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By Philip Amiola One of the easiest ways to gain popularity as a public analyst, social commentator or political observer in Nigeria today is to consistently harp on the ineptitude of the government and the resultant helplessness of the citizens. … read more »
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South Africa’s churches have attacked the African National Congress (ANC), accusing the ruling party of moral decay and of abandoning Nelson Mandela’s goal to build a non-racial democracy from the ashes of apartheid. Jacob Zuma Photo: EVA-LOTTE JANSSON In a … read more »
By Remember P.D Miamingi There are disturbing signs of anti-‘foreigners’ sentiments littered across South Sudan:from the unfriendly receptions fellow Africans from neighboring countries experience at our different border posts, to some serious allegations of exploitation and abuse in Juba. It … read more »
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Retired South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu has cancelled his plans to speak at a Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in Johannesburg because former British Premier Tony Blair will be there. Blair’s “morally indefensible” alliance with the U.S. in overthrowing Iraqi … read more »
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Former UK prime minister Tony Blair has challenged SA Muslims protesting against his visit to this country to rather protest against the Muslims whom he says are doing most of the killing in Iraq and elsewhere. Blair, who will speak … read more »
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Earlier this summer, commentator Al Gini had the opportunity to spend six weeks in South Africa. He’s put together a few reflective pieces on his experiences there, which we’ll run this week. Benjamin Franklin once observed that democracy may be … read more »
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“I wish you empowerment to resist; to fight for social and economic justice; to win your real freedom and equal rights.” These are the stirring words of Omar Barghouti in his open letter to “people of conscience in the West”. … read more »
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Thousands of documents, photographs and videos of Nelson Mandela have been placed online in a mass digital archive. The database was created by the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Google, which transformed the documents into a searchable collection that … read more »
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by Odimegwu Onwumere Monday, 13 February 2012 14:34 Organized religionists in Nigeria are running into aggressive mentality causing a devastating approach to the unity of Nigeria. This people think that God is their personal acquisition because the constitution of Nigeria … read more »
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by John Campbell On Sunday, the African National Congress (ANC) celebrated its one-hundredth birthday. Though it is notoriously riddled with factions, all was sweetness and light. South African president and ANC party leader Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki, whom Zuma … read more »
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Johannesburg is emptying out fast, as the rich head to the beach and the rest to their home villages for the long holidays, and the few journalists left here – in either category – try to make sense of an … read more »
Cape Town – A South African woman has been executed in China for smuggling drugs into that country, eNews reported on Monday. Janice Bronwyn Linden, 35, was executed by lethal injection. She was caught carrying 3kg of crystal methamphetamine … read more »
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Tagged Cape Town, Capital punishment, China, Democratic Alliance, Desmond Tutu, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, South Africa, Stevens Mokgalapa
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December 2, 2011 by benim
In downtown Durban, the climate negotiators have settled into their beachfront hotels, ready for the official UN climate negotiations starting Monday. Already, voices speculate about cracks in the existing negotiating blocs. Will the developing countries hold together all the way? … read more »
November 15, 2011 by benim
The woman selected by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to help bring about peace and reconciliation in Liberia says she’s prepared for the task. Leymah Gbowee, co-winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, says Liberia’s inability over the years to approach … read more »
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Tagged Desmond Tutu, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Gbowee, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Liberian, Nobel Peace Prize, President of Liberia
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November 5, 2011 by benim
Cape Town – The suffering inflicted by Israel on the Palestinian people shows that it has forgotten the Jewish scriptures, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said on Saturday. “They have forgotten their own history. They have forgotten what their own prophets … read more »
The Dalai Lama on Saturday sharply criticized China, which is accused of blocking him from traveling to South Africa to celebrate Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday. The Tibetan spiritual leader spoke with Tutu and answered questions via a video link, … read more »
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Cape Town – South Africa’s Desmond Tutu on Friday praised Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s joint award of the Nobel Peace Prize, which he won in 1984, saying she deserved it “many times over” for bringing stability to Liberia. “The president of … read more »
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The Dalai Lama will appear by videoconference at celebrations marking Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday, after being denied a visa to enter South Africa. The exiled Tibetan leader will join the festivities on Saturday, via videolink from Dharamsala, India. A … read more »
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Johannesburg – The ruling party was planning to “engage” with Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu after his angry attack on the ANC this week, according to a report on Friday. The ANC would “find the time and space to meet Tutu … read more »
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Cape Town – Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu turns 80 on Friday, with festivities scheduled to take place at the St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town. Birthday celebrations for the Nobel Peace Prize winner already started on Thursday afternoon, when Irish … read more »
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The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, cancelled a trip to South Africa planned for this week that had put Pretoria in a bind between its biggest trading partner China and one of its modern heroes, Nobel Peace Prize laureate … read more »
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Cape Town – South Africans will pray for the downfall of the ANC like they did with the apartheid government, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said in Cape Town on Tuesday, during a news briefing on the government’s failure to grant … read more »
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The Dalai Lama was on Monday afternoon still waiting to hear whether he would get a visa to South Africa, a representative of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said. “We have not been told anything. I spoke to my colleague … read more »
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September 28, 2011 by benim
Abidjan – Any suggestion that ‘victor’s justice’ is being applied in Ivory Coast would undermine attempts to overcome its post-election bloodshed, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Tuesday. Tutu spoke on the eve of the launch of a reconciliation … read more »
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September 26, 2011 by benim
Johannesburg – South African Nobel laureates Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu on Monday hailed the legacy of Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai, calling her a “true African heroine”. “She understood and acted on the inextricable links between poverty, rights and … read more »
A group of international statesmen headed by South Africa’s Desmond Tutu on Thursday congratulated south Sudan on its imminent independence, but voiced concern over violence along the new border. The Elders group sent a letter to south Sudan president Salva … read more »
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Gaborone – US First Lady Michelle Obama on Friday started the last leg of her African tour in Botswana by helping spruce up an Aids clinic, in one of the countries hardest-hit by the disease. She landed in Gaborone after … read more »
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – A weeklong trip to Africa with their mother has offered a rare look at Malia and Sasha Obama, sisters who are largely kept out of public view. Malia, who enters her teenage years when … read more »
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PRETORIA, South Africa – First lady Michelle Obama embarked on a goodwill visit to sub-Saharan Africa on Monday, a weeklong stay designed to show that America cares about the continent’s issues and people. Accompanied by her two daughters, her … read more »
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Korhogo – Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo wants to “heal the wounds” in his country, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said after meeting the ousted leader on Monday. The Nobel Prize winner met Gbagbo alongside former UN chief Kofi … read more »
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