Tag Archives: Wikileaks
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Bahaa ElDin said on Saturday that Egypt does not oppose the establishment of development projects or dams along the Nile River as long as it does not affect water distribution between countries. Bahaa … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Ahram, Bahaa ElDin, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sudan, Wikileaks
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Now that we are deep into discussing the suit brought against the NPP’s Akufo-Addo by retired Supreme Court Judge Francis Kpegah and its entailments, we can’t discontinue just because our comments hurt some people. We … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Facebook, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Law, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, United States, Wikileaks
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said on Wednesday on the eve of his 89th birthday he owed his long life to God and revealed that he suffers loneliness from the loss of friends and relatives. “It’s him, our creator, who is … read more »
by Betre Yacob Independent human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty international, and the Anti-Torture Committee of the United Nations have several times reported of systematic persecution as well as use of violence and torture against Ethiopian journalists, … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Amnesty International, Donald Yamamoto, Embassy, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, Prison, United States, Wikileaks
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(Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suffering from a chronic lung ailment that could worsen at any time and is being checked regularly by doctors, the Andean country’s ambassador to Britain said on Wednesday. Assange, 41, whose website angered … read more »
New research has suggested there is sufficient water in the Nile to support all 10 countries it flows through. This emerged on Monday as Ethiopia’s massive dam-building plans continued to cause disquiet in downstream Egypt. Simon Langan, the head of … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, North Africa
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Tagged Addis Ababa, East Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Water resources, Wikileaks
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Abay will be built by any means. We will not stop by biased untrue baseless and old information from the opposition group radical/extremists/vocal or ruthless individuals. In fact nowadays you cannot fool us three times. You have to stop from … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Diaspora, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Sudan, Wikileaks
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By DEBAY TADESSE Until the recent positive signs of cooperation between some of the Nile riparian states, disputes between the downstream and upper riparian states over rights to the waters of the Nile have been a contentious issue for centuries. … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Nile Basin Initiative, Sudan, Wikileaks
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Egypt may have been talking to Sudan about military alternatives to protect its vital resource, the river Nile, a report published by an Egyptian daily said. Citing secret documents released last month by WikiLeaks from Stratfor, a private intelligence company … read more »
Posted in Article, Ethiopia
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Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Sudan, Wikileaks
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On 25 January, 2010, 5 minutes after taking off from Beirut, Ethiopian Airlines flight 409 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. On board were 82 passengers and 8 crew members en route to the capitol city of Ethiopia Addis Ababa; no … read more »
By Toby Collins (LONDON) – Egyptian authorities fearful of a monopoly on Nile waters received agreement from Khartoum to build an airbase in Sudan, to launch attacks on Ethiopian damming facilities, claims the anonymous media outlet; Wikileaks. Wikileaks has leaked … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, News, North Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Sudan, Wikileaks
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Ecuador granted political asylum to Julian Assange on Thursday, ratcheting up tension in a standoff with Britain which has warned it could revoke the diplomatic status of Quito’s embassy in London to allow the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder. The … read more »
Cape Town – Contrary to reports that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is “fighting for his life”, in a Singapore hospital, a member of his party Zanu-PF has said that “he is enjoying an Easter break with his family in Asia”, … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Hottest News, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Cape Town, IndepthAfrica, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, Singapore, Wikileaks, Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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Cape Town – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is said to be ‘fighting for his life’ in a Singapore hospital, The Australian reports. This comes amid reports that he had agreed to hand over power to his defence minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa. … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Spotlight, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Cape Town, Emmerson Mnangagwa, IndepthAfrica, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, Singapore, Wikileaks, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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Nil NIKANDROV Over the past years, it has been happening with frightening regularity that U.S. diplomats and CIA agents were caught pulling off operations involving illicit weapons supply in Latin America. The inescapable impression is that the U.S. Department of … read more »
Posted in America, Columnist, Global Issues
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Balkan, Bolivia, Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, Evo Morales, IndepthAfrica, Latin America, United States, Washington, Wikileaks
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Harare – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is in Singapore on a private visit to arrange post-graduate studies for his daughter, state media reported on Sunday. “President Mugabe left the country yesterday [Saturday] evening on a private visit to Singapore,” the … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Gideon Gono, IndepthAfrica, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, Singapore, Sunday Mail, Wikileaks, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Sometimes, I find it difficult to believe the utterances made by some public officials, particularly when such statements are good only as a demonstration of frustration or uselessness. I have all along been tempted to … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, Kufuor government, Mill, Ministry of Information, Newsfile, Okudjeto Ablakwa, Wikileaks
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Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe turned 88 on Tuesday, joking about reports circulating for years of his imminent demise and vowing to stay in power despite international condemnation of his economic and human rights record. Mugabe said he was in tip-top … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Politics, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Harare, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Morgan Tsvangirai, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, Wikileaks, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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By Jack Shafer This piece originally appeared in Reuters Magazine, a special edition publication ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In late October, a deflated Julian Assange called a press conference in London to announce he may … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
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Tagged Assange, Bradley Manning, Daniel Ellsberg, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Julian Assange, MasterCard, New York Times, United States, Wikileaks
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The whistleblowing website Wikileaks has begun releasing sensational information on the multi billion dollar global spying industry. The database contains hundreds of documents shining a light on the methods being used by secret services all over the world. Mass interception … read more »
October 12, 2011 by benim
Harare – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has set up a committee to probe revelations contained in the WikiLeaks documents that party officials told US diplomats that the 87-year-old leader had prostate cancer and would be dead by 2013, a … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Gideon Gono, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Robert Mugabe, Rugare Gumbo, Southern Africa, United States diplomatic cables leak, West Africa, Wikileaks, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
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October 12, 2011 by benim
Harare – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe may probe top party officials who said that he has prostate cancer in US diplomatic cables on the whistle blower website WikiLeaks, state media said on Wednesday. “The president was very clear that as … read more »
Harare – Zimbabwe state media denied reports that President Robert Mugabe, 87, had flown to Singapore to undergo medical checks, saying on Sunday that he had gone to Asia to visit his daughter. “Comrade Mugabe who was in a jovial … read more »
Posted in News, Politics, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Gideon Gono, Hong Kong, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Morgan Tsvangirai, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Robert Mugabe, Singapore, Southern Africa, West Africa, Wikileaks, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
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Harare – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has flown to the Far East for medical attention – the 7th time in the last 9 months – his information minister confirmed on Sunday, intensifying reports that he is seriously ill. Webster Shamu … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Gideon Gono, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Robert Mugabe, Singapore, Southern Africa, Webster Shamu, West Africa, Wikileaks, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
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September 29, 2011 by benim
It was the book the founder of WikiLeaks said was published to ‘screw’ him for cash but despite huge publicity surrounding its release it has become a sales flop. Julian Assange’s unauthorised autobiography came out last week but just 644 … read more »
Posted in Europe, Global Issues, News
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Tagged Assange, Canongate, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julia Donaldson, Julian Assange, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Philip Stone, Rio Ferdinand, Sharon Kendrick, Southern Africa, West Africa, Wikileaks
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September 27, 2011 by benim
For some time now, I have resisted the urged to write about the Wikileaks revelations that have hit Ghana these last several weeks. This is because the more I think about the WikiLeaks episode; the less I know what to … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, News, West Africa, Wikileaks, WikiLeaks Cables
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Tagged Christopher Graham, David Leigh, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julian Assange, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, The Guardian, United States, West Africa, Wikileaks
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September 25, 2011 by benim
A Nigerian newspaper run by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist stopped publication Sunday after 2½ years of muckracking and sometimes controversial coverage of Africa’s most populous nation, the publisher said. NEXT newspaper, printed in Lagos, did not appear on newsstands this … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Associated Press, Dele Olojede, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, NewsDay, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Pulitzer Prize, Southern Africa, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, West Africa, Wikileaks
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September 22, 2011 by benim
It has now become clear that recent publications by the whistle blowing Wikileaks cables had shown that our politicians are two-faced backbiting opportunists. Some of our politicians and leaders are in their positions by default as they are not man … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Morgan Tsvangirai, Nelson Chamisa, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Robert Mugabe, Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa, Wikileaks, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
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September 15, 2011 by benim
Addis Ababa – An Ethiopian journalist identified in a diplomatic cable released last month by WikiLeaks has fled after being questioned by authorities, a media rights watchdog said on Thursday. Argaw Ashine was questioned last week by government authorities followed … read more »
September 8, 2011 by benim
Algiers – Officials from Saharan countries on Thursday pledged to continue working together in the fight against terrorism, despite Niger’s foreign minister telling a local newspaper that co-operation so far has been ineffective. Foreign ministers from Algeria, Niger, Mali and … read more »
Posted in News, Niger, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Algeria, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Mohamed Bazoum, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Sahara, Shari Villarosa, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa, Wikileaks
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