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By Ogbuefi Ndigbo Nigerians are agaon asking: Where is the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria? There was anger two months ago when it emerged that the 2013 budget for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), contained a whopping N4 … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Dubai, Excellency, Federal Capital Territory, First Lady, Germany, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Paris, Patience Jonathan
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By MAY AKABOGU-COLLINS Paris I was a visiting professor in Paris last fall and it was the first day of class. I was making copies for my 10:30 class at the faculty lounge where two female professors were kibitzing by … read more »
Posted in Article, May Akabogu-Collins, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Niger, Nigeria, Nigerian, Nigerian news, nigerian newspapers, Paris, sub-Saharan Africa, United States, University of Ibadan
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(Reuters) – France plans to begin pulling troops out of Mali from March and will focus its operations on flushing out Islamist rebels in the north of the country, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday. “We will continue to … read more »
By Daniel Berhane, Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa) column Yemane Gebremeskel, director of the Office of the President of Eritrea, reflected, last Tuesday, on the showdown of last Monday, saying, “all is calm today as it all was yesterday.” The well-known spin-doctor … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged African Union, Asmara, Eritrea, Eritrea news, Eritrea-Ethiopia, eritrean, eritrean news, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Information Ministry, Isaias, Monday, Paris
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David Beckham has joined French Ligue 1 side Paris St-Germain and announced he will be playing for free. The ex-England midfielder, 37, signed a five-month deal and will donate his salary – of at least £1m – to charity. “I’m … read more »
A press release sent from my friend Joe Mirabella at All Out: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2013 Cameroonian President Paul Biya said in Paris on Wednesday that minds in the country are evolving on the subject of gay people. … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, Press Releases
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Tagged Bailey, Cameroon, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Paris, Paul Biya, Roger Jean-Claude Mbede, Yaoundé
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By: Robyn Dixon Los Angeles Times SEVARE, MALI—Priceless ancient manuscripts put to the torch. Desperate residents paid to snitch on neighbours for violations of a puritanical strain of Islam. Whippings, beatings and amputations meted out to those who disobeyed. French-led … read more »
By Reporters Without Borders; The Eritrean capital, Asmara, saw an uprising on 21 January that was both unexpected and short-lived. Around 100 soldiers staged a mutiny and stormed the information ministry. The army responded by surrounding the building with tanks. … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Araya Desta, Asmara, Eritrea, Eritrea news, Eritrea-Ethiopia, eritrean, eritrean news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Paris, Radio France Internationale, Reporters Without Borders
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By Mark John and John Irish | Reuters (Reuters) – Just as its leaders were defining a new “hands-off” strategy for Africa, France has been thrust onto the front line of one of the continent’s riskiest battlefields deep in the … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, France, François Hollande, Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Paris, Total SA
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Unpopular in the polls and accused of dithering on the economy, France’s Francois Hollande is in decisive mode when it comes to the situation in Mali. France’s sudden military intervention in its former colony Mali to contain Islamist militant groups … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged France, François Hollande, Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, mali news, malian news, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, West Africa
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Frankly speaking I have been motivated by a pretender and a fallacious writer who as a result of his uncontrollable libido, gone astray by following his hearth desires, by simply forgetting the quranic verse in a close translation: that our … 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 »
Mali’s interim President Dioncounda Traore has called for talks with militant Islamists who have captured the north. He made the call in his first national address after returning last week following a two-month absence. He had been recovering in Paris … read more »
Posted in Mali, News, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, Bamako, Dioncounda Traoré, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Islamism, Mali, map africa, map of africa, news, news in africa, North Africa, Paris, South Africa, Traore, travel to africa, West Africa
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic claimed Paris Saint-Germain are better than Milan after scoring his first goal for the French club on Saturday. He took just three minutes to open his account against DC United in Washington and give fans of the French … read more »
By Martin Evans On 5 July 1962, Algeria achieved independence from France after an eight-year-long war — one of the longest and bloodiest episodes in the whole decolonisation process. An undeclared war in the sense there was no formal beginning … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, News, North Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Algeria, Algerian War, All Africa, breaking news, East Africa, France, French Army, French Congo, French government, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, National Liberation Front, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Paris, West Africa
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France — Algeria is kicking off its 50th anniversary of independence from France Thursday with a series of year-long celebrations. But many Algerians and French are marking the event with mixed emotions. Algeria’s 50th independence anniversary began on a sober … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, News, North Africa
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Tagged Abdelaziz Bouteflika, About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Algeria, Algerian, Algerian War, All Africa, breaking news, East Africa, France, François Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Paris, President of France, West Africa
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David Porter 5 July 2012 marks Algeria’s 50th anniversary of national independence from 132 years of the French colonial regime. At the heavy price of a bitter eight-year armed struggle, marked by 300,000-1,000,000 Algerian deaths, large-scale repression, torture and military … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, News, North Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Algeria, Algerian, Algerian War, All Africa, Bob Dylan, breaking news, East Africa, FLN, France, Frantz Fanon, French colonial empire, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, National Army Museum, National Liberation Front, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Paris, United States, West Africa
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Nabila Ramdani, guardian.co.uk In 1962, Bob Dylan released his first album, Brigitte Bardot was at the height of her fame, and the James Bond film Dr No was made. It was the start of a decade which would forever be … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, News, North Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Algeria, All Africa, Bob Dylan, breaking news, East Africa, France, French colonial empire, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, National Army Museum, National Liberation Front, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Paris, West Africa
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“It’s the most unique moment I’ve experienced in my career,” new No. 1 in women’s tennis says after win at Roland Garros. PARIS – She thought about it for just a moment, and then fell to her knees on the … read more »
Posted in Sports, Tennis
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Tagged 2012 french open dress, 2012 french open official site, 2012 french open prize money, 2012 french open tennis tickets, 2012 french open tennis tournament, 2012 french open tv schedule, French Open, Grand Slam, Kaia Kanepi, Maria Sharapova, Paris, Petra Kvitová, Sharapova, Yaroslava Shvedova
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Whether she’s enjoying a cafe lunch, shopping on the Champs-Élysées or notching another victory on the soft red clay, Maria Sharapova sure enjoys these trips to the French Open. “What girl doesn’t love Paris?” she said. Two more wins and … read more »
Vladislav GULEVICH The presidential elections in France will open on April 22, and the candidates’ campaigning explainably holds the attention of watchers in Ankara. The immediate future of the ties between Turkey and France largely depends on the outcome of … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Ankara, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Middle East, Nicolas Sarkozy, Ottoman Empire, Paris, Turkey, Turkish
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Official results from France’s presidential election show Socialist candidate Francois Hollande and incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy advancing to a second round of voting. Partial results from Sunday’s poll give Hollande 28.4 percent of the vote, with Sarkozy receiving 25.5 percent. … read more »
Posted in World News
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, France, François Hollande, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Le Mans, Marine Le Pen, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, Rachida Dati, TGV
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Mali’s former president Amadou Toumani Toure, who has not been seen he was ousted in a military coup, is being sheltered at Senegal’s embassy in Bamako. Senegalese President Macky Sall told reporters while visiting Paris on Wednesday that Mr. Toure … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Mali, Senegal, West Africa
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Tagged Amadou Toumani Touré, Bamako, Coup d'état, Economic Community of West African States, Macky Sall, Mali, Paris, Senegal
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Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s interim President Raimundo Pereira was arrested by troops during an apparent coup bid in the troubled west African state, one of his bodyguards said on Friday. “He was arrested at his residence on Thursday evening by a … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Guinea-Bissau, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bissau, Carlos Gomes Júnior, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, IndepthAfrica, Malam Bacai Sanhá, Paris, Raimundo Pereira, Thursday
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[View the story "‘Attempted coup’ in Guinea-Bissau: Live updates" on Storify] The military has taken over control of a central district in the capital of Guinea-Bissau, a senior diplomat has told the AP news agency. There were reports of heavy … read more »
Posted in Guinea-Bissau, Hottest News, News, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged 'Attempted coup' in Guinea-Bissau, Bissau, Carlos Gomes Júnior, Guinea-Bissau, Kumba Ialá, Malam Bacai Sanhá, Paris, Two-round system
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Heavy weapons fire was heard on Thursday around the presidential palace in the capital of Guinea-Bissau, and soldiers were seen blocking the main roads in and out of the city, a Reuters witness and a diplomat said. The whereabouts of … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Guinea-Bissau, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bissau, Carlos Gomes Júnior, Guinea-Bissau, IndepthAfrica, Malam Bacai Sanhá, Paris, Reuters, West Africa
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A source close to the investigation told the AFP news agency: “It looks like some of them planned to carry out kidnappings including that of a magistrate who has a Jewish-sounding name.” Another source confirmed that a Jewish magistrate from … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Bernard Squarcini, France, François Hollande, Friday, IndepthAfrica, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, Sarkozy
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PARIS — French police arrested about 20 suspected Islamists in dawn raids on Friday, most of them in the hometown of an extremist who was shot dead by police last week after a killing spree. Agents from France’s DCRI domestic … read more »
Posted in News, World News
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Tagged africa african news, Al-Qaeda, Algeria, France, indepthafrica africa news, Merah, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, September 11 2001, Toulouse
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Two French judges, Roger Le Loire and Rene Grouman, consider there are grounds to suspect , who is agriculture minister in the tiny oil-rich central African country, acquired real estate in France by fraud. The government in Malabo recently rejected … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Equatorial Guinea, News, Spotlight
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Tagged africa african news, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Equatorial Guinea, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Omar Bongo, Paris, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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Mohammed Merah, who shot seven people in France before being killed after a 30-hour police siege, sent video footage of his attacks to Al Jazeera in Paris. The TV news network received a computer memory drive containing a montage of … read more »
Posted in News, World News
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Tagged africa african news, Al-Jazeera, Al-Qaeda, France, indepthafrica africa news, Merah, Mohamed Merah, Paris, RAID, Toulouse
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