Tag Archives: CNN
By Samuel Burke & Claire Calzonetti [CNN] Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, is full of promise. But fulfilling that promise is often a struggle. Plagued by corruption and mismanagement, the resource-rich country has a poverty rate of over 50%. Maternal … read more »
Posted in Letters & Interviews, Nigeria, Special Reports, West Africa
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Tagged Amanpour, CNN, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, nigerian newspapers, Okonjo-Iweala, World Bank
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AP – Authorities have a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings in custody and are taking him to federal court, according to the Associated Press. A spokeswoman for the the US attorney’s office in Boston would not comment to Yahoo … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Associated Press, Boston, Boston Marathon, CBS, CNN, Federal Bureau of Investigation, IndepthAfrica, NBC News, Yahoo News
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(CNN) — The death of Chinua Achebe represents more than the loss of a great writer. Achebe was perhaps the first to give voice with elegance, a poetic prose, and startling insight to the other side of the world which … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Achebe, CHINUA ACHEBE, CNN, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Conrad, Nelson Mandela, Things Fall Apart, Things Fall Apart: A Novel, United States
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Netsanet Belay, an Ethiopian national, is Amnesty International‘s program director for Africa. A trained human rights lawyer, he has worked for more than 10 years promoting and defending human rights at local, national, regional and global levels. He spent more … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Amnesty International, Amputation, CNN, Ethiopia, Hippocratic Oath, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Sudan
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(CNN) — The International Criminal Court on Monday dropped charges against former Cabinet Secretary Francis Kirimi Muthaura — one of four prominent Kenyan leaders accused of crimes against humanity. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said people with information had died or … read more »
Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, East Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged CNN, crimes against humanity, Fatou Bensouda, Francis Muthaura, International Criminal Court, Kenya, prosecutor, Uhuru Kenyatta
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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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By Robert Amsterdam If we were to read only a handful of Western media publications about this week’s elections in Kenya, you’d think the entire country consisted of hacked limbs, machete-wielding mobs, and nightmarish savagery. Instead, what has happened so … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged CNN, Kenya, kenyan election 2013, kenyan election act, kenyan election candidates, kenyan election crisis, kenyan election dates 2013, kenyan election news, kenyan election opinion polls, kenyan election polls, Kenyatta, Kikuyu, Kikuyu people, Raila Odinga, Twitter, Uhuru Kenyatta
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Nairobi, Kenya — Uhuru Kenyatta, indicted for alleged crimes against humanity and the son of the nation’s founding father, was leading early Wednesday in Kenya’s presidential election. With a little more than 40% of the vote counted, Kenyatta was leading … read more »
Posted in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
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Tagged CNN, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan presidential election 2007, Nairobi, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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By Nadine Kalinauskas | Good News A Kenyan teen’s invention, “Lion Lights,” helps protect his family’s livestock from lions — and earned him an invitation to speak at this week’s TED conference. Richard Turere, 13, was raised on the edge … read more »
Preparations are in the final stages for Kenya’s first televised presidential debate next week, with six candidates participating, Kenya’s Daily Nation reported Wednesday (February 6th). Candidates Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi, … read more »
By Luck Gold & Samuel Burke, CNN While American waited 35 minutes for the Super Bowl’s lights to come on, Nigerians just chuckled. They know all too well the problem of power outages: Nigeria has been plagued by rolling blackouts … read more »
As the dust over President Goodluck Jonathan’s embarrassing outing in a recent CNN interview is yet to settle,we can report that the presidency actually spends thousands of dollars in public funds to arrange interviews with foreign media outlets. Mr. Jonathan’s penchant for … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Aso Rock, CNN, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Isha Sesay, Jonathan, New York Times, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Reuben Abati
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By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. For those who don’t know, “boo-boo” is an informal American English term for “an embarrassing mistake.” Every Nigerian knows that good grammar isn’t President Goodluck Jonathan’s strong suit. I was probably the first to publicly … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Amanpour, bokoharam, CNN, GoodluckJonathan, History of Nigeria, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Mali, News from Nigeria, Newspapers in Nigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Nigerian news, nigerian newspapers, President Goodluck Jonathan, United States
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CNN – Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga says his country will not negotiate with al Qaeda-linked Somali militants who have threatened to kill Kenyan hostages unless Nairobi releases all Muslims charged with terrorism. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in … read more »
In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan agreed that Boko Haram could pose an existential threat to his country. “If Boko Haram is not contained, it would be a threat not only to Nigeria, … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Amanpour, bokoharam, Christiane Amanpour and Goodluck Jonathan, CNN, ethiopia eritrea, Freedom of speech, GoodluckJonathan, Independent National Electoral Commission, Interview Video, Jonathan, jonathan amapour interview, jonathan CNN interview, jonathan ebele goodluck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, nigeria africa, nigeria goodluck jonathan, Nigeria Government, Nigeria news, nigeria president, Nigerian, Nigerian news, President Goodluck Jonathan, president jonathan, senegal africa, West Africa
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Twenty-four hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo advised the Federal Government to adopt “carrot and stick” approach in tackling Boko Haram, presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, has told the Nigerian leader to pocket his counsel. In fact, Abati said Obasanjo … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, CNN, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Nigerian news, Obasanjo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Warri, Zain Verjee
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RATHER than just cracking down on Boko Haram, the Federal Government should adopt a dual approach to conclusively check the activities of the group, according to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo said more could be done to reach out to … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged boko haram news, bokoharam, Borno State, CNN, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Inspector-General of Police, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Olusegun Obasanjo
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Goodluck Jonathan. President Goodluck Jonathan has again lashed out at ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing him as a confused man unstable in his views regarding government’s handing of the protracted Boko Haram insurgency. Mr. Jonathan, who spoke through his spokesperson, Reuben … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, CNN, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Nigeria, Nigerian news, Obasanjo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Warri
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(CNN) — It could be the spartan living environment, or perhaps growing up in the thin air nearly 3,000 meters above sea level — or maybe it’s the influence of a legendary local coach. Whatever its secret, a remote mountain … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Other Sports, Sports
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Bekoji, CNN, Derartu Tulu, Dibaba, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Olympic, Tirunesh Dibaba
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CNN named former Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi among notable people we’ve lost in 2012. According to CNN, PM Meles was a strongman in the troubled Horn of Africa. He dedicated his life for the development of Ethiopia and firmly … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, CNN, Economic growth, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, List of heads of government of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, United States
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By Mirjam van Reisen A new report titled ‘Human Trafficking in the Sinai. Refugees between Life and Death’ sheds new light on the devastation caused by the trafficking in the Sinai. Hostages are killed unless they collect exorbitant ransoms from … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged CNN, Egypt, Eritrea, Human trafficking, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Israel, Sinai, Sinai Peninsula, Tilburg University
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By David Knox CNN continues its “Freedom Project” campaign against Modern Day Slavery with the documentary A Stand in the Sinai, featuring CNN correspondent Fred Pleitgen. African refugees, mostly from Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea, face a dangerous journey crossing Egypt’s … read more »
Lagos and Abuja — Tom Mboya and Evanson Nyaga, both from Kenya, were last weekend awarded the top prize at the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2012 Awards. Tom and Evanson, won for their work ‘African Tribe in India’, which was … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Kenya, News
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, CNN, Guardian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, LUSAKA, MultiChoice, Nigeria, Parisa Khosravi, reuters africa news
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Tiisetso Maloma I’m sure most of you saw an article on Mandela’s birthday; titled “Mandela sold blacks out” Read it HERE. I could feel the pain the fella was spilling into the post. Either you sympathized with it; were disgusted … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa Business News, Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news agency, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, African National Congress, CNN, De Klerk, F. W. de Klerk, IndepthAfrica, Mandela, Nelson Mandela, reuters africa news, South Africa, South African Reserve Bank
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Nik Wallenda has stepped off his highwire after successfully making his way across a cable strung across Niagara Falls. Wallenda, who hails from a long line of high-wire artists, several of whom have died during performances, started his more than … read more »
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Tagged ABC, CNN, Niagara Falls, Niagara Gorge, Niagara Parks Commission, Nik Wallenda, nik wallenda contact, nik wallenda date, nik wallenda family, nik wallenda life on a wire, nik wallenda tightrope walker, nik wallenda twitter, nik wallenda wiki, nik wallenda youtube, Tightrope walking, Wallenda
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Four minors accused in a brutal videotaped gang rape of a mentally disabled teenager were released on $67 bail Thursday, their lawyer said. The boys fear for their safety and will not be returning to their homes because of anger … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged afria travel, CNN, East Africa, Gauteng, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Johannesburg, map africa, map of africa, news, Rape, South Africa, South African Press Association, Soweto, travel to africa, Types of rape, West Africa
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Even after the Duke lacrosse case, Texaco executives allegedly using the N-word in private meetings — which turned out to be “St. Nicholas” — the Tawana Brawley case, not to mention virtual hailstorms of racist graffiti and nooses materializing on … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, News
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Tagged africa african news, Al Sharpton, CNN, indepthafrica africa news, Martin, NFM, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Trayvon Martin, United States, Zimmerman
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A mystery disease is turning an increasing number of children in east Africa into zombies. The condition, known by locals as the ‘nodding disease’, drastically alters children’s personalities by making them withdrawn and confused. One of the first symptoms of … read more »
Posted in News, Special Reports
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Tagged africa african news, CNN, East Africa, Grace Lagat, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Nodding disease, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
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By Rafael Marques de Morais The company contracted to market Angola overseas is owned by the president’s children. While two-thirds of the population survives on less than $2 a day, the president and his protégés plunder the country. Semba Comunicação, … read more »
Posted in Angola, Article, North Africa
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Tagged Angola, CNN, CNN International, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Hopkins University, José Eduardo dos Santos, Rafael Marques, Santos, Turner Broadcasting System
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(CNN) — Nigerian security forces killed 11 suspected Islamic militants Saturday in the northeastern city of Maiduguri. The militants belonging to Boko Haram died in a search operation, police said, a day after the group attacked a Mandawari police station … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, CNN, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kano, MAIDUGURI, Niger, Nigeria, Police station
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