Tag Archives: Barack Obama
The stage is set for the high drama that has become the US president’s State of the Union speech. Barack Obama will try to set a tone for the rest of the year and legislative session to come. He will … read more »
The Kenya’s tourism sector has seen a 40- percent fall in hotel bookings over concerns surrounding the country’s March 4 general elections. Stakeholders in the tourism industry say the majority of hotel bookings in the coastal region were cancelled over … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, BERNAMA, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenya elections, Kenya Vision 2030, Kenyan, Somalia, Tourism, United Nations
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President Obama taped a video message urging Kenyans to support free and fair elections without violence next month and he dropped in a few words of Swahili. “Habari yako,” the president begins, using the phrase for “How are you?” He … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, Election, Habari, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Obama speaks Swahili, Swahili, Swahili language, United States, White House
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We live in a country that was in the past inundated with many coups. One of these coups propelled our President to write a must read classic book entitled “My First coup d’ etat”. With this precedence, writing on “My … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, Coup d'état, God, History, IndepthAfrica, Joe Arpaio, United States, Warfare and Conflict, Youtube
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By Mesfin Mekonen We have recently learned that Rep. Chris Smith has been invited by the Ethiopian government and the African Union to visit Ethiopia soon. Smith chairs the House Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organization Subcommittee. … read more »
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(IRIN) – The recent execution in Somalia of a soldier convicted of rape and the detention of a journalist investigating sexual assault have given the traditionally taboo issue of gender-based violence an usual degree of prominence. Even the president has … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, IndepthAfrica, IRIN, Mogadishu, Somali, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News, United Nations, United States, Zainab Bangura
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The first family headed out to Monday’s inaugural festivities with Michelle Obama leading a very coordinated fashion parade in a navy-silk, checkered-patterned coat and dress by Thom Browne that were inspired by a menswear necktie. The rest of her Inauguration … read more »
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At President Barack Obama’s second inauguration ceremony Monday, the African-Caribbean Diaspora will play a part in some of the several events. The group will host the first-ever African-Caribbean Diaspora Presidential Inaugural Ball. The Reverend Doctor Agorom Constantine Dike, chairman of … read more »
by Yakob Tekle Argaw Ethiopian journalist Abebe Gellaw We heard from media that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uncovers a plot to assassinate the award-winning Ethiopian journalist and activist Abebe Gellaw. The suspected mastermind was identified as Guesh Abera … read more »
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Tagged Abebe Gellaw, Barack Obama, Ethiopia, ethiopia latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Federal Bureau of Investigation, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF, United States
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President Barack Obama’s Kenyan half brother has launched his own political career by announcing his intention to run for a Kenyan county gubernatorial seat in the upcoming March 4 elections. Malik Obama, 54, who shares a father with the US … read more »
Somali Islamists say they have decided to kill a French agent they have held since 2009, as confusion continues over whether he is in fact still alive. The Al-Qaeda linked Shebab said in a statement they have “reached a unanimous … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Colombia, Foreign hostages in Somalia, France, Jean-Yves Le Drian, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News, Transport in Somalia, United States
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According to ESAT Satellite Television breaking news video, US Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) has foiled a plot to kill journalist Abebe Gelaw. The perperters of the plot are arrested and are being investigated by FBI.
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Barack Obama, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Government, Justice Department, Occupy Wall Street, United States
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By Hilina Taye There is no doubt that 2012 was one of the most memorable years in our history. We witnessed high dramas, an unforgettable protest, a tyrant’s global hide-and-seek game, the elite’s wailing and cries, a mass hysteria, a … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, Berhanu Nega, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, John S. Knight, Meles Zenawi, Mesfin Woldemariam, World Economic Forum
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THE pressure is both surreptitious and overt. It is all aimed at scuttling at birth a law banning same-sex marriage in the country. The international community and human rights activists are at the campaign for Nigeria to reconsider any plan … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Barack Obama, David Mark, gay marriage, IndepthAfrica, lesbian marriage, Mark, National Assembly, Nicholas Okoh, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria same-sex marriage, Nigerian, Nigerian news, same sex marriage, same-sex marriage banned, same-sex marriage in Nigeria, United States
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To read and order Frank Gaffney’s pamphlet, The Muslim Brotherhood in the Obama Administration, click here. November was just about done and Chris Matthews, the MSNBC host voted most likely by his own staff to have a poster of Barack … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, Egypt, Frank Gaffney, Homeland Security Advisory Council, Huma Abedin, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Society of North America, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim Public Affairs Council
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Dear Mr. President, I wish you and your family, fellow Nigerians, and my readers at home and abroad a Happy New Year. It is heartening to note that you have reflected on public perception of your administration in the last … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Barack Obama, bokoharam, Costa Rica, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Nigerian news, United Nations General Assembly, United States
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By Vladimir Gladkov Police have found a note left by William Spengler who ambushed firefighters in the town of Webster in the US state of New York. A couple of days ago, Spengler, a 62-year old resident of Webster, who … read more »
President Barack Obama is condemning violence in Kenya that left at least 39 people dead in renewed fighting between farming and herding communities that have a history of violent animosity. The White House says in a statement that Obama urges … read more »
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Tagged Associated Press, Barack Obama, Friday, Kenya, kenya news, kenyan news, Orma, Pokomo people, River Tana, White House
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After an independent report found that mistakes were made in the Obama Administration’s handling of the Benghazi jihad massacre, Barack Obama immediately took action against those who apparently made them: Eric Boswell, the assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security; … read more »
France is insisting on ‘rapid’ military intervention in Mali. Its unmanned drones have reportedly been scouring the desert of the troubled West African nation – although it claims that the drones are seeking the whereabouts of six French hostages believed … read more »
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Tagged African Union, Al-Qaeda, Amadou Toumani Touré, Barack Obama, France, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Sahel, West Africa
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By Alemayehu G. Mariam If History is on the Side of Brave Africans, Shouldn’t the U.S. be Too? When President Obama visited Accra, Ghana in 2009, he delivered two distinct political messages within one overarching moral imperative: “History is on … read more »
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Tagged Accra, Barack Obama, Ethiopia, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, National Endowment for Democracy, obama, United States Department of State
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The Newtown massacre is the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history and one of the deadliest mass shootings around the world. A gunman at Virginia Tech University killed 33, including himself, in 2007. Only Virginia Tech and the mass killings … read more »
Posted in America, Article, Global Issues, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Barack Obama, Connecticut, IndepthAfrica, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Norway, President of the United States, School shooting, United States, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR On Sunday, in an apparently conciliatory move, Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi rescinded his controversial decree of November 22 assuming vastly new powers granting him immunity from law, which triggered massive protests against his regime. However, he is stubbornly … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, obama, United States
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By Yilma Bekele Good news is always welcome. Then there is the extraordinarily good news that jars you from your slumber. And when the good news happens right around Christmas there is nothing one can do other than put more … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Accra, Barack Obama, Ethiopia, George W. Bush, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, obama, Susan Rice, United States
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By Getahune Bekele A consummate ally of grubby despots, such as the late Ethiopian fuehrer Meles Zenawi, Susan Rice’s political adversaries liken her fall from grace to the fall of the once mighty Babylon, the ancient city of sorcerers, promiscuous … read more »
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Tagged About Africa, Barack Obama, Benghazi, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John McCain, Meles Zenawi, Susan Rice, United States
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Members of the Rwandan Community in North America have petitioned the Unites States President Barack Obama over the Eastern DRC crisis. In a letter dated December 11, 2012, they explain to Obama the origin of the Congo crisis and accuse … read more »
Posted in DR Congo, East Africa, Letters & Interviews, Rwanda
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Tagged Barack Obama, Democratic Republic Congo, DRC, Great Lakes Region, IndepthAfrica, Rwanda, Tutsi, United Nations, United States
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By Ismail Salami As part of the sinister plan for Syria at work, French military agents have recently held face-to-face meetings with the foreign-backed militants inside the country in a bid to “assess the situation on the ground.” A report … read more »
Abraham G. Ghiorgis Pasted below is an article from the “Democracy Web” that succinctly elucidates the principles of majority rule and the respect of minority rights in a liberal democratic society. Considering what is transpiring at the ENCDC meeting, this … read more »
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Tagged Alexis de Tocqueville, Barack Obama, Democracy, eritrean news, IndepthAfrica, James Madison, Majority rule, Minority rights, Tyranny of the Majority, United States
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Don’t blame me, I didn’t vote for Obama President Obama must change the policy of looking at Africans as expandable for the adventure of his Administration’s officials-bandaged with foreign aid to dictators. His Administration policy must come to its senses … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, West Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African people, Barack Obama, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, obama, United Nation, United States, Washington DC
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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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Tagged Al Gore, Barack Obama, Canada, Emancipation Proclamation, IndepthAfrica, Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda, Ugandan, United States
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