Tag Archives: Osama bin Laden
The current Nigerian ruler, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan continues not to “give a damn” in his inconsiderate decisions since coming to office in 2011. Now, it appears he is about to make what is sure to become the most inconsiderate of … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Jonathan, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, Osama bin Laden, Yobe State
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DAKAR, Senegal — Chad’s military said Saturday that its soldiers in Mali had killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the mastermind of the January seizure of an Algerian gas plant that left at least 37 foreign hostages dead. Mr. Belmokhtar’s death was announced … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Mali, North Africa, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Algeria, Belmokhtar, Chad, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Osama bin Laden, United States
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At the demise of communist bloc in the late 80s and early 90s, two socio-political thinkers rose to theorize on the emerging world order and the shape of the age to come. The first was Francis Fukuyama who predicted the … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Afghanistan, Boko Haram, Cold War, Francis Fukuyama, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Osama bin Laden, Soviet Union, Taliban
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By Christina Hellmich Is Al-Qaeda about to bring terrorism to Europe’s backyard in North Africa? The intervention of French military forces in Mali and the apparent reprisals in the form of the hostage crisis at the In Amenas gas processing … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Mali, North Africa, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Algeria, AQIM, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Belmokhtar, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Osama bin Laden
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By Matthew Schofield McClatchy Newspapers The war rages about cities with names such as Bamako and Timbuktu, in a sparsely populated, mostly flat, dusty and landlocked country in northwest Africa. The combatants include a nomadic Berber people known as Tuareg, … read more »
Posted in Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Benghazi, French Foreign Legion, IndepthAfrica, Maghreb, Mali, mali news, malian news, Osama bin Laden, United States
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Secret internal emails reveal Osama bin Laden was washed, wrapped in a sheet and slid into the sea for his burial in accordance with Islamic burial tradition – and no sailors saw it. The heavily blacked out emails sent between … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Abbottabad, Al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, IndepthAfrica, Laden, Osama bin Laden, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, United States Navy SEALs, USS Carl Vinson
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A commentary on Kassa Kebede’s ESAT interview By Dilwenberu Nega Derg’s preeminent champagne socialist, Comrade Kassa Kebede, is on a publicity stunt, after a six year hiatus from active politicking. He is, perhaps, testing the waters before he becomes the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Hassan al-Turabi, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Kassa, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Mossad, Osama bin Laden
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By Rick Esenberg The bar for scandals has been getting pretty high. When I was a kid, a president was forced from office because he tried to cover up illegal behavior by his subordinates. As Nixon put it, “mistakes were … read more »
AP A file courtroom sketch shows shows Mark Basseley Youssef talking with his attorney Steven Seiden, left, in court in Los Angeles. Los Angeles – The man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to violence in many parts of the … 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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(Reuters) – As the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, 51, signed into law a revamp of the national healthcare system and authorized the raid that killed Osama bin Laden but struggled to revive the economy and create … read more »
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 »
Posted in America
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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 Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun Northern Mali, captured by Muslim fundamentalists earlier this year, is rapidly becoming a new haven and headquarters for the al-Qaida terrorist network. Al-Qaida’s growing presence in the Sahel region stretching across West Africa from the … read more »
Video: Ethiopia PM Address to 67th UN General Assembly
Hailemariam Desalegn’s recent interview with Peter Heinlein of VOA confirms that his rise to the helm of power can be largely attributed to his opportunistic imitation of how the late dictator talked and walked as well as his commitment to … read more »
Posted in Article, Ethiopia
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Tagged Amhara National Democratic Movement, Ethiopia, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Hailemariam, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica African news, Osama bin Laden, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, United States
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By: Jim Kouri U.S. intelligence officials knew less than a day after the bloody attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that the perpetrators were terrorists who are alleged members of an al-Qaeda offshoot, but President Barack Obama and … read more »
By: Anthony Gregory On the eve of September 10, 2001, I went to sleep a libertarian, distrustful of the state, holding both major political parties in contempt, seeing the federal government as the primary enemy of the American people, their … read more »
Alemayehu G. Mariam Disappointed but… Did I enthusiastically support presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008? Absolutely! Do I agree with everything he has done over the past four years as president? No! Has he carried out all of the promises … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Abu Ayyub al-Masri, AlQaeda, Barack Obama, IndepthAfrica, obama, Osama bin Laden, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, United States, Younis al-Mauritani
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By: Jim Kouri During a Labor Day campaign rally in Detroit, Michigan, Vice President Joe Biden gave his own answer to the question “are you better off today than four years ago?” Biden yelled: “I’ve got a little bumper sticker … read more »
by Comrade AremuforYouths In the past lies the problems of the present and in the present lies the answers to the future or the destruction of it. History is very fascinating and in history lies the beginning of Boko Haram … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Ahmad Sani Yerima, All Africa, bokoharam, breaking news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, Northern Nigeria, nothafrica, Osama bin Laden, Sharia, United States, West Africa, Zamfara State
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Igor IGNATCHENKO The Saudi Arabian authorities said they would like to help Syria ‘become democratic’ but the real motive behind such statement was simpler: to attack Iran`s key ally – Syria, weaken the Shia influence in the Middle East and … read more »
The head of Nigeria’s Christians says the U.S. decision last month to declare only three Boko Haram leaders as terrorists does not go far enough. Ayo Oritsejafor, president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, told a U.S. congressional committee Tuesday … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Ayo Oritsejafor, bokoharam, breaking news, Christian, Christian Association of Nigeria, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Johnnie Carson, Nigeria, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Osama bin Laden, United States, West Africa
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Abdulrazaq Magaji The increasingly impoverished people of northern Nigeria are waking up to the stark realization that the sweet taste of democracy could turn sour if you are unlucky to have the right hands in the kitchen. Northern Nigerians have … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, bokoharam, breaking news, East Africa, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Jonathan, Kaduna, National Security Advisor (United States, Nigeria, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, Northern Nigeria, nothafrica, Osama bin Laden, West Africa
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Washington – In what United States officials described as major blow to al-Qaeda, the group’s second-ranking leader, a militant known as Abu Yahya al-Libi, was killed in a strike by a missile fired from a US-operated drone, an official confirmed … read more »
What does it take for a country to be kicked off the U.S. foreign aid dole? We might soon be learning the answer to that question, thanks to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and its consistent efforts to antagonize the … read more »
A nuclear deal with Iran? An organized retreat from Afghanistan? The eurozone picking up a little bit of steam? Stable oil prices? Forget it. The crucial foreign elector recruited for Obama II at the White House is one Osama bin … read more »
Najmuddin A. SHAIKH As I was writing this last instalment of my analysis of the Afghan situation we heard of President Obama’s secret visit to Kabul to sign the Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement with President Karzai and to make a … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Afghanistan, afria travel, Al-Qaeda, BarackObama, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, map africa, map of africa, news, obama, Osama bin Laden, Qatar, South Africa, Taliban, travel to africa, United States
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By Doyle McManus When Obama wants to commemorate an act of military valour, he should keep America’s presidential poll politics out of the mix An ABC News-Washington Post poll found that 66 per cent of adults say the war has … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Afghanistan, afria travel, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Joe Biden, map africa, Mitt Romney, news, obama, Osama bin Laden, Republicans, South Africa, travel to africa
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Washington – Osama bin Laden worried about al-Qaeda attacks causing “unnecessary” Muslim casualties and advised his deputies to take more care to spare civilian lives, he wrote in a May 2010 letter published online on Thursday. The al-Qaeda chief, killed … read more »
Posted in World News
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Tagged afria travel, Al-Qaeda, Arabic language, Combating Terrorism Center, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, map africa, map of africa, Muslim, news, Osama bin Laden, South Africa, travel to africa, United States, United States Military Academy, West Africa, White House
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Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was not the “puppet master” of jihadi groups around the world and complained of what he called their “incompetence,” according to an analysis of documents seized from his hideout in Pakistan. The Combating Terrorism … read more »
Posted in World News
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Tagged afria travel, Al-Qaeda, Combating Terrorism Center, East Africa, George W. Bush, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Iraq, Laden, map africa, map of africa, news, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, South Africa, travel to africa, West Africa, Yemen
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