Tag Archives: Indepth Africa Magazine
by Chido Onumah “Indiscipline pervades our life so completely that one may be justified in calling it the condition par excellence of contemporary Nigerian society”- Chinua Achebe, The Trouble with Nigeria. Prof. Chinua Achebe, literary giant, celebrated author, humanist and … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Achebe, CHINUA ACHEBE, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, NPR, Things Fall Apart: A Novel, United States, Wole Soyinka
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Honourable Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi, President of the Pan African Parliament, Honourable Vice Presidents of the Parliament, Honourable Members of the Parliament, Your Excellencies, Members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps, The Clerk and Staff of the Parliament, Distinguished Ladies and … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Libya, Nigeria, Op-ed, South Africa, South Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African Renaissance, African Union, BRIC, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Pan-African Parliament, Pan-Africanism, South Africa
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By Seyoum Tesfaye Atlanta- Georgia As we “celebrate” the 22nd Independence Day of Eritrea we are obligated to face the truth that our national flag is not grounded on Constitution, Justice and Freedom. The tremendous human and material sacrifice paid … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Atlanta, Demographics of Eritrea, EPLF, Eritrea, Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, People's Front for Democracy and Justice
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East Africa is in danger of throwing away part of its new-found oil wealth IN MARCH last year the heads of state of Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan met among mangroves in Lamu, a Kenyan town on the Indian … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda
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Tagged Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Lamu, South Sudan, Sudan, Tullow Oil, Uganda
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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 »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Asmara, Badme, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, United Nations
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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 »
Posted in African Union (AU), Article, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African Union, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kwame Nkrumah, MPLA, OAU, Pan-Africanism, South Africa
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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 »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Achebe, Chike Obi, CHINUA ACHEBE, College of New Jersey, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Ugorji, Wole Soyinka
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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 »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Achebe, Anambra State, CHINUA ACHEBE, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Ogidi, Things Fall Apart: A Novel
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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 »
Posted in Article, Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, Millennium Declaration, Millennium Development Goal, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations, United Nations Millennium Declaration, World Bank
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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 »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged ArbiHarnet, Asmara, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, German, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Sinai
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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 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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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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by Prince Charles Dickson No matter how stout, long and turgid a penis. It’s erection can not intimidate a vagina. In short, the rise and fall of a penis was masterminded by a vagina. Local axiom. In the last few … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Edwin Clark, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Lagos, Nigeria, Nigerian, Police officer
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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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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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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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Suspected members of the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram armed with machineguns laid siege on the north-eastern town of Bama on Tuesday, freeing over 100 prison inmates and leaving 55 people dead, the military said. Around 200 heavily armed members … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Pan African News, West Africa
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Tagged Abubakar Shekau, Ansaru, Boko Haram, Borno State, Chad, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria
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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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The ineffectiveness, inefficiency and failure of leadership in the country is due to the occupation of state positions by old-aged Ghanaians. The youth cherish very much the outstanding prowess in wisdom and knowledge of our elders but the question is … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Doctor of Philosophy, Ghana, Ghana Civil Service, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Legon, political science, United States, University of Ghana
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By Meron Estefanos From 20 to 21 April 2013, I attended the 2nd High-Level Tana Forum on Security in Africa, which was conducted under the theme: “Security and Organized Crime in Africa.” In attendance were several heads of states and … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed
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Tagged Bahir Dar, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Olusegun Obasanjo, Organized crime, Sinai Peninsula, Sudan
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Bloomberg News Ethiopia is negotiating with Brazil, Russia and India to finance and build rail links after agreeing terms last year with Chinese and Turkish companies for other routes, the head of the state rail company said. Russia’s government may … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, China, China-Africa Development Fund, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Hailemariam Desalegn, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi
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By Petros Tesfagiorgis The legacy and the challenge: The Forto 2013 uprising remarkably highlighted the issues critical to democratic change. They are the rule of law, respect of human rights, freedom of worship and freedom of expression and of course … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Asmara, Christian, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kunama, Middle East, Moslem
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By: Emmanuel Sarpong Owusu-Ansah & Joseph Atindana It is an indisputable fact that the future of every nation or society rests on the shoulders of its youth, particularly children. This underscores the absolute need for every society to devote a … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged bbc, child, Children Youth and Family, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, National Health Insurance Scheme, Social protection, UNICEF
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Eritrean women fleeing their country’s oppressive regime are increasingly finding themselves the repeat victim of abuse, exploitation and violence once outside their homeland, a new report by a women’s rights group has found. Meriam Mohamed Omar (R) stands with her … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Special Reports
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Tagged Amnesty International, Asmara, Eritrea, eritrean, Hagaz, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Sinai Peninsula, Sudan
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After years of overlooking the real needs of the Somali people, it is significant change longed-for that Somalia’s statebuiling featured in the strategic agenda of the key actors of the International Community (IC), namely the G8 powers[1] in their ministerial … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Mohamud M Uluso, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged African Development Bank, Indepth Africa Magazine, International Financial Institutions, International Monetary Fund, Somali, Somali people, Somali Shilling, Somalia
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By Sean Lee, “They’re the next Columbians.” Those prophetic words, uttered earlier this year by none other than five time Tour de France winner Bernaud Hinault, were in reference to a promising performance by the Eritrean national team at January’s … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Other Sports, Sports
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Tagged Berhane, Eritrea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kevin Seeldraeyers, MTN-Qhubeka, Orica-GreenEdge, Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Rwanda
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(ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, said that recent reports alleging oil discovery in the horn of Africa’s nation are misleading. Addressing a parliament session on Tuesday Hailemariam told lawmakers that the drilling work is in its early … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, Hydrocarbon exploration, Indepth Africa Magazine, Kenya, London, Tullow Oil
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Despite the sudden death of long-standing Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in August 2012, the smooth handover of power and his successor’s endorsement of the status quo should see stability and broad policy continuity preserved through to elections in 2015. We … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Special Reports
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Tagged Addis Ababa, August 2012, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, National Bank of Ethiopia, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
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By Ambassador Donald Koran, opinion Today, around half the world’s population is at risk from malaria – a preventable and treatable disease that claims the life of a child every minute. Just ten years ago it was estimated that globally, … read more »
Posted in America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Ghana, Global Issues, Guinea, Middle East, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Barack Obama, Disease, Health, HIV positive people, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Malaria, Rwanda, World Malaria Day
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