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The 4th Ministerial Meeting of the “Group of Friends of the Syrian people”, in Marrakech, will focus primarily on the latest developments in the Syrian crisis, the path of a crisis and how to mobilize international aid to put an … read more »
By Eric Reeves For well over a year, the world has known fully—from a wide range of sources—about military efforts by Khartoum to starve more than one million civilians in South Kordofan, and subsequently Blue Nile—overwhelmingly people of the African … read more »
Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi has accepted the position of Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and League of Arab States for Syria, replacing former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan whose six-point peace plan is dead. The United Nations spokesman … read more »
A day after Kofi Annan, the Joint Special Envoy for the UN and the League of Arab States for the Syrian Crisis, announced his decision to resign in frustration over the failure of the United Nations Security Council to pass … read more »
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“Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results,” said American writer Frank Herbert. When it comes to the ANC succession battle, it’s not so much insanity as it is desperation that makes President Jacob Zuma do to his … read more »
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Egyptians will vote on Wednesday, May 23, in what is considered the country’s first real presidential election. Local polls will proceed until Thursday, with a runoff round in mid-June if necessary. The 13 candidates contesting for the first round are: … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Ahmed Shafik, Amr Moussa, Arab League, Egypt, Hamdeen Sabahi, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Muslim Brotherhood
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Bloc says it supports Libya’s hosting of trial of Saif al-Islam, son of former Libya leader, in defiance of ICC request. The Arab League has said it supports Libya in its desire to try Saif al-Islam, son of killed Libyan … read more »
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Cairo – Campaigning for Egypt’s presidential election next month officially began on Monday, with Islamists and liberal secularists expected to dominate. Official campaigning, during which candidates can display their posters in public and broadcast their messages on television, will last … read more »
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Sudan and South Sudan on Thursday to step back from the brink of war and return to the negotiating table. Ban called on South Sudan to immediately withdraw its forces from the oil-rich Heglig area, … read more »
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Cairo – Nearly 40% of Egyptian voters are undecided less than six weeks before the first presidential election since the ouster of veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak, a poll published on Saturday found. A full 38% of respondents said they had … read more »
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Aurobinda MAHAPATRA While regional organizations are going to be the mainstay in international politics in the post-cold war world, one of the old regional organizations Arab League (formed in 1945) has shown all weakness of a broken house with members … read more »
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A series of coordinated bomb attacks that hit more than a dozen Iraqi cities left more than 50 dead and 200 injured on Tuesday. The nature of the attacks pointed to al-Qaeda (AQ) as the perpetrator of the deadly bombings, … read more »
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By Osita Ebiem In recent time it has become a full-time job for some dubious and dishonest Nigerians to deny the Biafra Genocide also known as Nigeria Genocide in Biafra. Some go to the ridiculous extent of saying that it … read more »
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Julius Malema has asked to stay on as a member of the ruling African National Congress despite being expelled from the party earlier this week, a South African newspaper reported on Sunday. Speaking at a gathering of the ANC’s women’s … read more »
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Johannesburg – ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has been expelled from the ANC. This comes after the party’s prosecutors argued successfully for his five-year suspension to be aggravated, while Malema pleaded for mitigation. This brings Malema’s eventful political career … read more »
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The architects of the Libyan disaster in France, the UK, the United States and Qatar have decided that Syria is the next step in replacing dictators with Muslim Brotherhood allied “democratic” parties. But no matter how eager they are to … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Arab League, Free Syrian Army, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Libya, NATO, Russia, Syria, United States
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Elena PUSTOVOITOVA Elementary arithmetic routinely holds keys to much more complex political algebra. At the moment, for example, it appears that fairly simple regards explain the bizarre conduct of the Arab League which, contrary to reasonable expectations, aligned itself with … read more »
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Tagged Arab, Arab League, Assad, Bashar Al-Assad, Golan Heights, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Middle East, Syria
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Alexander MEZYAEV The UN General Assembly voted on the Syria draft resolution on February 16 in New York. 137 countries voted for the resolution and 12 against with 17 abstentions. Those who said «no» were the Russian Federation, China, Venezuela, … read more »
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Tagged Arab League, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Russia, Syria, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United Nations Security Council resolution, Vitaly Churkin
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Johannesburg – The prosecution in ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema’s mitigation hearing have argued that he should be expelled from the party, reported the Sunday Times. The prosecution was reported to have stated on Thursday that Malema should … read more »
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By Pepe Escobar What is happening in Syria is a NATO-led regime change plot. It is not a popular uprising, as the West and its Gulf allies would like the world to believe. Syria is battling heavily armed foreign mercenaries. … read more »
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Cairo – Egypt called on Wednesday for change in Syria that met its people’s demands, Cairo’s strongest language yet on the crisis, though it ruled out supporting outside military intervention. Egypt has backed Arab League resolutions demanding President Bashar Assad … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged Arab, Arab League, Assad, Bashar Al-Assad, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Saudi Arabia, Syria
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By Hussein Solomon “Today, I have glad tidings for the Muslim ummah [nation] that will please the believers and disturb the disbelievers, which is the joining of the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement in Somalia to Qaeda al-Jihad to support the unity … read more »
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UN: double veto against “regime change” in Syria Prensa Latina The diplomatic struggle due to the crisis in Syria on Sunday (5th) moved into a new phase after failing in a week of overwhelming pressure from western powers to achieve … read more »
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Tagged Arab League, Bashar Al-Assad, China, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Russia, Syria, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Vitaly Churkin
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Alexander MEZYAEV On February 4 the UN Security Council (UNSC) held a new session devoted to Syria. This time the targets of the strike were Russia and China. It was done in an open and demonstrative way. The provocative skills … read more »
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Tagged Arab League, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Russia, Syria, Syrian people, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United States, UNSC
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Nearly 6000 Syrians have died during the 10-month revolt against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, including hundreds of children. In one of the worst single day outbursts of violence, which occurred on February 3rd, the death toll from … read more »
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Tagged Arab League, Bashar Al-Assad, China, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Russia, Security Council, Syria, United Nations, United Nations Security Council
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WASHINGTON, January 13, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC January 12, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning, everyone, and it’s a pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Medelci here to Washington for … read more »
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Tagged Algeria, Arab League, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Madam Secretary, Syria, United States, Washington, Western Sahara
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Suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said on Friday he was unperturbed by not being given a chance to speak at the ruling party’s centenary celebrations in Bloemfontein at the weekend. “I am not here to speak… President Zuma … read more »
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, crime, Democratic Alliance, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julius Malema, National Congress, North Africa, Pan African News, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, western cape, Zimababwe, Zimbabwe news
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At issue is discrediting Sudanese General Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi. He’s Arab League observer mission head in Syria. More on him below. The phrase “shooting the messenger” is centuries old. Shakespeare wrote “Don’t shoot the messenger” in Henry IV, part … read more »
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Tagged Al-Dabi, Arab League, Darfur, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, Syria, Wesley Clark
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Syria, like Libya, is losing the information war. It became evident from the very beginning of the “Arab spring in Syrian way.” The official response of the Syrian authorities and the media at times is even more harmful for the … read more »
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Tagged Aleppo, Arab League, Bashar Al-Assad, Damascus, Homs, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Syria, Syrian
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December 29, 2011 by benim
Andrei AKULOV The Arab Spring has not had a major impact on regional or international balance of power so far, but this could change if there is a regime change in Syria. A dangerous and unpredictable chain reaction may set … read more »
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Tagged Arab League, Arab people, Bashar Al-Assad, Greater Middle East, Homs, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Middle East, Syria, Turkey
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