out against the demagoguery and hatred that has been spread in the United States in the midst of the capitalist depression. Trayvon Martin … read more »
Posted in Article, Pan African News
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Tagged africa african news, Florida, George Zimmerman, indepthafrica africa news, Martin, Racial profiling, Trayvon, Trayvon Martin, United States, Zimmerman
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Chukwuma Charles Soludo Will Europe underdevelop Africa again? Almost all the flexibilities in policy choice that Africa and other developing countries won under the WTO are lost under the EPAs Africa is in trouble. Its future is once again on … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Pan African News
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Tagged ACP, africa african news, African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, Berlin Conference, Economic Partnership Agreement, European Union, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, World Trade Organization, WTO
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Charles Abugre Increased financial transparency is critical to stem the illicit capital outflows that are crippling Africa. The past month, the spotlight has been on James Ibori, the governor of Nigeria’s Delta state from 1999 to 2007, who pleaded guilty … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, News, Pan African News
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Tagged ActionAid, africa african news, African Development Bank, African Union, Global Financial Integrity, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, James Ibori, United Nation, United Nations Millennium Campaign
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Arame Tall Relief after news of Sall’s win and democratic transition following Senegal’s contested presidential election. Relief. Jubilation. Levity. And most of all: Liberation. These are the emotions that surged up as I, along with the 12 million Senegalese citizens … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, News, Politics, Senegal, West Africa
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Tagged Abdoulaye Wade, africa african news, Casamance, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Macky Sall, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Wade
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Abdurazaq Magaji In Nigeria, the powers that be have decided that opposition politicians, people like Senegal’s Macky Sall, will have to wait for sixty years before they can ever become president. Lucky man. Macky Sall, that is. Were he a … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, News, Senegal, West Africa
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Tagged Abdoulaye Wade, africa african news, Casamance, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Macky Sall, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Wade
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Cairo – An Egyptian court has ordered the government to ban pornographic internet websites in order to protect society and its values. The decision and a similar initiative in parliament has fed into fears by liberal and secular Egyptians that … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged africa african news, Egypt, Egyptians, Hosni Mubarak, indepthafrica africa news, Internet pornography, Islamic fundamentalism, Islamism, pornography, Website
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Baghdad – Sudan seeks good relations with newly independent South Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir told an Arab summit on Thursday, after border clashes this week sparked international alarm. “We are committed to go forward in resolving these pending issues with … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, North Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged africa african news, African Union, Ban Ki-moon, European Union, indepthafrica africa news, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, South Sudan, Sudan, Unity
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Tripoli – Rival militia in the southern Libyan city of Sabha have reached an agreement to end clashes that killed more than 50 people, marking a fresh attempt by the government to impose order nationwide months after the overthrow of … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged africa african news, indepthafrica africa news, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, National Transitional Council, NTC, Sabha, Sabha Libya, Tripoli
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West Africa’s regional bloc announced late Thursday that it is closing all land borders with Mali and freezing the nation’s bank account in an effort to force mutinous soldiers from power who seized control in a coup last week. The … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, Mali, News, West Africa
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Tagged africa african news, Amadou Toumani Touré, Bamako, Burkina Faso, Economic Community of West African States, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Kidal, Mali, West Africa
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Greeted by throngs of Catholic worshipers from across the region, Pope Benedict XVI ended his two-country tour in Havana’s Revolution Plaza with a reference to what he described as a need for “authentic freedom.” Changes between Cuba and the world … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, Benedict, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Havana, indepthafrica africa news, Marino Murillo, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, Wednesday
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A coup erupted in Mali, a landlocked West African country, on March 22. The presidential palace, a number of the country’s state institutions, and the premises of the national broadcaster were seized by a mutinous group led by Capt. Amadou … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Global Issues, Mali, News, West Africa
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Tagged africa african news, African Union, Amadou Toumani Touré, indepthafrica africa news, Libya, Mali, Moussa Traoré, Sudan, Tuareg, Tuareg people
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Through remote mail, smartphones, Blackberries and tablets, email insists that there should be no place or time where the discreet buzz of an arriving message cannot be felt. And, regardless of time and place, it wants these messages to be … read more »
Posted in News, Sci/Technology
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Tagged africa african news, BlackBerry, Email, Email client, gmail, Inbox Zero, indepthafrica africa news, Kevin Kelly, Technology, William Gibson
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Sri Lanka tightened their grip on the first Test in Galle with two important wickets before lunch on the fourth day. Sri Lanka’s spinners, bowling with good control and variation and benefitting from a turning pitch, dismissed Kevin Pietersen and … read more »
Posted in Cricket, News, Sports
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Tagged 1st Test, africa african news, cricket score, cricket streaming, England, icc cricket, indepthafrica africa news, live, live cricket, live cricket streaming, live score cricket, score, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka v England
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In the spring of 1948, Arab Muslim armies and militias invaded the Jewish State in order to destroy it. Now after the Arab Spring yielded an Islamic Winter, efforts are being made to focus this spring on a renewed assault … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East, News
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Tagged africa african news, Arab Spring, Global March, Hamas, indepthafrica africa news, Israel, Jeremiah Wright, Jerusalem, Jews, Raed Salah
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Imagine if President Obama appointed radical Noam Chomsky, who has denounced capitalism as a “murderously destructive catastrophe,” to head up a committee on economic growth. That’s less of a stretch than it may seem, considering Obama’s nominee to head the … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, Barack Obama, Cuba, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Jim Yong Kim, Kim, Noam Chomsky, United States, World Bank
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