Tag Archives: World news

Kenya: Why a President Kenyatta May Never Stand Trial for Crimes Against Humanity

March 27, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Since Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election, political analysts have tried hard to make us believe that the United States and Britain are worried. Kenya is the staunchest and most docile proxy of the two countries’ … read more »

Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

New Video shows Gaddafi’s body ‘being used by rebels as ventriloquist’s doll’

July 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A gruesome new video which appears to show Muammar Gaddafi’s dead body being abused by rebels has surfaced online. In the shocking clip, which was posted to YouTube on Monday, high-spirited demonstrators apparently use the Libyan dictator’s corpse as a … read more »

Posted in Libya, News, North Africa, Spotlight | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ethiopia – Where is your Prime Minister Meles Zenawi?

July 15, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Scroll down for the video ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s longtime ruler and most powerful figure, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, is not attending an African Union summit that opened Sunday in Ethiopia, which further fueled speculation that he might be … read more »

Posted in East Africa, News, Spotlight | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

‘Occupy’ Protests Become Major Challenge to Nigerian Government

January 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Whether commuting to and from my job to my office in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, or racing down the back roads of the country’s parched and neglected North, I would often shake my head in amazement at the lack of … read more »

Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Why Somalia Matters

August 4, 2011 by benim

Twenty years ago, I sat at a wooden table under a plastic tarp eating cereal in powdered milk made of charcoal-filtered water at a refugee camp near Luuq, Somalia. It was the sparest of conditions. In the corner of my … read more »

Posted in East Africa, News, Somali | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Africa and the Aid Conundrum

July 7, 2011 by benim

One of the funniest moments in a diary rich in funny moments is, perhaps surprisingly, about international aid. “GB popped up on the nine o’clock news,” writes Alastair Campbell in the latest volume of his Downing Street Diaries, “saying he … read more »

Posted in AIDS / Humanitarian, Columnist, Indepth Africa Magazine, News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Unique Chance for South Sudan to Herald Women’s Rights

July 7, 2011 by benim

On July 9th, South Sudan will declare its independence, becoming Africa’s newest nation. The challenges it faces are many. 50 years of war and conflict have seriously undermined the capacity of institutions at all levels to provide justice. Scores of … read more »

Posted in News, North Africa, Sudan, Women | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mubarak wife stable and available for police: minister

May 14, 2011 by benim

The health of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s wife has improved after suffering symptoms of a heart attack and she is now available for police to take her to prison, the health minister said on Saturday. An anti-corruption agency ordered … read more »

Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2 killed in latest blast in Nigeria’s northeast

May 14, 2011 by benim

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Police say that a blast in Nigeria’s restive northeast has killed two bystanders at a bus stop. Authorities suspect that members of a radical Muslim sect locally known as Boko Haram were behind the latest attack in … read more »

Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Somali Islamists warn Ugandans over Museveni

May 14, 2011 by benim

Somalia’s Shebab Islamists on Saturday threatened to punish Ugandans for re-electing President Yoweri Museveni, a key supporter of an African Union peacekeeping mission in Mogadishu. Ugandan troops form the backbone of the AU’s deployment in Somalia, which supports the weak … read more »

Posted in East Africa, News, Somali | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Libyan opposition leader meets French president

May 14, 2011 by benim

PARIS – French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Saturday with a Libyan opposition leader amid questions about the death of a French military contractor in a Libyan rebel stronghold. The meeting also came amid questions about the future U.S. role in … read more »

Posted in Libya, News, North Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Egyptian PM in Ethiopia marking new era in bilateral relations

May 14, 2011 by benim

Egyptian Prime Minister, Essam Sharaf, arrived in the Ethiopian capital on Thursday for talks with senior government officials as part of the efforts to end the Nile water crises and for talks on a number of other bilateral issues. His … read more »

Posted in East Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Dewani’s bride ‘was victim of sex attack’ claim South African police

May 14, 2011 by benim

South African police have evidence suggesting honeymoon murder victim Anni Dewani was sexually assaulted, it emerged yesterday. Previously, detectives had insisted that she had not been subjected to such an attack. But the post-mortem examination on Mrs Dewani, whose husband … read more »

Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, South Africa, Southern Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Did Bin Laden watch porn as he hid in Pakistan? Stash of X-rated films found in his squalid lair

May 14, 2011 by benim

First it emerged Osama Bin Laden spent hours watching videos of himself as he callously planned new terror attacks against the ‘decadent’ West But now it appears the Al Qaeda mastermind may have watched something else as he hid in … read more »

Posted in Global Issues, Middle East, News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Ivory Coast: No one is above the law – Ouattara

May 14, 2011 by benim

Dakar – Ivory Coast’s president on Friday said no one is above the law and vowed to investigate all war crimes committed in the five months following last year’s election – including massacres blamed on fighters loyal to him. Alassane … read more »

Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, News, Politics, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Pro-Kadhafi, anti- Kadhafi groups clash in Canada

May 14, 2011 by benim

A policeman was injured Friday in clashes between supporters of Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi and anti-Kadhafi protesters outside the Libyan embassy in Ottawa, local media said. Dozens of anti-Kadhafi protesters carried banners that read “42 years is enough” and “Leave … read more »

Posted in Libya, News, North Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Libyan TV carries audio of Gaddafi taunting NATO

May 14, 2011 by benim

Libyan state television carried brief audio tape remarks it said were by Muammar Gaddafi in which he taunted NATO as a cowardly crusader whose bombs could not kill him. The comments were aired on Friday after Italy’s foreign minister said … read more »

Posted in Libya, News, North Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Zimbabwe parties resume constitution process

May 14, 2011 by benim

Parties to Zimbabwe’s power-sharing deal resumed the constitutional process Saturday after reaching a compromise on how to analyse views gathered from the public, an official said. The process stalled on Wednesday over disagreements between President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF and Prime … read more »

Posted in Article, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Woman beheaded in shop

May 14, 2011 by benim

A deranged knifeman decapitated a British woman Friday in a shop on the Spanish island of Tenerife and fled with her head, police said, shocking residents and tourists in the popular resort destination. The man, a 28-year-old Bulgarian identified by … read more »

Posted in Europe, Global Issues | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Int’l court to seek Libya arrest warrants

May 13, 2011 by benim

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – An international prosecutor said Friday he will seek arrest warrants next week for three top Libyan leaders on charges of murder and persecution during their attempts to crush the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi’s regime. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, … read more »

Posted in Libya, News, North Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mandela to vote in South Africa poll next week

May 13, 2011 by benim

South Africa’s ailing former president Nelson Mandela is expected to cast his vote in upcoming local government elections, his office said Friday. “Having spoken to him, we know that he will vote,” daughter Zenani Dlamini said in a statement. “We … read more »

Posted in News, Politics, South Africa, Southern Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A gruesome display: Somalis drag bodies in streets

May 13, 2011 by benim

NAIROBI, Kenya – It’s a gruesome display seen many times over the years in Mogadishu: The bodies of dead soldiers dragged through the streets. Somalis angry over 20 years of violence say they do it in hopes of driving out … read more »

Posted in East Africa, News, Somali | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Uganda shelves anti-gay bill

May 13, 2011 by benim

Kampala – Uganda’s parliament on Friday shelved an anti-gay bill that would have imposed the death penalty for certain homosexual acts after the United States slammed the proposed legislation as “odious”. Lawmakers had been due to debate the legislation calling … read more »

Posted in East Africa, News, Uganda | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Briton, Italian kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria

May 13, 2011 by benim

Gunmen have kidnapped a Briton and an Italian working for a construction firm in northern Nigeria after storming their apartment, police said on Friday, but a ransom had not been demanded. A German colleague managed to escape by scaling a … read more »

Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

7 Algerian soldiers, 3 ‘terrorists’ killed: report

May 13, 2011 by benim

An attack on a military barracks in northeast Algeria claimed the lives of seven soldiers and three “terrorists” overnight, the El-Watan daily reported online on Friday. An eighth soldier was missing after the machine gun attack on military sleeping quarters … read more »

Posted in Algeria, News, North Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Libya denies Italian report Gaddafi may be wounded

May 13, 2011 by benim

Italy said on Friday Muammar Gaddafi has very likely left the Libyan capital and probably been wounded by NATO air strikes, a report that Tripoli immediately dismissed as “nonsense.” Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said he heard the report on … read more »

Posted in Libya, News, North Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Botswana police fire tear gas on rioting students

May 13, 2011 by benim

GABORONE, Botswana – Police in Botswana fired tear gas on rioting students angry over a teachers’ strike. Teachers’ union secretary Justin Hunyepa says the students rioted in Molepolole, some 30 miles (50 kilometers) outside Gaborone, on Friday. He says 95 … read more »

Posted in Botswana, News, Southern Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Libya mission to go on until Gadhafi stops

May 13, 2011 by benim

The White House says the U.S. and NATO will continue military operations in Libya as long as Moammar Gadhafi keeps attacking his own people. President Barack Obama met with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (AHN’-derz FOHG RAHS’-moo-sihn) at the White … read more »

Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Libya, News, North Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mubarak wife in intensive care unit after heart attack

May 13, 2011 by benim

Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s wife, Suzanne, was moved to an intensive care unit after suffering a heart attack Friday, hours after being ordered detained in a corruption probe, state TV said. “Suzanne Thabet has been moved to the intensive … read more »

Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Eritrean charity reports ongoing concerns for refugees in Egypt

May 13, 2011 by benim

Eritrean refugees in Egypt continue to face major obstacles according to reports from Release Eritrea volunteers in the region. The volunteers who have been working to support Eritrean immigration detainees report that, in the weeks since the revolution in Egypt, … read more »

Posted in Press Releases | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment