Tag Archives: Indepth Africa Magazine
Rebels seize Central African Republic capital, president flees [View the story "Rebels in Central African Republic ‘seize’ presidential palace" on Storify]
Posted in Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, CAR, Central Africa, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Bangui, Business and Economy, Central African Republic, Indepth Africa Magazine, Storify, teacher resources, Twitter, Washington DC
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The African National Congress doesn’t enjoy being attacked from the Left. Attacks from the Right can, of course, be breezily dismissed as racist/neo-colonialist/imperialist/liberal, you name it. The ANC dictionary overflows with ready-made ripostes to the Right. But it is rather … read more »
The Flying Eagles will be one of the four African representatives to the World Cup. Saturday’s 3-1 victory recorded by Nigeria’s Flying Eagles over their DR Congo counterparts did not only see them qualify for the semi final of the … read more »
Posted in Ghana, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged Egypt, Flying Eagles, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Obuh, Mali, Nigeria, Nigeria national under-20 football team, Turkey, World cup
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ETHIOPIA and history are synonymous. And the East Africans look set to write another story in the continent’s football annals. Not long ago, they qualified for this year’s Africa Cup of Nations – which was for the first time in … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Addis Ababa Stadium, Africa Nations Cup, Botswana, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joel Mogorosi, latest ethiopian news, ndepthindepthafrica, news ethiopia, Sewnet Bishaw
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By; Kiflu Hussain Just yesterday, when I was provoked to write my latest piece “Getting Our Perspective Right on Our Fellow Africans,” I quoted extensively from a great work by a great genius of Africa, Chinua Achebe. At the time, … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ethiopia, Kiflu Hussain, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Achebe, African people, CHINUA ACHEBE, Ethiopia, Fellow, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Scholarly method, Things Fall Apart
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I was brought up on the likes of Chinua Achebe as far as African literature in English is concerned. This was also the case with previous generations of post-colonial African writers and readers. As a tribute to him I present … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged African literature, CHINUA ACHEBE, Indepth Africa Magazine, Jean-Paul Sartre, Nigeria, Nuruddin Farah, Things Fall Apart, Things Fall Apart: A Novel
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The outdated Tigre People Liberation Front, TPLF, fired five top warlords. Panicking and in state of collapse, one of Africa’s criminal political organizations, the TPLF has fired four top genocidal warlords who are wanted by the people of Ethiopia for … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, genocide, Horn Times, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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Akpah Prince A Day Spent at the Accra Youth Summit 5. I was very enthused by the presence of the next speaker, because he is a friend on Facebook but i have never met him before and also have a … read more »
All part of an illicit and lucrative trade in organs. Elaborate greetings are the norm, I’ve found, when one enters a Central African village. So it was a surprise when I noticed that many people weren’t shaking hands the morning … read more »
Posted in Article, CAR, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, Central Europe, Indepth Africa Magazine, Koro (medicine), Malleus Maleficarum, Penis
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Germany President Joachim Gauck arrives in Addis Ababa for a four day official visit to Ethiopia in the afternoon of 17 March 2013. Mekonnen Manyazewal, Minister of Industry and other Ethiopian officials have welcomed the President at Bole International Airport. … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union Commission, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Germany, Government, Hailemariam Desalegn, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Joachim Gauck, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia
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By Jonas Tameru The concept of a developmental state by itself has no predefined rules and procedures that can guide leaders in making decisions about a country’s economic future. Even so the EPRDF by the blind arrogance of its leaders … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Developmental State, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles, news ethiopia, Private sector, Titanic
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By Nura Gwaram For some days now, the media has been over flooded with the phrase: “my oga at the top”, which emanated from the live interview at channels_TV granted Mr. Sham Obafaiye, the Lagos State Commandant of the Nigeria … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Lagos State, Lagos State Commandant, Nigeria, Obafaiye Shem, Shem, Uniform Resource Locator, Website
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Jenny Clover in Kigali, guardian.co.uk, Esther Mbabazi trained to fly Rwandair regional jets despite her aviator father being killed in a plane crash when she was eight. Esther Mbabazi was eight years old when her father was killed in a … read more »
Posted in Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indepth Africa Magazine, Mbabazi, member of parliament, Rwanda, Rwandair, Soroti
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The Zambian Parliament has removed the legal immunity of former President Rupiah Banda to enable the government to take him to court and answer charges of alleged abuse of office and corruption. The rushed manner in which the motion to … read more »
ZIMBABWE’S President Robert Mugabe will always be a complex character and an enigma, usually attracting varied perceptions as to the true nature of his ideological leanings and overall contribution to the country. Herbert Moyo, Theindependent Cabinet ministers recently described Mugabe … read more »
Posted in Article, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Somali, Southern Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, Venezuela, Welshman Ncube, Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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In a week leading to Zimbabwe’s referendum on a new constitution and at a time we are experiencing bizarre claims of supernatural happenings across the country it is a bit of a quandary for any columnist to focus on a … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyatta, Morgan Tsvangirai, Odinga, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States
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Alemu Tafesse, Academic and Political Analyst Part 1 2) Introduced an alternative path towards democracy The political culture of Ethiopia has been deeply beset by the politics of exclusion and the psychology of rebellion. On the one hand, the successive … read more »
Posted in Alemu Tafesse, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Culture of Ethiopia, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, Muslim, news ethiopia, Politics, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Alemu Tafesse Academic and Political Analyst The fourteen-month old Muslim civil rights movement in Ethiopia has so far had some spectacular implications for the development of democracy and democratic political culture in the country. It has affected both the cultural … read more »
Posted in Alemu Tafesse, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Civil rights movement, EPRDF, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Janus, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia, United States
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Babette Zoumara Contrary to the claims of critics, China’s partnership with Africa is based on sincere friendship, equality and mutual respect for the sovereignty through non-interference in domestic affairs and the offer of loans and grants The emergence of China … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged China, China Investment Promotion Agency, China-Africa, Hu Jintao, Indepth Africa Magazine, Michal, South Africa, Western world
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By Messay Kebede What is wrong with Africa? Save for a few promising exceptions, why has Africa become the land where dictatorships, disrespect for elementary human rights, economic mismanagement, corruption, nepotism, ethnic confrontations, etc., proliferate and endure? This total and … read more »
Posted in Article, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Advocacy Organizations, African people, Christianity, Human rights, Human Rights and Liberties, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, West, Western world
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Someone has said, ‘in Nigeria there is no more breaking news because news now rings.’ We are only in 2013 and the air on the political landscape between the largest political party in Africa, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) versus … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Action Congress of Nigeria, Cyprian Ekwensi, Indepth Africa Magazine, newspapers nigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, People Democratic Party, President, rivers state, Twitter
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By: Farhan Abdi Suleiman (Oday) It is hard to believe that Ethiopia once was one of traditionally famine, drought and economically decrepit nations in the horn of Africa when compared to its position in Africa today. Over the last twenty … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopians, Hargeisa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthafricainethiopians, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, Mengistu Hailemariam, news ethiopia, Somaliland, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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By; Kiflu Hussain Right now, I am following the voting process in Kenya live from NTV.I can’t help but be nostalgic of the unprecedented huge voter turnout in Ethiopia during the 2005 election whose result was blatantly turned upside down … read more »
Posted in Columnist, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Kiflu Hussain
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, latest ethiopian news, Nairobi, news ethiopia, polling place, Uganda
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Kenya’s strategic and symbolic importance as a peaceful democracy in Africa is decades-old. But after 2007 riots, world is now watching. Kiambaa, Kenya The most infamous of the many violent atrocities that followed Kenya‘s last election in 2007 came when … read more »
Posted in Analysis, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Hewlett Packard, IBM, inbdepthafrica, Indepth Africa Magazine, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenya elections, kenyan elections 2013, Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta
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From the slopes of the Alps to the southern African mountain kingdom of Lesotho, Prince Harry is now giving back. Just returned from his skiing holiday with girlfriend Cressida Bonas, Harry is spending a couple of days in Africa, to … read more »
Forget NGOs, development goals, policy papers: all Africa really needs is a little super-stardust. Luckily, with Kim Kardashian on hand to revive the continent’s image and Beyoncé ready to share her poverty alleviation expertise, we’ve got exactly that. By SIMON … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Bayelsa State, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian, Lagos, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Thisday
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Authorities at the NPA have received a complaint alleging that at least 80 Zimbabwean women were systematically raped by suspected supporters of President Robert Mugabe in the run-up to the 2008 presidential run-off. But despite the optimism sounding from AIDS … read more »
Posted in Article, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged AIDS Free World, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, NPA, Robert Mugabe, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, South Africa, South African Police Service, Zimbabwe
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(Reuters) – Some businesses in Kisumu, Kenya’s third-largest city, have reduced stock or closed ahead of Monday’s presidential elections for fear of a repeat of the tribal violence that killed more than 1,200 people at the last such vote five … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Brookings Institution, elections in kenya, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenya elections, kenyan elections 2013, Kisumu, Lake Victoria, Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta
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Abuja — Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff met with Nigeria’s leader Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Saturday for talks that were expected to focus on boosting trade, notably in the energy sector. Oil-rich Nigeria is Brazil’s main commercial partner in Africa, … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Brazil, Diezani Alison-Madueke, Dilma Rousseff, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, United States
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Djibouti opposition parties have joined forces to take part in parliamentary polls, ending a 10-year boycott. The BBC’s Ahmed Said Egeh in Djibouti city said voting was peaceful and had to be extended by one hour because of the large … read more »
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