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By Justine John DYIKUK In the chill of January 20, 2013, this writer chanced upon what was supposed to be a rejoinder to the sermon delivered by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, his Excellency, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Justine John DYIKUK, Nigeria, Religion, West Africa
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Tagged Arewa Consultative Forum, Association of Nigerian Authors, Excellency, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nobel Peace Prize, Northern Nigeria, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa
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press release Greece is seriously failing to respect the rights of asylum-seekers and migrants, Amnesty International warned in a briefing published today. Every year, tens of thousands of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers from the Middle East, Asia and Africa cross … read more »
Tedros Adhanom (PhD), the most favoured Ethiopian senior official in the eyes of the West, has taken his first steps late last week, as chief of Ethiopia’s diplomatic corps. He introduced himself to ambassadors based in Addis on Friday, December … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis, African Union, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, European Union, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, Ministry of Health, Nobel Peace Prize, Tedros Adhanom
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South Africa’s churches have attacked the African National Congress (ANC), accusing the ruling party of moral decay and of abandoning Nelson Mandela’s goal to build a non-racial democracy from the ashes of apartheid. Jacob Zuma Photo: EVA-LOTTE JANSSON In a … read more »
December 10, 2012 by benim
By Lotte Leicht BRUSSELS – Catherine Ashton’s mandate is to provide leadership on foreign policy and human rights. She has failed, however, to ensure a collective EU voice for bringing the crimes in Syria before the International Criminal Court (ICC). … 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 »
By Bright Simons Your Excellencies, the European Union, We salute you! We bring, from the awed continent of Africa, presents. Gold, myrrh, and frankincense, we pray thee, accept. Since your rise to the Peace NOBELity, your glory in our eyes … read more »
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Tagged Berlin Wall, Common Agricultural Policy, European Union, Geir Lundestad, Germany, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Nobel Peace Prize, United States
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Economist KOFI ANNAN joined the United Nations in 1962. He rose to become Secretary-General and served two terms, from 1997 to 2006. A number of important changes took place within the organisation under Mr Annan’s leadership. He played a … read more »
Paris – Leymah Gbowee, the social worker who won last year’s Nobel Peace Prize with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, on Monday publicly disowned her co-laureate for failing to fight graft and nepotism in the war-scarred African nation. “People are … read more »
Tehran will today host a summit of Iran-friendly foreign ministers in an attempt to wrest the international focus away from calls for Bashar al-Assad to step down. Iran accuses Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar of arming the opposition in Syria, … read more »
While it may obviously be too early to talk about Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai being likened to Madiba (Nelson Mandela), considering that the GNU is yet to realise its fruits, the President’s recent assertion about what should constitute heroism cannot … read more »
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South Africa’s Nelson Mandela turns 94 on Wednesday, but he is unlikely to attend a host of celebrations as the frail anti-apartheid icon has increasingly vanished from the public eye. He once partied lavishly with the likes of American talk-show … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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On a continent battling extreme gender disparity and inequality toward women in many countries, the world watches intently as remarkable women continue to take the stage in African politics. Over the weekend, CNN program “African Voices” showcased profiles of African … read more »
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Monrovia – An anti-gay organisation in Liberia is distributing a hit list and threatening to target the seven people one by one. Fliers with the names of the seven were put up over the weekend and signed by a group … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Liberia, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Gay, Homosexuality, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, LGBT rights by country or territory, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize
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KAW HMU, MYANMAR – APRIL 1: Democratic leader Aung San Suu Kuy visits polling stations in her constituency as the Burmese people vote in the parliamentary elections April 1st, in Kaw Hmu, Myanmar. Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi … read more »
Posted in World News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, IndepthAfrica, Myanmar, National League for Democracy, Nobel Peace Prize, Nyan Win, Suu Kyi, YANGON
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The Nobel peace prize winner and president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has defended a law that criminalises homosexual acts, saying: “We like ourselves just the way we are.” In a joint interview with Tony Blair, who was left looking … read more »
Posted in Liberia, News, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged africa african news, Ban Ki-moon, Blair, Corinne Dufka, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize, Tony Blair
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Ten women have been arrested in Cameroon on suspicion of being lesbians. They have been detained in Ambam, some 190 miles south of the capital of Yaounde, until they go on trial, Cameroon Radio Television reported. Consensual same-gender sex is … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, Daily News Wrap, News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Alice Nkom, Cameroon, Cameroon Radio Television, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jewel Taylor, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize
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Monrovia – Liberia’s senate will consider a bill to strengthen the nation’s existing anti-gay laws, a senator said, as another West African nation, Cameroon, announced the arrest of 10 women suspected of being lesbians. Cameroon Radio Television reported on Thursday … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Liberia, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Alice Nkom, Associated Press, Cameroon Radio Television, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jewel Taylor, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize
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Farooque Chowdhury The meeting, dubbed ‘Encounter of Intellectuals for Peace and Environmental Conservation’, was attended by more than a hundred laureates in literature, history and social and natural sciences and eminent thinkers from 21 countries. ‘Fight, don’t let pessimism win; … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Cuba, Cuban Revolution, Fidel, Fidel Castro, Frei Betto, Havana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nobel Peace Prize, United States
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President Sirleaf won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and should know that the oppression and exclusion of any group is anathema to Alfred Nobel’s vision of an equal society. On Friday, 13 January 2012, a University of Liberia gay rights … read more »
Posted in Article, Liberia, West Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, Alfred Nobel, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, Liberian, Nobel Peace Prize
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Liberia’s re-elected President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf named the first ministers of her new cabinet on Thursday, shuffling the finance and foreign affairs posts but retaining her defence minister. Nobel laureate Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in for a second term in … read more »
Posted in Liberia, News, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Brownie Samukai, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Foreign minister, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize, President of Liberia, Winston Tubman
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WASHINGTON, January 16, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Special Briefing Senior Administration Official, Office of the Spokesperson ERT Monrovia, Liberia January 15, 2012 MODERATOR: All right, everybody. We are en route with the Secretary of State to West Africa, three … read more »
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Tagged Alassane Ouattara, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, Monrovia, Nobel Peace Prize, United States
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January 16, 2012 by benim
Posted in Hottest News, Liberia, News, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Indepth Africa Magazine, Liberia, Monrovia, Nobel Peace Prize, President of Liberia, Winston Tubman
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Monrovia – Thirty heads of state will attend Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s $1.2m inauguration on January 18, Foreign Minister Toga McIntosh said on Thursday. “As I speak to you now, I have received word from 30 heads of state … read more »
Monrovia – Thirty heads of state will attend Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s $1.2-million inauguration on January 18, Foreign Minister Toga McIntosh said on Thursday. “As I speak to you now, I have received word from 30 heads of state confirming … read more »
Posted in Liberia, News, West Africa
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Tagged Congress for Democratic Change, Democratic Change, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize, President of Liberia, Winston Tubman
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Monrovia -The Liberian government imposed a curfew on the capital Monrovia on Friday after a second day of protests by thousands of rampaging part-time workers over pay delays. Clashes broke out at a Monrovia sports complex, a stadium and a … read more »
Posted in Liberia, News, West Africa
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Tagged Cletus Sieh, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, information minister, Liberia, Monrovia, Nobel Peace Prize, United States
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Soldiers stormed a protest camp outside Egypt’s Cabinet building today, prompting clashes with demonstrators calling for an end to military rule. The violence came just as officials were counting votes from the second round of the country’s parliamentary elections when … read more »
Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Military police, Mohamed ElBaradei, Nobel Peace Prize, Protest, Twitter
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Oslo – What do Liberia’s president, a “peace warrior” toiling for national conciliation in the same country, and an “Arab Spring” activist fighting Yemen’s regime have in common? All three will receive the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday. Ellen Johnson … read more »
Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, News, West Africa
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Tagged Ali Abdullah Saleh, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian Nobel Committee, Yemen
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November 21, 2011 by benim
Monrovia – Hundreds of Liberian opposition supporters gathered in Monrovia Monday for a funeral march to honour the victims of a police shooting that marred disputed elections earlier this month. They gathered in front of the Congress for Democratic Change … read more »
November 15, 2011 by benim
Monrovia – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has appointed a nun to head the probe into a deadly shooting at an opposition protest on the eve of a bitterly disputed election, the presidency said on Tuesday. Sister Mary Laurene Browne, … read more »
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