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Nothing wrong if Ghanian President Mills serves only one term

July 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Many voices have been heard saying that President Mills will set a record as the first incumbent to serve only one term in office. There is nothing strange about this wish; and if that is … read more »

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Ghana: The National Democratic Party (NDP) on the block: Sour grapes galore

July 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor At long last, the dust has settled for us to know how the so-called embittered elements in the NDC want to chart their political path henceforth. They have decided to form the National Democratic Party … read more »

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South Sudan Celebrates Independence Anniversary

July 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

South Sudan is celebrating its first anniversary, after a year full of challenges including border clashes and a dispute over oil revenues with neighboring Sudan. President Salva Kiir is expected to give a speech during a ceremony Monday in the … read more »

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South Sudan after one year

July 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

South Sudan celebrates its first birthday on July 9. The country’s first year was a tumultuous one that saw renewed fighting with former civil war foe Sudan and the shutdown of oil production. The new nation has failed to live … read more »

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Tunis lessons of the Arab Spring and the way ahead

July 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The new citizens of the Arab world do not have time for make-believe speeches. They want the real thing and want it now. Of the many cataclysmic shifts brought about in the Middle East and North Africa by the Arab … read more »

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Sudanese Diaspora Rallies for Peace

July 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

South Sudan, the world’s newest country, marked the first anniversary of its independence from Sudan Monday amid troubled relations with Khartoum. Members of the Sudanese and South Sudanese Diaspora in the United States held a “We Choose Peace” rally in … read more »

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Nigerian Senator, 103 others die in Village massacre

July 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Armed assailants set off a burst of violence that left at least 56 people dead over the weekend in Christian villages near a Nigerian city where the authorities have struggled to contain religious conflict, officials said Sunday morning. On Sunday … read more »

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Africa Nations Cup: Why the odds favour Cranes over Zambia

July 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Fred Kaweesi Zambian legend Kalusha Bwalya has seen and achieved so much in African football to be considered a ‘prophet’. In the build-up to the 2012 Nations Cup finals tournament, he insisted during ‘Soccer Africa’, SuperSport’s popular football show, … read more »

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Once upon a time in South Africa

July 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

There was an extraordinary moment in Under African Skies, Joe Berlinger’s brilliant documentary on the making of Paul Simon’s Graceland album, which was screened in Dublin’s Lighthouse Cinema last week and shown on TV last Tuesday night. The story concerned … read more »

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Mali: West African Leaders Call for War Crimes Probe in North

July 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The top Ecowas mediator, Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore, told the meeting of politicians, religious and trade union leaders that a new government must “confront the terrorist peril in the north”. Ecowas chairman Alassane Ouattara, the president of Cote d’Ivoire, … read more »

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Taliban shoot woman 9 times in public execution video

July 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A shot rings out, but the burqa-clad woman sitting on the rocky ground does not respond. The man pointing a rifle at her from a few feet away lets loose another round, but still there is no reaction. He fires … read more »

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Libyan liberals claim early lead in vote count

July 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

TRIPOLI — Liberals claimed an early lead on Sunday in vote counting across the country after Libya held its first free elections following Moamer Kadhafi’s overthrow, winning plaudits from the international community. If the trend is confirmed, Libya — unlike … read more »

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Fresh Explosions, gunfire rock Northern Nigeria

July 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Explosions and gunfire rocked Nigeria’s restive northeastern city of Damaturu on Friday, police said, in an area plagued by repeated attacks by Boko Haram Islamists. “There have been huge explosions and sporadic gunfire around (the) Shagari Low Cost area of … read more »

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Former President Bush Wraps Up Week long Africa Mission

July 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Former U.S. President George W. Bush has wrapped up a weeklong tour of Africa aimed at promoting cervical cancer detection and empowering women to make “positive change in their lives.” Mr. Bush and his wife, Laura, announced a $3 million … read more »

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Malawi releases 377 prisoners to mark Independence Day

July 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Malawi’s President Joyce Banda on Friday released 377 prisoners to mark 48 years of independence from Britain, but left child rapists to “die” behind bars. Most of the inmates released had “served at least half of their prison sentences with … read more »

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S. Africa: Govt demands removal of Zapiro cartoon

July 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Johannesburg – The government called for the urgent removal of the latest Zapiro cartoon on President Jacob Zuma in the Mail & Guardian on Friday. “Government calls on Jonathan Shapiro [Zapiro] to withdraw his cartoon, and urges the Mail & … read more »

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S. African Jacob Zuma penis cartoon by Zapiro ‘disgusts’ ANC

July 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

South Africa’s governing ANC has expressed its “disgust” at a cartoon of President Jacob Zuma as a penis. The cartoon, by prominent artist Jonathan Shapiro, known as Zapiro, also features a poem, which refers to Mr Zuma as a “dick”. … read more »

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Another S.African President penis cartoon triggers outrage

July 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A South African newspaper cartoon depicting President Jacob Zuma as a penis drew condemnation Friday from the ruling ANC just weeks after furore over a painting which exposed his genitals. Top cartoonist Zapiro’s latest drawing in the independent Mail & … read more »

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Arsenal Cancel Pre-Season Tour of Nigeria

July 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The much hyped Arsenal pre-season tour of Nigeria, which was to have kicked off with a match against the Super Eagles on August 5 is now off following the decision of the English club to postpone the trip. In a … read more »

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Manchester City launch new kit with Noel Gallagher’s help

July 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Manchester City launched thier new kit this weekend, and it seems the Sky Blues have gone back a few years to the Electric Blues of 1999, a season ultimately made famous by Paul Dickov in that play-off final victory over … read more »

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FIFA bows to pressure over goal-line technology

July 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Soccer’s rulemakers and its governing body FIFA bowed to pressure on Thursday when they finally approved the use of goal-line technology and agreed to allow Muslim women players to wear a headscarf. The first decision followed widespread calls from players, … read more »

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Nervous Libyans ready for first taste of democracy

July 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Libyans will vote in their first free national poll in more than half a century on Saturday amid fears that violence could taint an election meant to usher in a temporary national assembly and draw a line under Muammar Gaddafi’s … read more »

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Nigeria will not charge fuel subsidy fraud accused

July 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Nigeria’s Attorney General has filed a court petition to prevent anyone implicated in a $6.8 billion fuel subsidy corruption scandal being prosecuted, after allegations the investigator himself took a bribe to manipulate the report. Nigerian legislator Farouk Lawan blew the … read more »

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Kept as sex slave for seven months

July 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

In Cape Town’s latest case of human trafficking, a young woman was allegedly kept captive in a Brooklyn wendy house for seven months and forced into prostitution and drug addiction. This week the city’s Vice Squad removed the 23-year-old woman, … read more »

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Manchester City to launch £25m offer for Robin van Persie?

July 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Manchester City have reportedly reignited their interest in Arsenal striker Robin van Persie following the Dutchman’s decision to leave the club. The 28-year-old revealed yesterday that he will not sign a new contract with the Gunners following unsuccessful talks with … read more »

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Nigeria’s 1st-ever female chief justice

July 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Abuja – Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday nominated Aloma Mariam Mukhtar as the next Supreme Court chief justice, the first time a woman has been named to the post. Jonathan submitted her nomination to the senate, requesting an “expeditious” … read more »

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Nigeria: State of the nation

July 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Opeyemi Agbaje There is no doubt that political risk is elevated. “Boko Haram” terror attracted its first serious reprisal in Kaduna last month. Anger is rising within the Christian population as bombing of churches is now a “Sunday-Sunday” fare and … read more »

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Stop Disgracing Mama Ghana

July 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Boateng, Joseph Whilst we those in the diaspora are doing our best wishing good things- blessings, peaceful election, unity, investors, etc. for our dearest country, those back home are busily cursing each other;; fighting , pulling themselves down and on … read more »

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Analysis: EPRDF’s anti-Muslim campaign

July 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Peace be unto you all! The Ethiopian Government has taken many with surprise when it imported the Ahbash ideology, put all the human and financial resource to forcefully impose it on Ethiopian Muslims. By doing so it openly put itself … read more »

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Ethiopia: Dismantling authoritarian ethnicism

July 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Tesfaye Demmellash, Ph.D. How did authoritarian identity politics come to dominate Ethiopian national affairs, rising to the level of official state ideology and practice under the Woyanes? What are the sources, forms, and contradictions of this domination, and how … read more »

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