Tag Archives: Bill Clinton
By Alyson Chadwick “One death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic,” Joseph Stalin Today is the anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide. In the span of 100 days, 800,000 people were murdered with machetes. That is … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Rwanda
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Chuck Todd, Clinton, IndepthAfrica, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi
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Armed with confidential memos to Hillary Clinton that were stolen from the e-mail account of a former White House aide, a hacker has distributed some of the documents to a wide array of congressional aides, political figures, and journalists worldwide. … read more »
Posted in DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged AOL, Benghazi, Bill Clinton, Blumenthal, Clinton, Colin Powell, Hillary Clinton, Sidney Blumenthal, White House
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By Orji Uzor Kalu, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Orji Uzor Kalu is a former governor of Nigeria’s Abia State and Chairman of the G37, a non-partisan group proposing alternative policy options for Nigeria. The views expressed are his own. … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged AbiaState, Bill Clinton, BRIC, CNN, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Orji Uzor Kalu
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Here is a look at the life Yoweri Museveni, president of Uganda. Personal: Birth Date: 1944 Birth Place: Ntungamo, Uganda Birth Name: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Father: Amos Kaguta, a cattle keeper Mother: Esteri Kokundeka Marriage: Janet (Kataaha) Museveni (1973 – … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Uganda
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Front for National Salvation, George W. Bush, Idi Amin, IndepthAfrica, Milton Obote, President of Uganda Yoweri K Museveni, Tito Okello, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni
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The Rwandan reality known to the world is the RPF version simply because it has not been challenged for 18 years. (Canada) – Yes, Rwanda is a normal country, a normal country with a tragic part of its history but … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Rwanda
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Democratic Republic Congo, IndepthAfrica, Kagame, KIGALI, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Rwandan Patriotic Front
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By Chris Cillizza for washingtonpost The Fix flooded the zone for tonight’s presidential debate — with live-tweeting, some video back and forth with Ezra Klein and our first thoughts from the event. But, what’s a big political event without a … read more »
By Sam Nda-Isaiah, Leadership opinion Last week, the Code of Conduct Bureau made it known that President Goodluck Jonathan had declared his assets secretly, reminding Nigerians that the president really “does not give a damn” about public opinion. The Nigerian … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, John F. Kennedy, Jonathan, Nigeria, President of Nigeria, Ronald Reagan
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By: Robert Reich The biggest political news this week won’t be the Democratic convention. It will be Friday’s unemployment report. If the trend is good — if the rate of unemployment drops and the number of payroll jobs is as … read more »
by Chido Onumah Let me start by congratulating the author, Chido Onumah. Not the usual congratulations for having brought a work like this into being, but on his bravery. I generally try to evade doing review duty because I am … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bill Clinton, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, Third Term Agenda, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, United States
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America is a land immeasurably blessed, so is every other land on earth before men extend their fangs of corruption and death. But, like other nations that have over-bloated self-images and pride of themselves and their importance, many America’s leaders … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Boko Haram, Igbo people, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigerian government, Politics of Nigeria, United States
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LAGOS, Nigeria — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton says poverty is fueling the religious violence tearing at Nigeria. In a speech Monday, Clinton acknowledged he was “really worried” about the security problems now plaguing the nation, which includes increasingly violent … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Lagos, Muslim, Nigeria, Thisday
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If I were a Somali I would thank Allah for the pirates. For more than 20 years the world has stood by while successive civil wars destroyed the country, killing hundreds of thousands of people by bullets, disease and starvation … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged African Union, Bill Clinton, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Courts Union, Mogadishu, Somalia, Times, United States
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US President Barack Obama said he was confident that Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi would “ultimately” step down and warned he had not ruled out supplying arms to rebels seeking to oust him. Obama said the “noose is tightening” around the … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, breaking news, crime, crimes, Embassies and Consulates, Exile, for, force, Hillary Clinton, in libya, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Last, Leader, Libya, Libyan, milita, military, missile, Moammar Gadhafi, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, New York, News local news, Pan-Africanism, political-news, President, President George W. Bush, Rebel, Ron Brown, senator, Tripoli, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United States, World news
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Intelligence on the rebels battling Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi has shown “flickers” of al Qaeda or Hezbollah presence, NATO’s operations commander said, but U.S. officials said there were no indications militant groups are playing a significant role in Libya. “We are … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, breaking news, crime, crimes, Embassies and Consulates, Exile, for, force, Hillary Clinton, in libya, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Last, Leader, Libya, Libyan, milita, military, missile, Moammar Gadhafi, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, New York, News local news, Pan-Africanism, political-news, President, President George W. Bush, Rebel, Ron Brown, senator, Tripoli, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United States, World news
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President Barack Obama Tuesday said the Libya operation was an example of how the world “should work” with the United States at the center of a broad international coalition. Obama expanded upon his explanation of his decision to launch an … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Libya, NATO, New York, Ron Brown, United Nations, United States
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The scandal almost destroyed his career and left his presidency permanently tainted. But 15 years on, Bill Clinton’s former intern Monica Lewinsky has not got married or had children because she is reportedly still in love with him and ‘always … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Bill Clinton, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Lewinsky scandal, London School of Economics, los angeles, Monica Lewinsky, News local news, Newt Gingrich, President of the United States, White House, World news
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January 12, 2011 by benim
The normally traffic-clogged streets of the Haitian capital turned quiet Wednesday as businesses closed and people walked in solemn processions to prayer services marking the anniversary of the worst natural disaster in the nation’s history. Many people wore white, a … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Afrika, Bill Clinton, breaking news, Champ de Mars Paris, Haiti, IndepthAfrica, News local news, newspapers, Port-au-Prince, René Préval, United States, World news, Yele Haiti
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ABIDJAN — The Ivory Coast government of embattled leader Laurent Gbagbo expelled the British and Canadian envoys after the two countries said they no longer accepted his ambassadors, state television said Thursday. “Through the application of the principle of reciprocity … read more »
Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, News, West Africa
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Tagged Abidjan, Africa news, African countries, African news, African Union member states, Alassane Ouattara, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Alassane Ouattara, Bill Clinton, breaking news, Côte d'Ivoire, Economic Community of West African States, Election, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, foreign troops, French-speaking countries, Gbagbo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Ivorian Civil War, ivory, Ivory Coast, Lanny J Davis, Laurent Gbagbo, Mr Gbagbo, News local news, newspapers, Ouattara, political-news, Simone Gbagbo, United Nations, War Conflict, West Africa, West African, World news
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Ivory Coast’s diplomatic squabble centered Wednesday on a siege laid to a posh waterfront hotel where the president-elect has been holed up under the protection of United Nations peacekeepers. The world body, meanwhile, said it would ask the Security Council … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Cote d'Ivoire, Multimedia, News, News Video, Politics, Video, West Africa
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Tagged Abidjan, Africa news, African news, Alassane Ouattara, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Alassane Ouattara, Bill Clinton, breaking news, Côte d'Ivoire, Economic Community of West African States, Election, foreign troops, Gbagbo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Ivorian Civil War, ivory, Ivory Coast, Lanny J Davis, Laurent Gbagbo, Mr Gbagbo, News local news, newspapers, Ouattara, political-news, Simone Gbagbo, War Conflict, West Africa, West African, World news
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Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo will lift a siege on his presidential rival if former rebels protecting him go, a minister said Wednesday, insisting an amnesty for the embattled leader was not on the cards. Foreign Minister Alcide Djedje said that … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Cote d'Ivoire, Election, News, West Africa
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Tagged Abidjan, Africa news, African news, Alassane Ouattara, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Alassane Ouattara, Bill Clinton, breaking news, Côte d'Ivoire, Economic Community of West African States, Election, foreign troops, Gbagbo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Ivorian Civil War, ivory, Ivory Coast, Lanny J Davis, Laurent Gbagbo, Mr Gbagbo, News local news, newspapers, Ouattara, political-news, Simone Gbagbo, War Conflict, West Africa, West African, World news
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Persistent structural inequality in the developing world has created, fostered, and continues to breed homelessness, inaccessible or inadequate healthcare, malnutrition, drug and gang related street violence as well as the increasing likelihood that ‘at risk’ populations will contract HIV in … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Analysis, East Africa, Health, Kenya, News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, AIDS, Bill Clinton, breaking news, Clinton Foundation, Doug Band, Hewlett Packard, HIV, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, News local news, newspapers, Non-governmental organization, World news
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African mediators met with the two presidential contenders yesterday in a new effort to end Ivory Coast’s political crisis and left unresolved the dispute over who won the November election. President Laurent Gbagbo is “just trying to gain time,” said … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abidjan, Africa news, African countries, African news, African Union member states, Alassane Ouattara, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Alassane Ouattara, Bill Clinton, breaking news, Côte d'Ivoire, Economic Community of West African States, Election, Environment, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, foreign troops, Gbagbo, geography, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Ivorian Civil War, ivory, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lanny J Davis, Laurent Gbagbo, Mr Gbagbo, News local news, newspapers, Ouattara, Political, political-news, Politics, Simone Gbagbo, War Conflict, West Africa, West African, World news
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Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the African Union mediator in Ivory Coast’s crisis, arrived in the west African nation’s main city Monday, an official working for Laurent Gbagbo said. The crisis stems from Gbagbo’s refusal to step down as president … read more »
Posted in Article, Conflict/Tragedy, Cote d'Ivoire, News, West Africa
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Tagged Abidjan, Africa news, African news, Alassane Ouattara, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Alassane Ouattara, Bill Clinton, breaking news, Côte d'Ivoire, Economic Community of West African States, Election, foreign troops, Gbagbo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Ivorian Civil War, ivory, Ivory Coast, Lanny J Davis, Laurent Gbagbo, Mr Gbagbo, News local news, newspapers, Ouattara, political-news, Simone Gbagbo, War Conflict, West Africa, West African, World news
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A delegation of African leaders is due in Ivory Coast in a new effort to persuade its incumbent president to step down following disputed elections. Leaders from Benin, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone and Kenya are expected to make an amnesty … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Cote d'Ivoire, News, West Africa
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Tagged Abidjan, Africa news, African news, Alassane Ouattara, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Alassane Ouattara, Bill Clinton, breaking news, Côte d'Ivoire, Economic Community of West African States, Election, foreign troops, Gbagbo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Ivorian Civil War, ivory, Ivory Coast, Lanny J Davis, Laurent Gbagbo, Mr Gbagbo, News local news, newspapers, Ouattara, political-news, Simone Gbagbo, War Conflict, West Africa, West African, World news
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Fears of civil war in Ivory Coast grew yesterday after the incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, used his new year message to claim that foreign powers were conspiring with his internationally recognised rival, Alassane Ouattara, to oust him. Gbagbo ignored a … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Cote d'Ivoire, News, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Abidjan, Africa news, African countries, African news, African Union member states, Alassane Ouattara, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Alassane Ouattara, Bill Clinton, breaking news, Côte d'Ivoire, Economic Community of West African States, Election, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, foreign troops, French-speaking countries, Gbagbo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Ivorian Civil War, ivory, Ivory Coast, Lanny J Davis, Laurent Gbagbo, Mr Gbagbo, News local news, newspapers, Ouattara, political-news, Simone Gbagbo, United Nations, War Conflict, West Africa, West African, World news
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Peacekeepers ordered to investigate reports of atrocities as President Laurent Gbagbo’s standoff with rest of world continues. UN peacekeepers have been ordered to do everything in their power to investigate reports of atrocities and mass graves in Ivory Coast, where … read more »
Posted in Article, Conflict/Tragedy, Cote d'Ivoire, News, West Africa
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Tagged Abidjan, Africa news, African news, Alassane Ouattara, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Alassane Ouattara, Bill Clinton, breaking news, Côte d'Ivoire, Economic Community of West African States, Election, foreign troops, Gbagbo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Ivorian Civil War, ivory, Ivory Coast, Lanny J Davis, Laurent Gbagbo, Mr Gbagbo, News local news, newspapers, Ouattara, Political, political-news, Politics, Simone Gbagbo, War Conflict, West Africa, West African, World news
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Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo told his presidential rival on Saturday not to expect foreign troops to install him in power by force, and repeated his call for talks to end the country’s violent political stand-off. Gbagbo has refused to step … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Cote d'Ivoire, Election, News, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Abidjan, Africa news, African news, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Alassane Ouattara, Bill Clinton, breaking news, Côte d'Ivoire, Economic Community of West African States, Election, Gbagbo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ivorian Civil War, ivory, Ivory Coast, Lanny J Davis, Laurent Gbagbo, Mr Gbagbo, News local news, newspapers, Ouattara, political-news, Simone Gbagbo, West Africa, West African, World news
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December 8, 2010 by benim
A bloodless coup was planned to remove Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe’s president with the help of pressure from the UN secretary general, according to classified US documents. A group of exiled Zimbabwean businessman proposed in 2007 that Mugabe could be … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Wikileaks, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Africa news, Bill Clinton, IndepthAfrica, IndepthCanada, Morgan Tsvangirai, Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai, Robert Mugabe, Thabo Mbeki, United States, Wikileaks, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
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November 7, 2010 by benim
Ask an average Nigerian to name the country’s most famous scientists. In all likelihood, they would mention “Dr.” (or “Professor”) Philip Emeagwali and Dr. Gabriel Oyibo. This, in a way, is excusable ignorance. After all, the great President Bill Clinton … read more »
Posted in Analysis, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Bill Clinton, CNN, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize in Physics, Philip Emeagwali
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November 7, 2010 by benim
Do you drag yourself awake every day? Read this before you go to bed tonight…you’ll thank us in the morning! You need eight hours a night to function at your best”Everyone needs different amounts,” explains sleep psychologist Dr Delwyn… Do … read more »
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