Tag Archives: Arabian Peninsula
By Osita Ebiem Kano as an Ancient Trading City – Kano as an important commercial city in Nigeria’s Islamic North also serves as gateway to some of Nigeria’s northern neighbors. Such countries like Niger, Chad and beyond have shared with … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Arabian Peninsula, Biafra, Biafran, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Kano, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria
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Khaled Almaeena Lately, there have been news items about Ethiopians committing crimes and infiltrating the southern borders of the Kingdom. Many writers in the Arabic press have gone ballistic and while commenting on these incidents have said things that have … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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More people from the Horn of Africa region, especially Ethiopia and Somalia, are crossing international borders as irregular migrants – lacking official documentation or approval – drawn by the promise of a better life in the Arabian Peninsula. “A growing … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arabian Peninsula, Danish Refugee Council, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian migrants, ethiopian news, ethiopian newspapers, ethiopian refugees, International Organization for Migration, Saudi Arabia, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Yemen
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November 8, 2012 by benim
If you believe that Somalia’s problems can be pinpointed to particular phenomena such as sea pirates or the terrorist group, Al Shabaab, you are being mistaken. Even the Somali clan politics, the warlords, the so-called spoilers of peace, the secessionists … read more »
By Sh. Xasan Jaamici Yes. There are mixture of feelings regarding the new members of PM Shirdon’s government and how they were selected. Many of us view this is a positive but radical change from 4.5 to 5 and from … read more »
Posted in Article, Somali
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Tagged Allah, Arabian Peninsula, Bilal, IndepthAfrica, Muhammad, Somali, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, United States
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by Katy Migiro (AlertNet) – Migrants travelling from the Horn of Africa to Yemen in search of a better life are regularly Ethiopian migrants sleep out in the open near a transit centre where they wait to be repatriated … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arabian Peninsula, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Horn of Africa, immigration, IndepthAfrica, International Organization for Migration, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Yemeni
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ABUJA — A Nigerian court on Thursday accused two men of having links with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and of receiving funds from the militant group, court papers said. Olaniyi Babafemi Lawal, 31, and Luqman Babatunde, 30, were also … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Abuja, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, All Africa, Arabian Peninsula, breaking news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Saudi Arabia, terrorism, West Africa, Yemen
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The Muslim Brotherhood leadership in Egypt held a secret meeting last week in anticipation of Mohammed Morsi’s expected presidential victory. According to the Arabic report, discovered by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, the leaders drew up the “Jazira Plan” to … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, Hottest News, News, North Africa
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Tagged Arab Spring, Arabian Peninsula, Caliphate, Egypt, Islam, Mohammed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, United Arab States
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According to several Arabic news sources, last Monday, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it is “necessary to destroy all the churches of the region.” The Grand Mufti made his assertion in response … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged africa african news, Arabian Peninsula, Grand Mufti, indepthafrica africa news, Islam, Kuwait, Middle East Forum, Raymond Ibrahim, Saudi Arabia, sheikh
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September 21, 2011 by benim
The United States is building a ring of secret drone bases in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as part of an aggressive campaign against al Qaeda affiliates in Somalia and Yemen, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Arabian Peninsula, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Seychelles, Somalia, Southern Africa, United States, Washington Post, West Africa, Yemen
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Cairo – Authorities at Cairo airport on Thursday detained an Egyptian national suspected of belonging to al-Qaeda in Yemen, an airport official told AFP. Rabie Abdullah, who was travelling under a false name, arrived on Thursday from Yemen and was … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Al-Qaeda, All Africa, Arab League, Arabian Peninsula, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Ayman al-Zawahri, breaking news, Cairo, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa, Yemen
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January 27, 2011 by benim
Egyptian police fought protesters in two cities in eastern Egypt on Thursday and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei arrived back in the country to join demonstrators trying to oust President Hosni Mubarak. Security forces shot dead a Bedouin protester … read more »
Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, Ahmed Nazif, Al Arabiya, Arabian Peninsula, breaking news, Egypt, Embassies and Consulates, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mohamed ElBaradei, Muslim Brotherhood, News local news, newspapers, Nobel Peace Prize, World news
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January 18, 2011 by benim
MANILA, Philippines — After more than six months in captivity, 18 Filipino crew members of the chemical tanker MT Motivator were released on Saturday by Somali pirates, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs. The pirates seized the Marshall Islands-flagged … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, Arabian Peninsula, breaking news, Department of Foreign Affairs, Embassies and Consulates, Filipino people, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Marshall Islands, News local news, newspapers, Piracy in Somalia, Red Sea, Somalia, World news
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December 19, 2010 by benim
A senior government official in Yemen warned US diplomats that poor security at the country’s main store of radioactive products could allow dangerous material to fall into the hands of terrorists, according to a leaked US embassy cable. The official … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, WikiLeaks Cables
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Arabian Peninsula, breaking news, Certified Novell Administrator, Closed-circuit television, Dhiren Barot, IndepthAfrica, Northwest Airlines Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, United States, World news, Yemen, Yemen news
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October 28, 2010 by benim
The Afar are an ethnic group in the Horn of Africa who reside principally in the Danakil Desert in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, as well as in Eritrea and Djibouti. They number 1,276,374 people in Ethiopia (or 1.73% of … read more »
Posted in African Tribes
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Tagged Adal Sultanate, Africa news, African nomads, African tribes, Arabian Peninsula, Danakil Desert, Ethiopia, Ethnic groups in Djibouti, Ethnic groups in Eritrea, Ethnic groups in Ethiopia, Ethnic groups in the Arab League, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Land of Punt, Modern nomads, Muslim communities in Africa, Pastoralists
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