- Is the African Union equipped to serve Africa's people for another 50 years?
- Africa at 50: Redefining African Solidarity
- Which Way Ethiopia: Revolution, Civil War, or National Reconciliation?
- Eritrea: little to smile about, 20 years from freedom
- Africa: The Birth of the OAU
- Woman Seeks Asylum: King of Swaziland want to make me his 14th virgin bride
- Ethiopia: Off Political Taboos and Woos
- Chinua Achebe as Metaphor
- Chinua Achebe (Ugonabo Ogidi ) Goes Home
- The curious case of Africa’s Progress and the missing Millennium Development Goals
- Somalia And The Slippery Slope Of ‘Jubbaland’
- The Legacy of Queen Victoria and Zimbabwean Culture
- The Parable Of The Cockroach And Nigeria
- My relationship with Chinua Achebe - Wole Soyinka
- Somalia’s future: IGAD’s captivity or donors’ rescue
- Israel and the Arab Gulf States: An Undeclared Alliance
- The United Nations’ Hezbollah Protection Force
- Sustain Gains. Invest in Malaria. Save Three Million Children's Lives in the Next 1000 Days
- World Malaria Day: highlighting awareness of a preventable disease that still kills thousands
- Excusing Jihad In Boston
- Lessons from Boston and Chechnya
- Analysis: How do you solve a problem like Apartheid?
- Somalia: Frail Leadership, Federalism Frenzy, and the Fragile Peace
- Factors of Change and Transformation in Ethiopia
- How the West is seeking to usurp Africa’s struggle for freedom and democracy
- Ethiopia: A Critical Appraisal of the Diaspora Organized Groups Opposed to the Regime in Ethiopia
Tag Archives: Washington Post
Ethiopia: Washington Update
By Mesfin Mekonen Over 1,000 Ethiopians and Ethiopian-Americans demonstrated in front of the White House last week to protest the Ethiopian government’s human rights abuses to Amhara Ethiopians. The protests demanded a stop to the forced displacement of Ethiopians. Protestors … read more
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, Johnnie Carson, Washington Post, White House, World Bank
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Ethiopian Parking attendant sentenced in scam that netted almost $1.4 million in fees
By Mary Pat Flaherty, Published: February 8 The pair of parking lot attendants at the Smithsonian Institution’s air and space center in Chantilly were very patient. And for a while, anyway, their patience paid off. Car by car, truck by … read more
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged ethio media oromo, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, news about ethiopia, news ethiopia, news for ethiopia, news from ethiopia, news in ethiopia, news of ethiopia, news on ethiopia, Parking, Parking enforcement officer, Silver Spring Maryland, Smithsonian Institution, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Theft, Washington Post
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Sex, Fraud and Mortgages – America, a Place Where Crime Really Does Pay
In a bet there is a fool and a thief. Proverb If there is one Boondoggle that everybody knows about it’s the Real Estate Boondoggle. It’s in all the papers, on TV and internet bloggers blog away day and night … read more
Warren’s Story Falls Apart
The wheels have finally fallen off Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren’s diversity wagon. The reliably leftist Boston Globe has issued a retraction of Warren’s claim that she is 1/32 Cherokee Indian. “Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in the May … read more
The Recent ‘Report’ on the Washington Post about the OLF Has Nothing to Do with the OLF
The article by Emily Wax, The Washington Post reporter, under the title “As separatists in Ethiopia disarm, a new chapter for D.C.’s Oromo community,” alleging laying down of arms and succumbing to the imposed unity of Ethiopia is inaccurate. Many … read more
Black women are heavier but happier U.S. study
Black women in America may tend to be heavier than white women but they are far happier with their bodies, a study has found. A nationwide survey found that 66 per cent of overweight or obese black women had high … read more
Did colonialism spread HIV through Africa?
The HIV epidemic was driven by the colonisation of Africa a century ago, a new book claims. Tinderbox: How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome It, attempts to pinpoint the birth and early … read more
Somalia Promises West Oil Riches in Return
By John Glaser, The prime minister of the government of Somalia, which has control over parts of the capital Mogadishu, promised the West a share in its oil riches in exchange for security and reconstruction in an interview this week. … read more
Nigeria: The EFCC And The Bankole Effect
By Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye, Esq EFCC Bows to Bankole (Even In Nigeria, Nothing Can Stand On Nothing – By: Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye INTRODUCTION: Mr. Lamorde of the EFCC recently met with the National Assembly on his Commission’s budget. Apparently, the … read more
President Obama, We Must Not Allow a Tunnel Gap!
by John V. Walsh Mr. President, we must not allow a mineshaft gap! – General “Buck” Turgidson1 China is a vast country—‘When it is dark in the east, it is light in the west; when things are dark in the … read more
US: Libya leaders have complex task
Washington – Libya’s new leaders have “a very complicated political task” ahead of them, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said late Sunday, but she promised comprehensive US assistance. “They have a very complicated political task ahead of them, and … read more
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
Tagged Benghazi, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Tripoli, United States, Washington Post, West Africa
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US to build drone base in Ethiopia
The United States is reportedly set to build a new drone base in Ethiopia for counter-terrorism operations in the Horn of Africa, the Washington Post reports. The establishment of the drone base in the East African country will be used … read more
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
Tagged Al-Qaeda, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Somalia, Southern Africa, United States, Washington Post, West Africa, Yemen
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US builds drone bases in Horn of Africa
The United States is building a ring of secret drone bases in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as part of an aggressive campaign against al Qaeda affiliates in Somalia and Yemen, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, … read more
Posted in East Africa, News
Tagged Al-Qaeda, Arabian Peninsula, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Seychelles, Somalia, Southern Africa, United States, Washington Post, West Africa, Yemen
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Woman caught trying to sneak partner out of jail…in a suitcase
Crawling into his lover’s luggage following a conjugal visit, this prisoner thought his great escape was in the bag. But the game was up when guards at the jail in Mexico noticed that the inmate’s 19-year-old girlfriend was acting nervously … read more
Posted in America, Global Issues
Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Chetumal Quintana Roo, Common-law marriage, Conjugal visit, Corrections officer, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Maria del Mar (actress), Mexico, Nigeria, North Africa, Pan African News, Prison, Southern Africa, Washington Post, West Africa
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US drone wounds top Islamists in Somalia: report
A US drone fired on two senior commanders of Somalia’s Shebab Islamist insurgency after they were found to have ties to Al-Qaeda, the Washington Post reported, citing US officials. The strike last week is believed to have wounded the two … read more
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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