- 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: Youtube
Ethiopia Accused of Ethnic Cleansing Over Mass Amhara Evictions
Written by Endalk from Global Voices Thousands of ethnic Amharas in western Ethiopia are being expelled en masse from the country’s Benishangul Gumuz region, where many have settled, in what some are condemning as a campaign of “ethnic cleansing“. Ethiopia has been divided into nine ethnically based … read more
Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia and its proven success at recruiting Canadians
Canada’s top spy says he’s concerned about home grown terrorism as a key risk to Canadian security. “The radicalization of Canadians continues to be of concern to the service,” reported CSIS director, Richard Fadden to the Senate on February 11th … read more
Nigeria: We Are Not Ghosts, Boko Haram Tells Jonathan
By Chuks Okocha, Michael Olugbode and Mohammed Aminu, Thisday A new twist emerged in the purported ceasefire offered by the Boko Haram sect, as a faction of the group yesterday took exception to President Goodluck Jonathan’s statement during his recent … read more
Obama’s New Libya
Remember all the hoopla the Obama administration engaged in after helping Libya’s “freedom fighters” oust (and sodomize and murder) the nation’s former president, Muammar Gaddafi? Remember the rationale used by Obama to justify using the U.S. military to help Libya’s … read more
Posted in Article, Libya, North Africa
Tagged Benghazi, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Egypt, Libya, Libyan, Muammar Gaddafi, obama, Youtube
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Ethiopian Imam Calls for Armed Jihad in Virginia
Sheik Shaker Elsayed, the imam of the Dar al-Hijrah Mosque in Falls Church, Va., advocated armed jihad before an Ethiopian Muslim group gathered at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va. last week. “Muslim men when it is a price … read more
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Alexandria Virginia, Dar al-Hijrah, Elsayed, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Falls Church Virginia, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Muslim, news ethiopia, Shaker Elsayed, T. C. Williams High School, Youtube
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Online video claims radical Islamic group Boko Haram from Nigeria holding 7 French hostages
A video apparently showing seven French hostages kidnapped from northern Cameroon has been posted online, with a man claiming that a radical Islamic group from Nigeria holds them. The video, posted Monday to YouTube, shows two men, a woman and … read more
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
Tagged Associated Press, Boko Haram, Cameroon, Islamism, Mali, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, West Africa, Youtube
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Kenya tunes in as Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga promise peaceful elections
Kenya’s first televised presidential debate sees hopefuls play down fears of a repeat of the tribal violence that erupted in 2007 Clar Ni Chonghaile in Nairobi,guardian.co.uk Inside the private school in Nairobi’s upmarket Karen suburb, the small audience gathered to … read more
Ethiopian Maid found walking without clothes in Saudi
Ethiopian arrested after calls from residents Saudi police arrested an Ethiopian housemaid for walking naked in a public place and said they believe she is mentally ill. Internet users in the Gulf Kingdom, the largest base for Asian and African … read more
Somalia’s Al-Shabaab’s Twitter account ‘suspended’
Omar Hammami, an American former al-Shabaab member who has used Twitter to publicise a falling-out with the group. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Twitter has suspended an account used by Somalia‘s al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabaab after the insurgents used the site … read more
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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Nigeria Sees Bloodiest Year of Boko Haram Attacks
ABUJA — The Nigerian militant Islamist sect Boko Haram is blamed for more than 750 deaths in 2012, making it the group’s bloodiest year, with attacks on churches, schools, government buildings, media centers, markets, security forces and communications networks. The … read more
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
Tagged Al-Qaeda, bokoharam, Christian, GoodluckJonathan, Nigeria, Nigerian news, Thisday, United States, Youtube
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Google vs Doogle: Internet giant threatens to sue South African school dropout
Internet giant Google is threatening to sue a 23-year-old school dropout after he set up a jobseekers website and named it Doogle. Lawyers working on behalf of the world’s largest search engine, worth an estimated £160bn, wrote to South African-based … read more
Posted in South Africa
Tagged Google, Guardian, Middelburg, Mpumalanga, Silicon Valley, South Africa, Youtube
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US military behind Africa news websites – sabahionline.com
AFPThis image downloaded from the internet on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, shows the main page of the sabahionline.com website, featuring an image made from video showing al-Qaida leader Ayman Al-Zawahri. At first glance it appears to be a sleek Horn … read more
Man behind anti-Islam film sentenced
AP A file courtroom sketch shows shows Mark Basseley Youssef talking with his attorney Steven Seiden, left, in court in Los Angeles. Los Angeles – The man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to violence in many parts of the … read more
Canadian mining firm questioned for activities in Eritrea
By Michelle Zilio A Canadian mining company defended its activities in Eritrea — a nation dubbed the “North Korea of Africa” by some — at a Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights meeting Thursday. Cliff Davis, president and CEO of … read more
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tagged Alex Neve, David Sweet, Eritrea, Eritrea news, Ève Péclet, IndepthAfrica, Irwin Cotler, Nevsun Resources, North Korea, Youtube
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Ethiopia: Medrek Challenges and Issue
By Teklu Abate One of the gravest mistakes one may make in life is exclusively focusing on individuals and not on ideas. In countries where dictatorship is the norm, people usually consider the death of top leaders as the beginning … read more
Video: The brutal slayings of 4 Nigerian students
This Video contains scenes that some viewers may find disturbing”. “Viewer discretion advised Investigators in Nigeria say they have taken 13 people into custody after a mob attacked four students and burned them alive — killings that were videotaped and … read more
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Ben Ugwuegbulam, bokoharam, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Police, River State, Youtube
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The horrific last moments of President Robert Mugabe’s motorcade outriders
By JANE FIELDS A VIDEO has emerged showing the agonising last moments of one of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s motorcade outriders who was killed in a horrific Harare crash last week. The 20-second video showed the lead biker of the … read more
Posted in Zimbabwe
Tagged Borrowdale, Daily News Wrap, Harare, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, Youtube, Zimbabwe
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26 killed as unknown Gunmen opened fire on Nigeria students
Gunmen opened fire in a student housing area near a polytechnic school in northeastern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people in an attack whose motives remained unclear, officials said. Details were still emerging of the attack in the … read more
Posted in Ethiopia, Nigeria
Tagged bokoharam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Islamic State, Islamism, Mubi, Nigeria, Youtube, Yushau Shuaib
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Nigeria at 52 Independent Speech: The President vs Boko Haram
While the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR and the commander in chief of the Armed Forces, was giving his Independence Day address on NTA, the head of the terrorist leadership Mujahdeen Abubakar Shekau, Supreme Commander of the … read more
Posted in Article, Nigeria
Tagged Afghanistan, bokoharam, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Islamism, Nigeria, Nigerian Armed Forces, terrorism, United States, Youtube
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Nigerian Terrorist Attack On Catholics Condemned By US Lawmakers
By: Jim Kouri On Thursday, Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and Pastor Laolu Akande, Executive Director of the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans (CANAN), blasted the terrorist group Boko Haram for the bombing of … read more
Is Nigeria Suffering From Digital Technology ‘Masturbation’ Syndrome (DTMS)?
by Ahmed Olayinka Sule, CFA Many, some or all of you may be concerned, horrified or outraged that I have used the ‘M’ word as part of the title for this paper. However, before disregard this paper and any future … read more
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
Tagged Globacom, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica news, IPad, iPhone, Nigeria, Nigerian, NITEL, Youtube
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Libya: Permanent Chaos a.k.a. Permanent Revolution
Alexander MEZYAEV In Libya, the US consulate in Benghazi came under attack which took the lives of the US ambassador and other mission staff. While the unrest was immediately sparked by the release of an anti-Muslim film on YouTube, an … read more
Posted in Alexander MEZYAEV, Article, Columnist
Tagged Arab, Benghazi, Hope, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Libya, Libyan, Soviet Union, Youtube
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California man confirms role in anti-Islam film that sparked deadly Libya violence
The search for those behind the provocative, anti-Muslim film implicated in violent protests in Egypt and Libya led Wednesday to a California Coptic Christian convicted of financial crimes who acknowledged his role in managing and providing logistics for the production. … read more
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa, Spotlight
Tagged Associated Press, Bacile, California, Egypt, IndepthAfrica, Klein, Muhammad, Steve Klein, Youtube
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Israeli filmmaker in hiding after anti-Islam movie sparks deadly Libya, Egypt protests
An Israeli filmmaker went into hiding on Tuesday after his movie attacking Islam’s Prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by Muslims on U.S. diplomatic missions in Egypt and in Libya, where one American was killed. Speaking by phone from an undisclosed … read more
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa, Spotlight
Tagged Egypt, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Israeli Jew, Libya, Muhammad, Muslim, United States, Youtube
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Ethiopian top musician Teddy Afro denies writing special head banger for the late authoritarian ruler
By Getahune Bekele In his recent hit titled the black man, Teddy Afro once again captured the soul of the tyrannized nation, and speaking in riddles through his revolutionary songs, delivered the message of change and hope to the Ethiopians … read more
Posted in Columnist, East Africa, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele, News
Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Getahune Bekele, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Teddy Afro, Youtube, Zenawi
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Pussy Riot and the Farce of Russian Justice
It wasn’t a trial but a farce. Following a courtroom saga that made a mockery of Russia’s judicial system and aroused global condemnation, the three female members of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot have been sentenced to two years … read more
Posted in Europe, Global Issues
Tagged Garry Kasparov, Moscow, Paul McCartney, Pussy Riot, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Vladimir Putin, Youtube
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