Tag Archives: Al Gore

Ethiopia ‘blocks’ Al Jazeera websites

March 18, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Traffic to English and Arabic websites has plummeted since the network aired coverage of protests in August last year. Google Analytics shows the English website’s traffic declined from 50,000 hits in July 2012 to 117 in September Al Jazeera’s English … read more »

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Uganda should be on the gay side of history

December 2, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Peter C. Schiefke I am a Canadian who loves Uganda and its people. I love the culture, the landscape, have had the privilege and honour of working in Uganda for many years as a volunteer, and as director of a charitable … read more »

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The US and Canada should butt out

June 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Rafe MAIR The US. and to a lesser degree Canada, have little to teach, let alone preach about democracy. I know something of this from personal experience because I sat in the British Columbia Legislature and in its cabinet for … read more »

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Barack Obama appoints William Daley as chief of staff

January 6, 2011 by benim

William Daley, centre, with Barack Obama in 2008. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesBarack Obama has begun an overhaul of his inner circle, lending the White House a more business-friendly face with the appointment of an outsider banker, William Daley, as his … read more »

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Nigeria: Yoruba Music Legend Alhaji Chief (Dr.) Sikiru Ayinde (Barrister) is dead

December 16, 2010 by benim

Today, 16Th Of December Nigerians all over the world are in shock over the sudden death of Yoruba Music Legend, Alhaji Chief (Dr.) Sikiru Ayinde Ololade Olayinka Balogun (Barrister) . He died this morning at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London … read more »

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