Tag Archives: Washington Post
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
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, Johnnie Carson, Washington Post, White House, World Bank
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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
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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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By Jeremy R. Hammond The U.S. media is, unsurprisingly, making their best effort to paint Egypt’s newly elected president, Mohamed Morsi, in a negative light, the general accusation being that he is attempting to usurp power and crackdown on dissent … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged Egypt, Foreign Policy Journal, Google, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Morsi, New York Times, United States, Washington Post
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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 »
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 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 »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News, Press Releases
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nigeria soccer news, Olf, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people, Washington DC, Washington Post
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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 »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Halle Berry, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kaiser Family Foundation, LA Fitness, Michelle Obama, Queen Latifah, Tyra Banks, Washington Post, White House
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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 »
Posted in Article, Pan African News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, AIDS, Cameroon, Craig Timberg, Daniel Halperin, HIV, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Washington Post, World Health Organization
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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 »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, David Cameron, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somalia, Washington Post
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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 »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Bankole, Dimeji Bankole, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Speaker, Washington Post
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At least 30 people have been killed after a US assassination drone launched an aerial attack on southern Somalia near the Indian Ocean coast as Kenyan fighter aircraft pounded another location in the south, Press TV reports. Somali tribal elders, … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, News, Somali
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Tagged Arba Minch, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Siad Barre, Somalia, United States, Washington Post
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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 »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged China, Georgetown, Global Times, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Noam Chomsky, Paul Nitze, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington Post
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October 31, 2011 by benim
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
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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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September 25, 2011 by benim
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
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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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September 21, 2011 by benim
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
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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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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
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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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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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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Al-Qaeda, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Islamism, Kismayo, Nigeria, North Africa, Pan African News, Somalia, Southern Africa, United States, Washington Post, West Africa, Yemen
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