Tag Archives: George W. Bush
By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. President Mahama pretty much comes off to me as a miniature model of former President George W. Bush, the Younger Bush who launched the self-glorifying war against the Iraqi dictatorship of the late President Saddam … read more »
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Tagged Convention Peoples Party, George W. Bush, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, New Patriotic Party, Nkrumah government, University of Cape Coast
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A decade after Operation ‘Shock and Awe’, Iraq has been the captive of unspeakable violence. But what is at all about? KHADIJA PATEL asks 10 of the most pressing questions about the enduring legacy of the war in Iraq. 1. … read more »
By Daniel Berhane, Addis Fortune column In the days following the passing of Meles Zenawi, senior EPRDF officials stood firm in rejecting the conspiracy theories that were running wild in the streets. Although a public statement was not issued on … read more »
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Tagged Chavez, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, George W. Bush, Hugo Chávez, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, Nicolas Maduro, United States, Venezuela
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It is no accident that the death of Hugo Chavez, while mourned by the usual suspects on the left, was celebrated by thousands of his fellow countrymen. In the Doral section of Miami, FL, home to the largest enclave of Venezuelans living … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Carlos Andrés Pérez, Chavez, Fidel Castro, George W. Bush, Hugo Chávez, hugo chavez biografia, hugo chavez biography, hugo chavez cancer, hugo chavez dictator, hugo chavez health, hugo chavez noticias, hugo chavez quotes, Miami, Venezuela, Vladimir Putin
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Philly The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has the potential to birth a dramatic change in his oil-rich country’s relationship with the United States. But it may take years to materialize, if it ever does. Much will depend on … read more »
By RIA Novosti The death of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez from cancer may have been part of a plot by the United States to infect its enemies in Latin America with the disease, the leader of Russia’s Communist party, Gennady … read more »
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Tagged Chavez, Dilma Rousseff, Fernando Lugo, Fidel Castro, Gennady Zyuganov, George W. Bush, Hugo Chávez, hugo chavez biografia, hugo chavez biography, hugo chavez cancer, hugo chavez dictator, hugo chavez health, hugo chavez noticias, hugo chavez quotes, IndepthAfrica, Latin America, United States
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From:The Australian HE was lionised as a hero by the Western Left, of course, but it would be hard to find a leader in recent history who more comprehensively betrayed the wellbeing of his country than Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. … read more »
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez dead CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against U.S. influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America, died Tuesday at age 58 after a … read more »
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While it’s always dangerous to offer general observations about an entire continent (there are sites fully dedicated to debunking this practice), regional analysis is a critical component of geopolitics, economics and foreign policy, and Africa is no exception. Today, there … read more »
Posted in Article, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African Growth and Opportunity Act, African Union, China, George W. Bush, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Rosa Whitaker, United States, Western world
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After the US military heavily bombarded Iraq and crushed Saddam Hussain’s regime, then-President George W. Bush was quick to give his infamous “mission accomplished” speech in which he announced the end of major operations in Iraq. But little did he … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged African Union, France, Gao, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Islamism, Mali, West Africa
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A decade ago, western leaders’ excessive reaction and inflated rhetoric served to amplify rather than diminish the power of Islamist groups. The same danger now overhangs Mali, Algeria and beyond. A series of events and statements in the early weeks … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Mali, North Africa, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Algeria, George W. Bush, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, mali news, malian news, United States
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Here is a look at the life Yoweri Museveni, president of Uganda. Personal: Birth Date: 1944 Birth Place: Ntungamo, Uganda Birth Name: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Father: Amos Kaguta, a cattle keeper Mother: Esteri Kokundeka Marriage: Janet (Kataaha) Museveni (1973 – … read more »
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Front for National Salvation, George W. Bush, Idi Amin, IndepthAfrica, Milton Obote, President of Uganda Yoweri K Museveni, Tito Okello, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni
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By Yilma Bekele Good news is always welcome. Then there is the extraordinarily good news that jars you from your slumber. And when the good news happens right around Christmas there is nothing one can do other than put more … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Accra, Barack Obama, Ethiopia, George W. Bush, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, obama, Susan Rice, United States
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Robele Ababya Revelation of Zenawi’s vision for Tigray Azeb Mesfin reportedly revealed the existence of a project document prepared by her late husband Zenawi to transform Tigray into an industrial center of the tribal-based Federation of Ethiopia. This rather surprising … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Robele Ababya
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Tagged Addis Ababa, EPRDF, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, George W. Bush, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, United States
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The Gaza flare up has been capturing public attention lately. It appears to be all about rockets, air strikes and horrible pictures of death and human suffering that has no end. But there is one more important aspect of the … read more »
by Chris Floyd The United States has committed an act of war against Somalia (as Buzzflash noted), launching a gunship attack in pursuit of “suspected al Qaeda operatives.” Several people were killed when US planes “strafed the village of Hayo … read more »
(AP) Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s taciturn, ironfisted ruler, passed away after 21 years of increasingly autocratic rule, leaving the country and its global allies at an interesting and rare crossroads: Will the country continue along its current path of political … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Barack Obama, Eastern European Group, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, Latin America, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council, United States
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Rafe MAIR The election of Barack Obama to a second term has huge implications. First let me compliment CNN on its magnificent coverage. To be able to claim Ohio and Florida long before the final results came in was incredible … read more »
US President Barack Obama confounded political logic by triumphing over a sluggish economy to win a second term in office. A gruelling and often unpleasant campaign yielded, in the end, a decisive victory, built on the strong foundations laid down … read more »
Posted in America, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Bain Capital, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, Mitt Romney, obama, Osama bin Laden, Romney, United States
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By: Robert Reich I thought the third and last presidential debate was a clear win for the President. He displayed the authority of the nation’s Commander-in-Chief – calm, dignified, and confident. He was assertive without being shrill, clear without being … read more »
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Tagged BarackObama, drone, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Mitt Romney, obama, Osama bin Laden, Robert Reich, Romney, Syria, Tumor, United States
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by Fred J. Eckert You could see the pained expression on President Obama’s face worsen as a 61-year-old undecided voter told the president during the second presidential debate that he and some co-workers “were sitting around talking about Libya, and … read more »
Six years ago, Mo Ibrahim, a Sudan-born British philanthropist who made his billions selling cell phones, established an award to support good governance in Africa: a $5 million cash prize — which includes a $200,000 yearly stipend for life — … read more »
Enforced disappearances, long detentions without charge, parallel justice mechanisms, a network of secret prisons – these are all the hallmarks of the US program of ‘extraordinary rendition’. This time, however, we’re talking about Rwanda, and a new Amnesty report which … read more »
By Alemayehu G. Mariam For the past several months, there has been much display of public sorrow and grief in Ethiopia. But not for the millions of invisible Ethiopians who are suffering and dying from starvation, or what the “experts” … read more »
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian government, Famine, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Non-governmental organization, Somalia
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By Alison Weir Not often is a political fix so public. The Democratic committee that develops the party’s campaign platform recently failed to include the apparently obligatory “Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel” pronouncement. This statement, which … read more »
By: Andy Worthington September 9, 2012 Eleven years since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the majority of the remaining 168 men in Guantánamo are not held because they constitute an active threat to the United States, but because … read more »
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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Tagged Africa news, Blair, Desmond Tutu, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, South Africa, Tony Blair, Tutu
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Faith Karimi, CNN Ethiopia’s prime minister is “recovering well,” a spokesman said Wednesday, amid frenziedEthiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi speculation about the health of the usually visible leader, who has not appeared in public for two months. Prime Minister Meles … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, International Crisis Group, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Haile Mariam, reuters africa news
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by Graham Peebles To many Ethiopians the sudden disappearance of Prime Minister Zenawi is a source of joy and excited expectation, for Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Meles Zenawi his die-hard supporters apprehension no doubt and concern for their leader. … read more »
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, International Crisis Group, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Haile Mariam, reuters africa news
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While the US was flexing its muscles in Iraq and Afghanistan (later, in Libya, currently in Syria, and further on other nations), taking a much less outspoken but nonetheless more effective approach of “soft power” penetrated the abandoned regions. The … read more »
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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, Barack Obama, China, Fred Hochberg, George W. Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, United States, Wall Street Journal
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