- Nigeria: The Achebe I knew
- Address by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Dlamini Zuma
- Eritrea: The Hard Reality Mr Yemane Gebreab cannot cover-up
- Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda
- Obama - coming to Africa
- Nigeria: Mujaheed Adebolaja, Nigerian Suspect in London Terrorist Attack
- Eritrea still collecting money in Canada for military regime: Documents
- 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
- 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: West
Africa’s Woes Triggered By Power-Hungry Presidents
By Tapiwa Kapurura, zimeye.org This piece is meant to corroborate Professor George Ayittey’s recent contribution on the problems bedeviling Africa. My thesis excavates the point that Africa has everything to re-establish herself as a dignified and self-sustaining continent but has been … read more
Posted in Article, Burkina Faso, Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Tagged African Affairs, African people, George Ayittey, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, United States, West, Western world, World Bank
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Clean slate ideology and Africa’s circular politics
By Messay Kebede What is wrong with Africa? Save for a few promising exceptions, why has Africa become the land where dictatorships, disrespect for elementary human rights, economic mismanagement, corruption, nepotism, ethnic confrontations, etc., proliferate and endure? This total and … read more
Posted in Article, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Zimbabwe
Tagged Advocacy Organizations, African people, Christianity, Human rights, Human Rights and Liberties, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, West, Western world
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Liberating the black African from his victim mentality
We must emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because none but ourselves can free our minds As we aspire to change the social circumstances of black Africans, I think it is important that we understand those things that keep arresting our … read more
Posted in Article, Columnist, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Vince Musewe, Zimbabwe
Tagged Black people, Harare, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Robert Mugabe, West, ZANU, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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Sudanese Opposition: The day after
By John Young If the Sudanese opposition were to overthrow the NCP and come to state power the question posed here is what would be the major challenge to be faced the day after? Sudan is presently suffering an economic … read more
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
Tagged Egypt, International Monetary Fund, NCP, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement, United States, West, World Bank
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Who is a true or real Muslim?
An excerpt from Dabashi’s book ‘Being a Muslim in the World’ dismisses the Western narrative of the ‘Muslim’. It is a false to say that voting for Morsi is voting “yes” to Islam, as most Egyptians themselves are Muslims [EPA] … read more
Posted in Analysis, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
Tagged Al-Jazeera, Egypt, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Muslim, Niall Ferguson, Palgrave Macmillan, United States, West, Who is a true Muslim?
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E-Tracking Saudi Women
Saudi men are now receiving automatic text messages from the government whenever their wives exit the country. It is part of a new program to electronically track women and ensure that they don’t leave the country without permission from their … read more
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
Tagged Al-Sharif, Gloria Steinem, Islam, Saudi Arabia, Sharia, West, Women's rights in Saudi Arabia, Youtube
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Growth path in Africa
As African economic prospects brighten, there is debate about which model best suits the continent. Ahmed Shide admits his country is following a development path similar to that of China but not any sort of model. The youthful Ethiopian state … read more
Nothing to learn from America, where demography beats democracy
AT LEAST with the Chinese decadal leadership change, the world will have to learn to spell new names. First Xi Jinping, the new and incoming party leader and President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Second Li Keqiang, the … read more
Posted in America, Article, Zimbabwe
Tagged China, Hu Jintao, Jintao, Soviet Union, Wen Jiabao, West, Xi Jinping, Zimbabwe
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Sharia and Freedom
Religious relativism is a destroyer of conviction. By Andrew C. McCarthy This column is adapted from Andrew C. McCarthy’s foreword for Andrew Bostom’s Sharia Versus Freedom: The Legacy of Islamic Totalitarianism, published this week by Prometheus Books. ‘Multi-religious prayer almost … read more
Posted in America, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Tagged Andrew C. McCarthy, Andrew G. Bostom, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, Prometheus Books, Qur'an, West
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Five Business Culture Tips from An African Perspective
By Bright Simons There is a tradition dating back at least 3 decades in the Western world that technical innovation on its own is rarely the make or break thing in the competitive advantage of a business. The Economist Paul … read more
Could Zenawi’s ghost haunt our lame State?
By Alan Tacca, monitor By the standards of African dinosaurs, Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi was a youngster. Only 21 years in power; and, at 57, some 30 years before the senility sometimes associated with old age began leading him to the bathroom … read more
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Robert Mugabe, Somalia, Uganda, West
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Iran Rope-A-Dopes the West Again
Bruce Thornton Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, announced on Tuesday that Iran would agree “quite soon” to allow IAEA inspectors to search for any evidence that Iran’s nuclear enrichment program has been directed towards military applications. … read more
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
Tagged Baghdad, IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, North Korea, obama, West, Yukiya Amano
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The Integration of Eurasia and Berlin
Natalia MEDEN Today we’re partners, but not friends» – said Russian ambassador to Germany Vladimir Grinin meeting journalists from different countries in Berlin by the end of April. After many years of assurances that the both countries are strategic partners, … read more
The Empire vs. Iran (and Syria)
A New World War for a New World Order? Jooneed Khan Confronted with a declining World Order it can no longer control, does the West want to re-assert its will through a new world war, which this time would be … read more
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
Tagged afria travel, Africa news, East Africa, History, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Iran, map africa, map of africa, New World Order, news, North Africa, South Africa, travel to africa, united state, West, West Africa, Western world, World Order, World War III
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Aid, resistance and Queer power
Hakima Abbas If aid is not in the interests of African peoples’, why would aid conditionality be a tool for African social justice? LGBTIQ Africans are currently at the crux of an ever-increasing conservative (dare I say fascist) assault perpetuated … read more
Iranian Threat Heats Up
Bruce Thornton Iran announced Sunday that it was cutting off crude oil sales to France and England, a mostly symbolic act given that Iran provides England less than 1% of its crude, and France claims that it “practically stopped importing … read more
Ethiopia: Declare War on Foreign Land Grabbers!
by Tedla Asfaw When I read the report by Human Rights Watch, “Waiting Here for Death:Forced Displacement and “‘villagization’ in Ethiopia’s Gambella Region” , Jan.16, 2012 on the First Anniversary of Forced Villagization I could not help myself thinking back … read more
The West, Africa And China: Choosing Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
I have had time to study the works of many end-time preachers and prognosticators and what they have to say about the coming of the Antichrist and where they expect him to manifest from. In all of these, I have … read more
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Tagged Antichrist, China, God, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigerian, West
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