Tag Archives: New York City
Meles Zenawi when he was alive and his apostles today (“Melesistas”) keep playing us in the Diaspora like a cheap fiddle. They make us screech, shriek, scream and shout by simply showing their mugs in our cities. How do they … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Blue Nile, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, New York City, Nile, San Diego, Sudan
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A former chief of the navy in Guinea-Bissau in western Africa appeared in a New York City courtroom on Friday to face charges regarding cocaine trafficking, according to a drug enforcement official, Ronald Kubisty. Rear Admiral Jose Americo Bubo Na … read more »
Posted in Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Pan African News, West Africa
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Tagged Atlantic Ocean, Cape Verde, Colombia, Guinea-Bissau, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Latin America, New York City, United States
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Pius Adesanmi Dear President Barack Obama, Greetings. On behalf of the good citizens of the District of Columbia, who, in their infinite wisdom, entrusted me with the Office of the Mayor, I am writing to draw your attention to an … read more »
Posted in Letters & Interviews, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Barack Obama, GoodluckJonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jay Carney, New York City, Nigeria, nigerian newspapers, President of Nigeria, Washington DC
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A night of booty shaking ended with bullets flying as three women were shot at Brampton’s only strip joint early Wednesday. Peel Regional Police say the gunfire erupted shortly before 1:30 a.m. inside The Office Gentlemen’s Club on Melanie Dr., … read more »
Addis Fortune column Late night knocks on the doors of households, bearing bad news, are becoming common. Crying voices and tragedy fill the air. All are filled with sorrow and incapable of comforting one another. It would seem that the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, Menelik II, New York City, news ethiopia, Traffic collision, United States
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Adal Isaw adalisaw@yahoo.com It is a presumption; “the primary purpose of empirical theory in political science is to explain a political phenomenon—not to justify social engineering or political reform.” In other words, political scientists seek to uncover “what is, not … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Atlantic, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, James Q. Wilson, New York City, political science, Social science, United States
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A very unlikely friendship has grown between a 19-year-old blind Sudanese former slave and the 68-year-old developer of New York’s $1 billion Barclays Center – home of the Brooklyn Nets. Ker Deng was rescued from the fall-out of the nation’s … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Barclays Center, Bruce Ratner, Deng, Ellen Ratner, IndepthAfrica, New Jersey Nets, New York City, New York Post, Sudan
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by Tedla Asfaw “Yekatit 12″ Event in Addis Ababa The 76th anniversary of fascist Italy crimes against the Ethiopian people, Ye Sematat Ken, was remembered on Yekatit 12/Feb. 19 worldwide today. Here in New York City the first action of … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, Italy, latest ethiopian news, New York City, news ethiopia, Rodolfo Graziani, United Nations, United States
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Belay Berhanu Wmariam Let me start by introducing myself. I immigrated to U.S. in 1988 for political reasons and I have been living in New York City for several years. Repression, imprisonment, and forced exile-this is a common story of … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Boris Yeltsin, Derg, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, New York City, news ethiopia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Join us for a peace rally in New York in front of the Rwandan Mission to the United Nations at 1 pm, Wednesday, November 28th to call for Rwanda to cease its support for its proxy “rebel” militia in the … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, DR Congo, Press Releases
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Tagged Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, New York, New York City, Rwanda, Uganda, United Nations
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The United Nations Security Council has extended the mandate of the international peacekeeping force providing support to the Government of Somalia in its efforts to bring peace and stability to the Horn of African country. “Noting the exceptional circumstances in … read more »
Lagos – The Lagos state government has warned residents to prepare for the ripple effect of Hurricane Sandy. An official of the state said experience has shown that when hurricanes hit the US, the ripple effect was felt in Lagos … read more »
by Robert Spencer “He is very gentle and devoted to his studies,” says the father of Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, who was arrested after trying to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb at the New York City … read more »
Posted in America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East
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Tagged Bangladesh, Detroit Free Press, IndepthAfrica, Islam, John Walker Lindh, Kifah Jayyousi, New York City, Robert Spencer, United States
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SPONSOR WIRE At a historic U.S. gathering honoring Africa’s only two female heads of state, The Africa-America Institute (AAI) paid tribute on September 26 at its 28th Annual Gala to Her Excellency President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of the Republic … read more »
The 11th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks passed Tuesday with diminished official commemoration, as attempts to exploit the tragic deaths of that day as a pretext for Washington’s unending wars have grown ever more hollow. In New York … read more »
A shooting at the Empire State Building in New York killed two people and wounded at least eight others Friday, a law enforcement official said. The shooter was one of the two killed, investigators said. A security guard chased the … read more »
Chi Mgbako This year’s New York State legislative session recently ended, and by failing to vote on and pass the “no condoms as evidence of prostitution” bill, lawmakers missed an opportunity to be national and global leaders in ensuring that … read more »
Posted in Article, News
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, africa news today, BBC Africa, bbc africa news, East Africa, Human rights, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, los angeles, map africa, map of africa, New York, New York City, news, news 24, news in africa, North Africa, San Francisco, Sex worker, South Africa, south african news, travel to africa, Washington DC, West Africa
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NATO air strikes killed 72 civilians in Libya last year, Human Rights Watch said on Monday, accusing the western alliance of failing to acknowledge the scope of collateral damage it caused during the campaign that helped oust Muammar Gaddafi. In … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged African countries, African culture, african cup nations 2010, african language, african lion safari, african music, african names, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO, New York City, Russia, Tripoli
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Sharon Cromwell This is less a critique of the new HBO series, Girls, the Kony 2012 viral video and Occupy Wall Street, and more a response to the racial critique of the show, campaign and movement. This is intended for … read more »
Posted in Article, Pan African News
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Tagged afria travel, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Invisible Children, Joseph Kony, Kony 2012, map africa, map of africa, New York City, news, Occupy Wall Street, South Africa, South African Students' Organisation, travel to africa, Uganda, Ugandan
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A Bosnian-born US citizen has been convicted over a New York suicide-bomb plot and could face a life sentence. Adis Medunjanin and two former schoolmates planned to bomb the New York subway before the 9/11 terror attacks anniversary in 2009. … read more »
Posted in World News
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, africa news today, African news, Al-Qaeda, BBC Africa, bbc africa news, East Africa, Grand Central Terminal, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, latest africa news, Long Island, map africa, map of africa, Najibullah Zazi, New York, New York City, news, news 24, news in africa, North Africa, Osama bin Laden, Saajid Badat, South Africa, south african news, travel to africa, West Africa
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Unfreedom Day March – 27 April 2012 Friday is freedom day. This means that the time for annual lies to our democracy has come. The time to pretend that democracy and freedom came to everyone in 1994 has come. … read more »
Posted in News, Press Releases
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Tagged Abahlali baseMjondolo, afria travel, Africa news, African news, Durban, Eskom, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kennedy Road Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, New York City, Nigel Gumede, Poverty
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As an immigrant from Africa coming to America, becoming successful, and now giving back to Africa, Shola Yusuf asks other successful immigrants to give back. The owner of Shola Designs, an Italian made high-end fashion footwear newcomer, asks others to … read more »
Posted in Press Releases
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Tagged Florida, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Mark Schwartz, New York City, New York Hilton, Nigeria, Yusuf
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by Tedla Asfaw Two Patriotic Ethiopians who are known for being the Voice of the Voiceless Ethiopians are coming to New York City this Saturday Jan. 28. Both these men have been known to the Diaspora in particular and to … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Aklog Birara, Columbia University, Ethiopia, Ethiopian people, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, New York City, Saudi Arabia, World Bank
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By Prof. Chamberlain Nwalu Statement Issued by Committee of Nigerians for Constructive Engagement, USA: We are a group of Nigerian professionals in the USA that came together for the purpose of harnessing our talents and matching them with developmental opportunities … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Doctor of Philosophy, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, New York City, New York City Police Department, Nigeria, Nigerian, Town hall meeting, United States
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George Sacko, captain of the Liberian football team in the 1960s, died homeless on the streets of Newark Family didn’t know of his death for nearly a month Soccer days: George Sacko (far left) was a Liberian legend in … read more »
Posted in Liberia, News, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Garretson, George Sacko, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, Monrovia, New York, New York City, Sacko, United States
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Mona Eltahawy, The Guardian The last thing I remember before the riot police surrounded me was punching a man who had groped me. Who the hell thinks of copping a feel as you’re taking shelter from bullets? Another man tried to protect … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Bashar Al-Assad, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Interior ministry, Mona Eltahawy, New York City, Riot control, tahrir square, Twitter
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With international diplomacy at the UN deadlocked on issues like climate change, new regional formations offer a way forward. An air of busyness fills the conference chamber of the United Nations in Geneva. Arabic dances past French on the escalators, … read more »
Posted in Article
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Tagged Durban, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, India, Kyoto Protocol, New York City, Non-Aligned Movement, United Nations, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United States
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Tripoli – An official with the New York-based Human Rights Watch on Sunday said the group was concerned by the lack of transparency among Libya’s interim National Transitional Council rulers. “One concern we have today is about the NTC and … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Human rights, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Militia, Muammar al-Gaddafi, New York City, NTC, Tripoli
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November 21, 2011 by benim
Kinshasa – DR Congo’s presidential election is only a week away and already there are signs the vote could be chaotic. One leading opposition candidate has proclaimed himself president, and a government spokesperson has said those comments could be treason. … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, News
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Tagged breaking news, Democratic Republic of Congo, East Africa, Étienne Tshisekedi, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, International Crisis Group, Joseph Kabila, New York City, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Pan African News, President of the United States, Southern Africa, United Nations, West Africa
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November 21, 2011 by benim
A ‘fake doctor’ suspected of injecting a woman’s bottom with cement, super glue and tyre sealant to give her a more ‘shapely’ rear has been arrested. Transgendered woman Oneal Ron Morris, who by his own picture appears to have undergone … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Odd News, Women
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Tagged Bamford, breaking news, East Africa, Florida, Florida Department of Health, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Miami Gardens Florida, New York City, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Oneal Ron Morris, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Tampa General Hospital, West Africa, WPLG
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