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- Africa: The Birth of the OAU
- Woman Seeks Asylum: King of Swaziland want to make me his 14th virgin bride
- Ethiopia: Off Political Taboos and Woos
- Chinua Achebe as Metaphor
- Chinua Achebe (Ugonabo Ogidi ) Goes Home
- The curious case of Africa’s Progress and the missing Millennium Development Goals
- Somalia And The Slippery Slope Of ‘Jubbaland’
- The Legacy of Queen Victoria and Zimbabwean Culture
- The Parable Of The Cockroach And Nigeria
- My relationship with Chinua Achebe - Wole Soyinka
- Somalia’s future: IGAD’s captivity or donors’ rescue
- Israel and the Arab Gulf States: An Undeclared Alliance
- The United Nations’ Hezbollah Protection Force
- Sustain Gains. Invest in Malaria. Save Three Million Children's Lives in the Next 1000 Days
- World Malaria Day: highlighting awareness of a preventable disease that still kills thousands
- Excusing Jihad In Boston
- Lessons from Boston and Chechnya
- Analysis: How do you solve a problem like Apartheid?
- Somalia: Frail Leadership, Federalism Frenzy, and the Fragile Peace
- Factors of Change and Transformation in Ethiopia
- How the West is seeking to usurp Africa’s struggle for freedom and democracy
- Ethiopia: A Critical Appraisal of the Diaspora Organized Groups Opposed to the Regime in Ethiopia
Tag Archives: Gang
How childhood trauma of Somali refugees has shaped gang culture on Britain’s streets
By Ismail Einashe I recently gave a talk for Radio 4’s Four Thought series, exploring the links between childhood war trauma suffered by young Somali men and the way some are drawn to violent gang culture. Like other young Somali … read more
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
Tagged Al-Shabaab, Britain, Gang, IndepthAfrica, London, Somali, Somali Civil War, Somali people, Somalia
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At Least 44 Killed In Mexico Prison Riot
At least 44 people have died in a fight between rival gangs at a prison on the outskirts of the northern Mexican city of Monterrey. Victims were beaten, stabbed and stoned when a fight broke out on Sunday. Inmates at … read more
Posted in World News
Tagged Felipe Calderón, Gang, Gulf Cartel, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mexico, Monterrey, Prison, Tamaulipas, texas
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Libya state TV: Rebels hold human shields
Tripoli – Libyan rebels are holding civilians as “human shields” in residential quarters of some cities, state television said on Sunday, citing military sources. The report on Al-Jamahiriya television added that forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were in … read more
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, AfricaAfrica, African news, African tribes, Bashir Abudl Gadir, Benghazi, breaking news, demonstration, Demonstrators, disasters-news, Embassies and Consulates, for, Gaddafi, Gaddafi Protests, Gang, GeographyGeography, Ghadafi, Government, HIV trial in LibyaHIV trial in Libya, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Libya, Libya news, Libya Protests, Libya Revolt, LibyaLibya, Middle East Protests, military, Muammar al-Gaddafi, News local news, Pan-AfricanismPan-Africanism, political-news, PoliticsPolitics, Protest, Protester, Protesters, protests, Ras Lanuf, Rebels, Religion Belief, security force, security forces, Tripoli, TripoliTripoli, United States, War Conflict, World news
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Robbers killed in dramatic shootout
A quick-thinking Pretoria teacher’s screams telling her Grade 1 pupils to drop down on to the floor beneath their desks as a gang of nine robbers opened fire at a cash-in-transit van outside the school, probably saved the lives of … read more
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Ballistic trauma, breaking news, crime, Embassies and Consulates, Gang, Germany, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Karlsruhe, News local news, Pretoria, Pretoria News, Robbery, World news
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Gang shootout kills 14 in Veracruz, Mexico
A shootout between Mexican security forces and suspected gang members has left 14 people dead. Some 100 soldiers, marines and police in Xalapa, in the eastern state of Veracruz, had surrounded a house that, it was thought, was being used … read more
Arrested Nigeria militant in unknown location: lawyer
A lawyer acting for more than 60 militants arrested last month said on Wednesday the militant gang leader and two of his followers were removed from prison by the secret service last week. Nigeria’s armed forces on November 20 arrested … read more
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, West Africa
Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, disasters-news, Environmental disasters, Gang, geography, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International relations, Ken Atsuete, Lagos, Law Crime, militant, Militant tendency, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, News local news, Niger Delta, Niger River, Niger River Delta, Nigeria, obese, OPEC, Port Harcourt, State Security Service, War Conflict, World news
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Somalis gang charged with sex trafficking – Video
Nashville apartments and hotels served as hubs for the forced prostitution of underage girls by Somali gangs operating here and in Minnesota, a federal indictment says. Federal prosecutors on Monday indicted 29 suspected gang members in a wide-ranging sex trafficking … read more
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