Tag Archives: Middle East
Joseph Puder In her Washington Post column on May 5, 2013, Jennifer Rubin blasted the Obama administration, opining that “As for the Middle East, when a U.S. president is this passive and unwilling to act in accord with its words, … read more »
By Petros Tesfagiorgis The legacy and the challenge: The Forto 2013 uprising remarkably highlighted the issues critical to democratic change. They are the rule of law, respect of human rights, freedom of worship and freedom of expression and of course … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Asmara, Christian, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kunama, Middle East, Moslem
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By Richard Falk The dominant reactions to the horrific bombings on April 15th, the day of the running of the Boston Marathon, as well as the celebration of Patriots Day, have been so far: compassion for the victims, a … read more »
Adofo, Rockson Hurray! – Electoral Commission’s Latest Behaviour Signals the Impending Downfall of President Mahama Some people have nicknamed me “The Article Man”. However, I would rather prefer to be called “The Wise One from Kumawu/Asiampa or The Defender of … read more »
Posted in Article, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Andrew Marr, Britain, Free market, IndepthAfrica, Margaret Thatcher, Middle East, Thatcher, Thatcherism, Tony Blair
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An Ethiopian housemaid went into the bathroom at her employer’s house in Saudi Arabia, left the shower running, tied a rope to her neck and hanged herself, a newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom reported on Wednesday. The Saudi family, suspecting … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, House of Saud, Indepth Africa Magazine, Maid, Middle East, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday
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It is true that economic growth is a necessary condition for a country like Ethiopia….. Yet, food is not sufficient. Food is necessary for our survival but our survival is meaningless without freedom. Food and freedom cannot be dealt separately. … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged EPRDF, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Facebook, Freedom of speech, Human Development Index, Mekelle University, Middle East
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Ten years and war implications still pertinent Horace G. Campbell INTRODUCTION On Tuesday 19, March 2013, there were commentaries all over the Western media about the impact of the war against the People of Iraq on the world. US commentators … read more »
Posted in Article, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, Zimbabwe
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Tagged $60 billion, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Iraq War, Middle East, New York Times, Saddam Hussein, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, United States
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by Dan Connell Filmon, a 28-year-old computer engineer, fled Eritrea in March 2012 to escape political repression. Several weeks later, he was kidnapped from Sudan’s Shagara refugee camp, taken with a truckload of others to a Bedouin outpost in the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Asmara, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Israel, Middle East, Sudan, United States
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Ade Teshome. A pioneering Ethiopian lawyer and academic is hoping to turn the spotlight on his country and raise awareness about human traMonash PhD student and research assistant Aderajew (Ade) Teshome is the first Ethiopian to study law at Monash … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Australia, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian government, Gondar University, IndepthAfrica, Middle East, Monash University, Politics of Ethiopia, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
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It’s the beginning of the end for Sudan’s Omar Al Bashir, who said that he’s gracefully withdrawing from office after more than two decades in the presidential palace. He’ll be gone by 2015, he claims. Few will mourn his departure, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Bashir, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, Meles Zenawi, Middle East, National Congress Party, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan
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Whether or not he achieves diplomatic breakthroughs on his visit to Israel, President Obama’s trip could help the peace process by focusing news media attention, for once, on positive aspects of normal existence in that controversial corner of the Middle … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Barack Obama, Gaza, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East, Palestinian people, United States, west bank
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With all American troops left Iraq since December 2011, America has squandered an extraordinary military victory that was won in the spring of 2003 when U.S. forces overthrew the regime of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Ten years after the … read more »
Here in Ghana, it is a taboo to have sex through the anus except the vagina. In fact most religious orientations are quick to spew the consequences one is likely to suffer. Even though our morals and values intertwine, Africa … read more »
Posted in Article, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Andrew Solomon, Arab Spring, Ghana, Homosexuality, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Middle East
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John F Kennedy’s inaugural address in 1961 is remembered for one very famous quote: “my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” More than twenty years of war … read more »
Many Africans from war-torn Somalia and Ethiopia seek their luck across the sea in Yemen. Luck they hardly find. Racism they do. The black man on the bus, they pat him on the head and push him in the back. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali
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Tagged Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Middle East, Sana, Somalia, Yemen, Yemeni
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The struggle for democracy and freedom is a war on the crimes of tyranny. We have to make sure crime doesn’t, shouldn’t and would never pay. We have to declare criminals mustn’t getaway anywhere in the world to protect the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, India, latest ethiopian news, Middle East, New Ethiopia, news ethiopia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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By Zach Pontz Haaretz has issued a correction vis-a-vis a report it published five weeks ago that set off a rush to condemn Israel. The original report accused government officials of injecting Ethiopian women with the long-acting contraceptive Depo-Provera in … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged DepoProvera, Director-general, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Haaretz, Health maintenance organization, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Israel, latest ethiopian news, Middle East, news ethiopia, Professor
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Government of Ethiopia This week, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, was in Addis Ababa for talks with Prime Minister Hailemariam and the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Ato Sufian Ahmed. The discussions with the … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Al-Assaf, Economic Development, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Finance minister, Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Middle East, news ethiopia, Saudi Arabia
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Much like Festivus, American diplomacy to the Middle East usually begins with an airing of grievances. These are not the American grievances over decades of terrorism and acts of violent hatred. These are the grievances that are supposedly infuriating the … read more »
Yityish Aynaw, a former Israeli army officer, became the first Ethiopian-Israeli to win the Miss Israel pageant on Wednesday. A panel of judges awarded the title to Aynaw, a 21-year-old model who came to Israel about a decade ago, at … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Aynaw, DepoProvera, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Haifa, IndepthAfrica, Israel, latest ethiopian news, Middle East, Miss Israel, news ethiopia, Officer (armed forces)
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ADDIS ABABA — A group of 150 Ethiopian doctors living abroad are constructing a hospital in their home country that will offer state-of-the-art medical treatment. This new hospital is designed to reduce the number of Ethiopians seeking medical facilities abroad. … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Bangkok Hospital, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Middle East, news ethiopia, South Africa, United States, Yonas
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By Hasan Afif El-Hasan Decolonization was a feature of post-World War II era and the surrender of Nazi Germany. The UN Charter was created; the Arab League was formed in 1945 by seven countries; twenty-nine non-aligned countries from Africa and … read more »
By Manaye Ewunetu, Addis Fortune column In recent years, East African countries that form the Horn of Africa have generally been experiencing unprecedented economic growth. Whilst Ethiopia is no exception, the impact of the recent global economic downturn has affected … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Addis Abeba, Central Statistical Agency, East Africa, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Middle East, news ethiopia, Politics of Ethiopia
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By Franklin Lamb Truth told, this American observer has attended his share of international conferences and has traveled in more than 70 countries. But never has he visited such a complex country, evolving culture, and striving energized society, populated by … read more »
By Teklu Abate In his latest paper – Ethiopia: Where do we go (or not go) from here? – Professor Alemayehu cogently discussed possible trajectories Ethiopia would and should take in the years to come. He questioned how and to … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, India, latest ethiopian news, Middle East, news ethiopia, Oslo, Philippines, Sudan, University of Oslo
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By David Horowitz Introduction Israel, the only democracy and tolerant society in the Middle East, is surrounded by Muslim states that have sworn to destroy it and have conducted a genocidal propaganda campaign against the Jews, promising to “finish the … read more »
Moving well into the 1st quarter of 21st century, the global dimension for areas under influence of great powers has changed to a great extent. A review of international political spectrum reflects that a vacuum is either filled or exploited … read more »
Ethiopia’s government plans to attract more foreign investment and boost domestic savings as it struggles to finance infrastructure and other development projects, State Minister of Finance Abraham Tekeste said. The government is seeking “concessional loans” from development banks for roads … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Abraham, Addis Ababa, Djibouti, ethio media oromo, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, Ethiopians, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Middle East, news, news about ethiopia, news ethiopia, news for ethiopia, news from ethiopia, news in ethiopia, news of ethiopia, news on ethiopia
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Kuwait city: In a very strange incident, an Ethiopian housemaid who had escaped from the home of her sponsor three days ago, has returned but she had a story to tell – that she had aborted her fetus and dumped … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arabic language, Domestic worker, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Facebook, IndepthAfrica, Kuwait, latest ethiopian news, Maid, Middle East, news ethiopia, Suicide
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Repercussions of Algerian gas field attack Al-Qaeda linked extremists carried out a deadly attack against the Algerian Amenas gas filed on 16 January. Reportedly, the strike was conducted in retaliation for the military intervention France has initiated in its former … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Mali, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Algeria, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Middle East, NATO, North Africa, Pakistan
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