Tag Archives: sub-Saharan Africa
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said Nelson Mandela. For the late Meles Zenawi and his apostles (the Melesistas) in Ethiopia, the reverse is true: Ignorance is the most powerful weapon you … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Op-ed
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Tagged Carter G. Woodson, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Fela Kuti, George Orwell, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nelson Mandela, sub-Saharan Africa
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By Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — More than 1 million babies die the day they are born every year, and the 14 countries with the highest rates of first-day deaths are all in Africa, according to a new report released … read more »
Posted in Cape Verde, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Op-ed, Senegal, Somali, South Africa, Special Reports, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Central African Republic, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Melinda Gates, Save the Children, Sierra Leone, Somalia, sub-Saharan Africa, World Health Organization
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By Winnie Ssanyu Sseruma Almost half the world’s population – an estimated three billion people – live in areas where malaria is transmitted. Endemic to 107 countries in the tropics and subtropics, it is responsible for around one million deaths … read more »
Posted in America, Article, Asia, Australia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Europe, Global Issues, Health, Kenya, Middle East, Niger, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Disease, HIV, HIV positive people, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Malaria, Mosquito net, sub-Saharan Africa, UNICEF
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By Peter Kahare The Endoris, a minority community of about 60, 000 people lives a precarious life in the North Rift Valley Kenya. In 1974 the government forcefully evicted the community from its ancestral land to pave way for a … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Op-ed, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Development Research Centre, Kenya, Lake Bogoria, Mau Forest, sub-Saharan Africa, World Bank
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By getuabebe Over the past two decades, the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has carried out far-reaching institutional and policy reforms to transform itself from a centrally planned, Marxist regime to the facilitator of a stable market … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Drinking water, Education, Environmental degradation, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Fund for Agricultural Development, sub-Saharan Africa, United Nations Development Programme
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(IPS) – A combination of an abundance of bamboo and eager foreign investment is making Ethiopia a frontier for the bamboo industrial revolution in Africa, according to this country’s government. “Ethiopia has the resources, the investment, a rapidly-developing manufacturing industry … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Agriculture, Bamboo, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Overseas Development Institute, sub-Saharan Africa
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Spanish authorities on Monday intercepted three inflatable boats packed with a total of 27 illegal immigrants, including two women, which were trying to make landfall on Spain’s southern shore, the country’s maritime rescue services said. The inflatable boats were stopped … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged African people, Boat, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, spain, Strait of Gibraltar, sub-Saharan Africa, Tarifa
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by GRAHAM PEEBLES Indian multi-nationals in clover Ancestral land that for generations has served as home and livelihood for hundreds of thousands of indigenous people in Ethiopia is being leased out, on 99-year renewable contracts at nominal sums to foreign … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Gambella, IndepthAfrica, India, Politics of Ethiopia, Premiership of Meles Zenawi, Saudi Arabia, sub-Saharan Africa, World Bank
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Ethiopia has received two of the nine vessels which are being constructed in China at a cost of US$300 million. Ato Ashebir Nota, Public Relations Head of the Maritime and Logistics Enterprise said the two vessels, named ” Assosa ” … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia
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Tagged China, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, latest ethiopian news, Mojo, news ethiopia, Politics of Ethiopia, sub-Saharan Africa, United States
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by GRAHAM PEEBLES Land grab (and associated water appropriation), Oxfam states, occurs when “governments, banks or private investors buy up huge plots of land to make equally huge profits”. Since 2008 such speculation has vastly expanded; in 2009 alone 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 National Defense Force, ethiopian news, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, Ethiopians, Gambella, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Oromia Region, sub-Saharan Africa, United States
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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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Addis Ababa — The ministry of finance and economic development on Wednesday announced that Ethiopia has registered an average of 10% economic growth during the past two years of the five-year Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP). In a report, state … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Economic growth, ethio media oromo, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GTP, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Millennium Development Goals, news about ethiopia, news ethiopia, news for ethiopia, news from ethiopia, news in ethiopia, news of ethiopia, news on ethiopia, sub-Saharan Africa
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The land of Ethiopia, rich in natural, cultural and religious treasures and centered on the crossroads between North Africa, the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa is consistently hailed as a must-see destination. Its 2,500 years of documented history (and 1500 … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged 1 000 Places to See Before You Die, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Gondar, IndepthAfrica, Lake Tana, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Omo River, sub-Saharan Africa, UNESCO, World Heritage Site
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By Binyam Shimelis The population of Ethiopia, according to the Central Statistical Authority, is over 80 million, making the country the second most populous country in Africa. Around 80% of the population is living in rural areas depending on small-scale … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arica, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, Millennium Development Goals, news ethiopia, Politics of Ethiopia, Poverty, sub-Saharan Africa
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On January 14 King Mohammed VI received a phone call from the French President, Francois Hollande, said the Royal Cabinet in a statement. On this occasion, the two leaders assessed and exchanged views on the situation in Mali in particular … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Dioncounda Traoré, France, François Hollande, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Military of Mali, Morocco, sub-Saharan Africa
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ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — The Ethiopian government wants a uniform health evaluation process to be introduced in all of Africa to help reduce child deaths. The idea will be recommended during an upcoming African Child Survival Conference. One goal of … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Child mortality, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Rajiv Shah, Shah, sub-Saharan Africa, United Nation
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African Leadership for Child Survival: A Promise Renewed ADDIS ABABA / NEW YORK / WASHINGTON D.C. – Since 1990, the number of child deaths in sub-Saharan Africa has dropped by 39%. Many African countries are within reach of the 2015 … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Millennium Development Goals, Saharan Africa, sub-Saharan Africa
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Ethiopia is preparing to successfully host the 2013 African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum announced the Ministry of Trade. Committees, charged with the task of coordinating the preparation for the forum at various levels, have already been created and are … read more »
Posted in Uncategorized
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Tagged African Growth and Opportunity Act, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Ministry of Trade, sub-Saharan Africa, United States, Zambia
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After the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in late-August, the comments sections of articles discussing his 21 years in office became a digital shouting match between Ethiopians who had different views of his legacy, and the current political … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged African diaspora, American Civil Liberties Union, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Diaspora, Ethiopia, ethiopian news ethiopia news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, sub-Saharan Africa, United States
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On December 25 Moroccan Ministry of Interior issued a communique announcing that Moroccan security services have broken up a six-member cell that recruited young Moroccans embracing with jihadist thought. According to the statement, the new recruits were sent to the … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Algeria, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Moroccan people, Morocco, sub-Saharan Africa, United States
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By Belayneh Abate The massacre of elementary school children in the United States of America on December 14, 2012 is one of the horrifying news I ever heard in my life. We adults kill each other because we are filled … read more »
Posted in Article, Belayneh Abate, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African people, George Ayittey, Hunger Project, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, sub-Saharan Africa, Susan Rice, United States, Western world
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By Dele Meiji Fatunla The importance of faith and religious observance amongst African and African diaspora communities was the impetus for a conference held last week by ‘Africa-UK’ – a diaspora engagement project aimed at increasing the impact of the … read more »
Theme: “Getting To Zero, HIV Free Generation in Africa is Possible” INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA When: 1ST DECEMBER 2012 The event will comprise of the following activities to be organized from 30 November to 1st December 2012: 30st, … read more »
Undocumented foreign nationals in Libya remain at risk of a wide range of human rights abuses. It is shameful that Gaddafi-era abuses against foreigners, especially those from Sub-Saharan Africa, have not only continued but worsened. The Libyan authorities must acknowledge … read more »
Posted in Article, Libya
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Tagged Amnesty International, European Union, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Libyan, libyan news, Muammar Gaddafi, sub-Saharan Africa, Tripoli
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November 8, 2012 by benim
Motsoko Pheko ‘To restore Afrikan power, Africans must reassert themselves. We have riches of all kinds. We must control our raw materials. We must acquire technology to process these raw materials in Africa and export them as finished goods. We … read more »
November 8, 2012 by benim
By Desné Masie There’s been a lot of talk these past few months about Africa Rising, for whom and what for. But it’s kind of difficult for the average person to look beyond the sentiment and “promising statistics” to put … read more »
By Zanele Hlatshwayo The rise in commodities prices over the past decade (referred to by some economists as the ‘commodities super-cycle’) has led to a renewed debate on the role of the state in Africa’s mineral resources sector. Governments are … read more »
By J C Suresh, IDN A new report by the World Bank highlights the resilience of African economies despite global slowdown caused by the Euro-zone crisis and decline in growth in emerging economies, particularly China – an important market for … read more »
Posted in Article, Business
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Tagged Eurozone, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Pulse, Sahel, Sierra Leone, sub-Saharan Africa, Urbanization, World Bank
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Paris – Three-quarters of African countries and several “Arab Spring” nations are at high or extreme risk of a food crisis, according to an analysis published on Wednesday. In a survey of 197 countries, 59 are most at risk of … read more »
Posted in Burundi, Chad, Comoros, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Somali, South Sudan, Special Reports
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Tagged Arab Spring, Democratic Republic Congo, Ethiopia, Food Security, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, North Korea, Sierra Leone, sub-Saharan Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to grow at 4.8 percent in 2012, broadly unchanged from the 4.9 percent growth rate in 2011 and largely on track despite setbacks in the global economy, according to the World Bank’s new Africa’s Pulse, a … read more »
Posted in Article, South Africa
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Tagged China, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Pulse, Sahel, Sierra Leone, sub-Saharan Africa, United States, World Bank
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