Tag Archives: Christmas
Jose Mourinho has postponed his goalkeeping selection dilemma by leaving Iker Casillas out of his Real Madrid squad for tonight’s trip to struggling Real Zaragoza. The Spain and Madrid captain – who is held in such reverence in his home … read more »
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Tagged Aitor Karanka, Christmas, Iker Casillas, IndepthAfrica, José Mourinho, madrid, real madrid, spain, Uefa Champions League
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By Getachew T. Alemu, Addis Fortune Incongruence between reality and illusion are common in Ethiopia. It is often true that actions lag behind decisions and Ethiopians give many excuses for their failure. But, it is only in the latest Christmas … read more »
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Tagged China, Christmas, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian latest news, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Getachew T. Alemu, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopian, Ogaden, Op-ed, Tella
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A spokesman for Uganda’s government says talks between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 group are scheduled to resume Friday, despite threats by the rebels to pull out. The talks would be held in Uganda’s … read more »
After spending Christmas in hospital, former South African president Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital. The anti-apartheid hero and Nobel Peace laureate was admitted to a Pretoria hospital on December 8 with a lung infection. Since then he has … read more »
OTTAWA – A spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Nigeria that killed 12 people attending Christmas services. “We strongly condemn such despicable and cowardly attacks,” Baird’s press secretary, Rick Roth, told QMI Agency on … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Christmas, christmas mass attack, John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada), Nigeria, Nigerian news, Potiskum, Quebecor Media, Yobe State
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Pope Benedict used his Christmas message to the world on Tuesday to say people should never lose hope for peace, even in conflict-riven Syria and in Nigeria where he spoke of “terrorism” against Christians. Marking the eighth Christmas season of … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Catholic Church, Christmas, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Nigeria, Nigerian news, Pope Benedict XVI, St. Peter's Basilica, Syria, Urbi et Orbi
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Day four of our virtual sleigh ride around the world to discover some of the strangest Christmas songs – and we’re in Jamaica. Jamaicans celebrate a family Christmas, although they take decorations more seriously than most and have been known … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Entertainment, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Movie & Music
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Tagged Christmas, Christmas cake, Christmas dinner, Ethiopia news, ethiopian music, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Fruitcake, Holiday, IndepthAfrica, Jamaica, Opinions
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Sydney – Sydney’s main mosque has warned its followers not to have anything to do with Christmas, local media reported on Sunday. The head imam at Lakemba Mosque, Sheikh Yahya Safi, told followers during prayers it is a “sin” to … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Religion, Rwanda, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged a sin to wish Merry Christmas - imam, Australia, Christmas, Grand Mufti, Islam, Lakemba Mosque, Muslim, Sun-Herald, Sydney
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With tears in her eyes, a Toronto mother spent time Monday morning thanking those who helped reunite her with her two children, who had allegedly been abducted by family members in Zimbabwe. “Thank you very much for everything, you made … read more »
A benefit concert, auction and raffle brought local artists and residents together for a faraway cause Sunday. “A Korah Christmas,” which took place at IKE Box in downtown Salem, was an effort to raise money and awarness for the community … read more »
Posted in Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Christmas, Christmas tree, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Holidays, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Korah
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Two suicide bombers drove vehicles packed with explosives into a Catholic church in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing and wounding several, witnesses said. The bombers both managed to get inside the packed St Monica’s church, in volatile ethnically and religiously … read more »
The notorious underwear bomber who tried to bring down a jumbo jet on Christmas Day had a dirty little secret – he’d been wearing the explosive skivvies for weeks. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab wore them for three weeks to be exact, … read more »
Militants attacked two churches in north and central Nigeria on Sunday, spraying the congregation of one with bullets, killing several people, and blowing up a car in a suicide bombing at the other. The Islamist group Boko Haram, which says … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, bokoharam, Catholic Church, Christmas, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jos, MAIDUGURI, Muslim, Nigeria
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The links between Asia and Africa and South America have always been present but in our times they have been made invisible by the fact that Europe is still the central mediator of Afro-Asian-Latino discourse. We live under what Satya … read more »
Posted in Asia, Global Issues
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Tagged afria travel, Asia, Black people, Christmas, East Africa, England, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, India, india south africa, Indian American, map africa, map of africa, news, South Africa, travel to africa, Weep Not Child, West Africa
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Christian Holidays in the Islamic World W While the mainstream media, government officials and so on try to portray these attacks as products of poverty, the fact is, wherever there are significant numbers of Muslims, churches are under siege. Last … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, African news, Boko Haram, Christian, Christmas, David Horowitz Freedom Center, Easter, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Raymond Ibrahim
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A couple have been found guilty of murdering a teenager they had accused of using witchcraft. Eric Bikubi, 28, and Magalie Bamu, aged 29, from Newham, east London, had denied killing Bamu’s 15-year-old brother Kristy. Kristy drowned in a bath … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bikubi, Christmas, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eric Bikubi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, London, Magalie Bamu, Old Bailey, Witchcraft
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A Reuters reporter on the street near the Christ Embassy Church saw five vehicles with their glass shattered, two of them largely destroyed. Grey ash was cast across the ground. “No person died in the Suleja explosion. One person was … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Christmas, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Nigeria, Reuters, Suleja
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Detroit – The family of a Nigerian man sentenced to life in prison for trying to destroy an international jetliner says the case brought them “tremendous shock”. Nine members of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s family travelled to Detroit but did not … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Christmas, Detroit, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, life imprisonment, Nigeria, Northwest Airlines Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Umaru Mutallab
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A lawyer for the Nigerian man who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a U.S. jumbo passenger jet on Christmas Day in 2009 urged a federal judge on Monday not to sentence him to spend the rest of his … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Anwar al-Awlaki, Christmas, Detroit, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Northwest Airlines, Plea, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Yemen
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Maiduguri – A purported spokesperson for Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists late on Monday threatened the group would soon launch attacks on mobile telephone firms for their alleged complicity with security agents. In a phone conference with reporters in the north-eastern … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Christmas, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kano, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nigerian Communications Commission
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ABUJA, Nigeria — The alleged mastermind of a radical Islamist sect’s Christmas Day church bombing fled across Nigeria after escaping police custody and hid for about a month before finally being apprehended Friday, authorities said. The arrest of Kabiru Sokoto … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Christmas, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Nigeria, Sokoto, State Security Service
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Kano – Witnesses in Nigeria say at least seven people have been killed in a series of coordinated attacks across the northern city of Kano. Local immigration service spokesperson Mohammed Kanoma said at least three officials were killed, as well … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Christmas, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria
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Witnesses say multiple explosions have rocked the northern Nigerian city of Kano. A local journalist tells VOA that the blasts went off Friday afternoon and damaged at least one police station. Other witnesses report hearing gunfire and seeing smoke rising … read more »
Nigerian authorities say their top suspect in a deadly Christmas Day bombing at a Catholic church in the capital, Abuja, has escaped police custody. A police statement Tuesday said the suspect, Kabiru Sokoto, was being escorted to another police station … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Catholic Church, Christmas, Christmas Day, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Muslim, Nigeria
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Gunmen shot dead five people in their homes in two northern Nigerian cities on Monday, security forces said, the latest in a string of deadly attacks by suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect. “Two people have been shot … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Christmas, Damaturu, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria
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On Monday 9 January, the first day of the Nigerian nationwide indefinite strike, my fellow blogger, Emmanuel Iduma, wrote a post ‘See, The Nigerian Revolution Has Begun’. Emmanuel is a young man, a writer, modest and maybe a little shy. … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Christian, Christmas, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Niger State, Nigeria, Subsidy
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Police in northern Nigeria say suspected members of a radical Islamist sect have shot dead eight people, including four police officers. The attack happened late Tuesday at a bar in the town of Potiskum in Yobe state, and authorities blamed … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Christian, Christmas, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Potiskum, United Nations, Yobe State
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Summary: On December 25, 2011, well-coordinated bomb explosions occurred in three Nigerian cities. Boko Haram claimed responsibility. On December 31, the President of Nigeria responded by declaring state of emergency in some places. On January 1, 2012, Nigerian Government announced … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Christmas, Goodluck Jonathan, Government, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Niger State, Nigeria, state of emergency, State Security Service
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As most parts of the world enter the New Year with celebration and joy, and the expectation of better economic and social welfare and further technological advancement, in Nigeria , while many people mourn the loss of loved ones, others … read more »
Nigeria’s president has declared a partial state of emergency to contain a wave of attacks by an Islamic militant group across the country’s northeast. The group, known as “Boko Haram,” has been blamed for two months of widespread bloodshed in … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Boko Haram, Christmas, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Sharia, United Nations, United States
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