Tag Archives: European Union
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Dessalegn has denied that the government is forcing tens of thousands of people off their land in order to lease it to foreign investors. “As far as land grabbing is … read more »
Press point/Brussels 18 April 2013 Good morning ladies and gentleman, It is a great pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn on his first official visit to Europe. I also know this is the first official visit that he pays … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Documents, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Ethiopia, European Development Fund, European Union, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Prime minister
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ABUJA — The European Union on Tuesday pledged 50 million euros ($65 million) in support for the African force tasked with helping fight Islamist rebels in Mali. The international community in January promised to provide $455 million dollars to support … read more »
Posted in Mali, Nigeria, Pan African News, West Africa
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Tagged AFISMA, Economic Community of West African States, European Union, French Army, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, Nigeria, West Africa
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By Jeremy Youde, worldpoliticsreview.com In 2012, Foreign Policy and the Fund for Peace ranked Zimbabwe the fifth most likely country to fail — putting it in greater danger than Afghanistan, Iraq and Haiti. World leaders frequently describe Zimbabwe under the … read more »
Posted in Article, Op-ed, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged European Union, IndepthAfrica, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, United States, World Bank, Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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stabroeknews When –as appears likely, at least at this juncture – general elections are held in Zimbabwe later this year under a new constitution Robert Mugabe will, in all likelihood, be running for office as President of the Southern African … read more »
Posted in Article, Op-ed, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Beatrice Mtetwa, European Union, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Morgan Tsvangirai, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Events in the last twelve months indicate growing discontent inside Eritrea’s tightly controlled regime, as well as deepening political and social divisions. While the mounting number of incidents suggests that President Isaias Afwerki’s regime is vulnerable, … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged African Union, Asmara, Eritrea, eritrean, European Union, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Qatar
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Change is in the air in Eritrea, a highly authoritarian state, but any political transition will require internal political inclusion and channels for external dialogue if it is to preserve stability and improve Eritrean life. Concerned Western partners, neighbours and … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Asmara, Eritrea, European Union, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Crisis Group, Isaias Afewerki, Red Sea
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(AFP) GENEVA — The United Nations will appoint an independent expert to investigate and help improve the human rights situation in war-torn Mali, the UN Human Rights Council decided Thursday. The 47 members of the UN’s top human rights body … read more »
The ban applies to the EU but not to the sovereign Vatican City. Mugabe arrived amid controversy in Zimbabwe where police on Sunday arrested four of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s aides and a prominent human rights lawyer following a referendum … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
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Tagged European Union, Holy See, IndepthAfrica, Morgan Tsvangirai, Mugabe, Pope John Paul II, Robert Mugabe, Sunday, Zimbabwe
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Boris DOLGOV On March 11 a delegation of the Syrian National Coordinating Committee for Democratic Change led by its Coordinator Heysam Manaa, visited Moscow to hold talks with top officials of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the negotiations and … read more »
Posted in Boris DOLGOV, Columnist, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Al-Nusra Front, Bashar Al-Assad, Bashar Assad, European Union, Syria, Syrian National Council, United Nations Security Council, United States
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By Steve Paterno Kenyan went polling in huge number and for the first time to test the country’s new constitution. The voting is conducted peaceful, with observers acknowledging its fairness and transparency. However, with electronic glitches, causing the delay in … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged European Union, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Uhuru Kenyatta
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By Michelle Nichols (Reuters) – In a special report to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon toned down criticism of Rwanda over accusations that it supports rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but still warned against … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, East Africa, Rwanda
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, European Union, IndepthAfrica, Reuters, Rwanda, United Nations, United Nations Security Council
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Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change (EYSC) and RightNow: Advocacy for Asylum Seekers in Israel hosted a joint event in Los Angeles, advocating for the Jewish and Eritrean-American communities to work together to help Eritrean refugees stuck in the Sinai desert. … read more »
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Tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, Eritrea, European Union, IndepthAfrica, Israel, los angeles, Refugee, United Nations, United States
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Critically, international election observers (including around 70 observers from the EU) must maintain a strong local presence throughout the election period. The international community must not be caught unprepared again. The prospects of a trouble-free election in Kenya look increasingly … read more »
HARARE — The U.S. government has called on the government of Zimbabwe to ensure that uniformed police forces act professionally as the African country prepares to hold elections. Visiting U.S. officials say credible elections could result in Washington lifting economic … read more »
(Reuters) – Opposition supporters held protests across Guinea on Monday to demand a free and fair parliamentary election, fearing the first such vote in more than a decade will be cheapened by fraud. The May 12 election is intended to … read more »
By Jimmy Kainja Last October the president of Malawi, Joyce Banda, told European Union delegates in Brussels that she was ready to sacrifice her political career for economic reforms in the country. Banda was mainly referring to a 40 percent … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Malawi
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Tagged Banda, Bingu wa Mutharika, Brussels, European Union, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, Joyce Banda, Malawi, Mutharika
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Politics – Kenya, considered to be East Africa’s biggest economy, will on March 4, hold general elections that will see the emergence of a president, senators, county governors, members of parliament, civic wards and women county representatives in a poll … read more »
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Tagged European Union, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, International Criminal Court, Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya, Kenya African National Union, kenya elections, Mwai Kibaki, William Ruto
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by Elissa Jobson, bdlive.co.za ADDIS ABABA — Senior officials from the African Union (AU) and European Union (EU) are gathering in Addis Ababa on Thursday and Friday for their biannual joint task-force meeting. The discussion, the first since the new … read more »
Posted in African Union (AU), Article, East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, African Union Commission, Brussels, Central African Republic, European Union, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Millennium Development Goals
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Compared to the pre-revised 1999/2000 base year, gross domestic product (GDP) estimates based on the new base year has shown changes where GDP level has decreased by close to one percent from 511.2 billion Br to 506.6 billion Br in … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Economic, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, European Union, Ghana, Ghana Statistical Service, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, latest ethiopian news, Ministry of Finance & Economic Development, news ethiopia, System of National Account, United Nations System of National Accounts
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At least 53 people have died in a road accident north of the Zambian capital, Lusaka. Reports suggest that a bus taking passengers from a mining district to the capital collided with an oncoming truck. The bus, operated by the … read more »
London – Britain’s parliament voted heavily in favour of legalising gay marriage on Tuesday, but Prime Minister David Cameron’s authority in his own party took a blow as his Conservatives split in two over the measure he had championed. In … read more »
(Nairobi) – Somali authorities should drop politically motivated charges against five people including a journalist and a woman who alleged she was raped by state security forces. The attorney general on January 29, 2013, brought charges of insulting a government … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Aljazeera, Catherine Ashton, European Commission, European Union, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Rape, Somali, Somalia
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Millions of voters have registered in Ethiopia to take part in upcoming local and Addis Ababa City Council elections due to be held in April this year. According to sources from the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), over 19.4 … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, EPRDF, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopians, European Union, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, List of political parties in Ethiopia, NEBE, news ethiopia, Opposition (politics)
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On January 18 the Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union Habib Benyahya stated during a meeting with EU officials in Brussels that the Maghreb and the European Union (EU) should reflect on a cooperative approach “5 +27″ for the … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Global Issues, Middle East, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Arab Maghreb Union, Brussels, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, European Development Fund, European Neighbourhood Policy, European Union, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica nigeria news, Maghreb, Sahel
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press release In the presence of the Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to the African Union (AU), Amb.Gary Quince, and the AU Commissioner Jean-Pierre Ezin, the second set of research grants resulting from the AU’s 2nd call for … read more »
BAMAKO — Islamist fighters who have controlled northern Mali for months seized a government town in the country’s centre on Thursday and vowed to push further south, an Islamist official told AFP. Abdou Dardar, from the Ansar Dine group, said … read more »
Posted in Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bamako, Burkina Faso, European Union, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Konna, Mali, mali news, Thursday
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By Tyler Falk, smartplanet Africa now has more than 650 million mobile phone subscribers. That’s more than either the United States or the European Union. And it’s a market that has seen explosive growth. Since 2000, the mobile phone market … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Africa mobile phone, Bandwidth (computing), BantaLabs, European Union, ICT, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Information and communications technology, United States, World Bank
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By Yilma Bekele The press release was short and to the point. It was only six paragraphs long and was written in a matter of fact way. There were no trumpets blaring, no press conference with TV lights and no … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yilma Bekele
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, European Union, Ginbot 7, Ginbot 7 formation, God, GPF, IndepthAfrica, Middle East, Television, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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press release Greece is seriously failing to respect the rights of asylum-seekers and migrants, Amnesty International warned in a briefing published today. Every year, tens of thousands of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers from the Middle East, Asia and Africa cross … read more »
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