Tag Archives: Arab Spring
By Abe Greenwald, commentarymagazine Not all “Arab unrest” is equal. Consider these current headlines out of North Africa and try to spot the odd man out: “Libya’s south teeters toward chaos — and militant extremists,” “Egypt Takes Another Step Toward … read more »
Posted in Angola, Article, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, North Africa, Op-ed, Tunisia
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Tagged Algeria, Arab Spring, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Justice and Development Party, Morocco, Polisario Front, United States, Western Sahara
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By Abe Greenwald, Moroccan American Center for Policy (Washington, DC) column Not all “Arab unrest” is equal. Consider these current headlines out of North Africa and try to spot the odd man out: “Libya’s south teeters toward chaos — and militant … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, North Africa, Op-ed, Tunisia
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Tagged Algeria, Arab Spring, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Justice and Development Party, Morocco, Polisario Front, United States, Western Sahara
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By Arab News By Alsir Sidahmed Cynics have asserted that if the Arab Spring is to be characterized by forces of political Islam taking over power and mismanaging it, then Sudan had its Arab Spring more than two decades ago. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Ali Osman Taha, Arab Spring, Bashir, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, National Congress Party, South Sudan, Sudan
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Source: Freedom Now For Immediate Release: UN Finds Imprisonment of Ethiopian Journalist Eskinder Nega Arbitrary under International Law and Calls for Immediate Release Washington, D.C.: In an opinion released today by Freedom Now, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Anti-terrorism legislation, Arab Spring, Birtukan Mideksa, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Government of Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Nega, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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By Tesfa Mekuria Alemu Tafesse recently published a highly profound article – The Ethiopian Muslim Civil Rights Movement: Implications for Democracy in Ethiopia. In it, he argued that the 14-month old Muslim civil rights movement has had remarkable implications for … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arab Spring, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islam, latest ethiopian news, Muslim, ndepthindepthafrica, news ethiopia, Salafi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Tesfa Mekuria Alemu Tafesse recently published a highly profound article by the title “The Ethiopian Muslim Civil Rights Movement: Implications for Democracy in Ethiopia”. In it, he argued that the 14-month old Muslim civil rights movement has had remarkable implications … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tesfa Mekuria
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Tagged Arab Spring, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Islam, latest ethiopian news, Muslim, news ethiopia, Salafi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Here in Ghana, it is a taboo to have sex through the anus except the vagina. In fact most religious orientations are quick to spew the consequences one is likely to suffer. Even though our morals and values intertwine, Africa … read more »
Posted in Article, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Andrew Solomon, Arab Spring, Ghana, Homosexuality, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Middle East
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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 »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Al Gore, Al-Jazeera, Arab Spring, Arabic, Arabic language, Current TV, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Qatar, United States
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By Teshome Abebe It has been suggested that of all the ideologies that sprang up during the 20th century (Communism, National Socialism and Islamic Fundamentalism), none are more toxic than Islamism. Islamism or Radical Islam or otherwise also known as … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Arab Spring, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Hailemariam Desalegn, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Islam, Islamic fundamentalism, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, Muslim, news ethiopia
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Tunisia, one of the most secular Arab countries in modern times—and the first country to experience the “Arab Spring”—was also recently the first Arab country to experience an Islamic assassination since the Arab Spring began. The BBC explains: Tunisian opposition … read more »
Posted in Article, North Africa, Tunisia
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Tagged Arab Spring, bbc, Belaid, Egypt, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamism, Tunis, Tunisia
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Since the “Arab Spring” came to Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood assumed power, sexual harassment, abuse, and rape of women has skyrocketed. This graph, which shows an enormous jump in sexual harassment beginning around January 2011, when the Tahrir revolts … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Ahram, Arab Spring, Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Muslim Brotherhood, Rape, Sexual harassment, tahrir square
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By David Horowitz Introduction Israel, the only democracy and tolerant society in the Middle East, is surrounded by Muslim states that have sworn to destroy it and have conducted a genocidal propaganda campaign against the Jews, promising to “finish the … read more »
In light of the crisis currently unfolding in Tunisia – particularly the increasingly strident and incendiary rhetoric of the main political poles – the echoes and parallels with Algeria’s own democratic moment two decades ago are stark, and could yield … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, North Africa, Tunisia
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Tagged Algeria, Algerian, Arab Spring, Chadli Bendjedid, In Aménas, Islamic Salvation Front, National Liberation Front, Tunisia
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On the road to democracy unity? For some time now, I have been heralding Ethiopia’s irreversible march from dictatorship to democracy. In April 2011, I wrote a commentary entitled, “The Bridge on the Road(map) to Democracy”. I suggested, We can … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arab Spring, Democracy, ethio media oromo, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kumbaya, latest ethiopian news, Meles, Meles Zenawi, news about ethiopia, news ethiopia, news for ethiopia, news from ethiopia, news in ethiopia, news of ethiopia, news on ethiopia
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Since the onset of the global financial crisis in the third quarter of 2007, emerging markets gained more prominence as they drove economic growth. Investors took an interest in emerging markets, which offered attractive investment opportunities relative to America and … read more »
Posted in Article, Economy, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Arab Spring, Economic Community of West African States, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, Indepth Africa Magazine, Paul Kagame, South Africa, Southern African Development Community, World Economic Forum
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Ezana sehay There is a remarkable consistency over the course of human history: every repressive regime perishes not because of destiny’s blows or external onslaught, but because of internal disease. The imminent slow motion collapse of Isayas Afeworki is no … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arab Spring, Asmara, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea news, eritrean news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica ghana news, Isaias Afewerki, People's Front for Democracy and Justice, Syria
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The international human rights “Amnesty International”, based in London, has rebelled Friday against “the crackdown on social and economic rights” in Algeria. Recalling the arrest on January 2 in the region of Ouargla of an activist for the rights of … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Columnist, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Algeria, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Arab Spring, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Mena, Non-governmental organization, United Nations
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By Amira Hass, haaretz The inspiration for the Arab Spring came from young people in the street, but it seemed to bypass the West Bank and Gaza. Haaretz tracks down the Palestinians still talking about a revolution “Hold your head … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Arab Spring, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, IndepthAfrica, Mahmoud Abbas, Ramallah, tahrir square, west bank
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ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega appeared in court on Wednesday as the prosecution had to re-explain the charges against the prominent blogger. Eskinder also got the chance to defend himself before the court. Eskinder made his court appearance … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Andualem, Arab Spring, Ethiopia, Federal Supreme Court, Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, Ginbot 7, IndepthAfrica, Supreme Court
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On December 10, the world celebrated the International Day of Human Rights. A day that has come a long way since 1948. Lives sacrificed, bloodshed, lost destinies, people braved the ban to fight against humiliation, injustice, intolerance to achieve respect … read more »
Posted in Article, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Arab Spring, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, International observance, Morocco, Non-governmental organization, North Africa, Tunisia, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Sixteen members of the European parliament have called on Ethiopia’s prime minster, Hailemariam Desalegn, to free the jailed journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega. He was arrested in 2011 and sentenced in July this year to 18 years in prison under … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arab Spring, Charles Tannock, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Fiona Hall, Haile Mariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, Member of the European Parliament, Politics of Ethiopia
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Political and Military Implications, International Obligations By Eric Reeves Recent commentary on the purported “coup attempt” in Khartoum has been quite various, sometimes even fanciful, with little in the way of consensus about how serious the “coup” was or precisely … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Arab Spring, Economy of Sudan, Eric Reeves, IndepthAfrica, Juba, Khartoum, SouthSudan, Sudan, sudanese news, Sudapet
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For the fourth day in a row, thousands of people are still protesting in Siliana demanding that the local governor quits. Of all Arab countries that experienced a popular uprising, Tunisia seems to be the most stable. The National Constituent … read more »
Posted in Article, North Africa, Tunisia
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Tagged Arab Spring, IndepthAfrica, National Constituent Assembly, Siliana, Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisian General Labour Union, UGTT, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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By: Arab News By Khaled Al-Dakheel Between Sept. 9, 1881, and last Jan. 25, Egypt, as the Egyptians say, experienced four revolutions: The Orabi Revolution, the Revolution of 1919, the July 23 Revolution, which began with a military coup in … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Arab Spring, Egypt, Egyptians, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, Wafd
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By Dagmawi Gudu Kassa The saying I used as my title here above seems less known in our recent linguistic history. But as we are witnessing the current history of this world, people of different nations other than Ethiopians, even … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arab Spring, Death, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, indepthafrca, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Hailemariam, nation, Uncle Sam
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Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesSupporters in Nouakchott November 24 celebrated the return of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — With two coups in just seven years, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, a vast and sparsely populated Saharan state on … read more »
More than 150 Tunisians have been injured, 13 critically, in clashes between security forces and demonstrators demanding the release prisoners detained detained during the country’s 2011 uprising. On Wednesday, clashes broke out between security forces and Tunisian protesters as riot … read more »
November 25, 2012 by benim
By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid, Arab News It was very difficult for anyone to think that President Muhammad Mursi would do that. But his spokesman announced it clearly. He said: “The president is above all and above all other authorities.” He … read more »
Posted in Egypt, Global Issues, Middle East, North Africa
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Tagged 2011 Egyptian revolution, Arab Spring, Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Mursi, Muslim Brotherhood, tahrir square
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By Issa Abdusemed They said ‘Time will tell’ no matter how deeply involved in religious activities our hope to the successor of the tyrant seems highly drop down immediately. After we had waited for so long, we rejoice by the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Arab Spring, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, God, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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By Rick Esenberg The bar for scandals has been getting pretty high. When I was a kid, a president was forced from office because he tried to cover up illegal behavior by his subordinates. As Nixon put it, “mistakes were … read more »
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