Africa and U.S. Cities — A Recognition

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With Africa and U.S. Cities, a doc­u­ment pub­lished by the Wash­ing­ton D.C.-based Cen­ter for Strate­gic and Inter­na­tion­al Studies(CSIS), news about the African con­ti­nent — its peo­ples, gov­ern­ments, insti­tu­tions, and activ­i­ties — nev­er stops. Cov­er­age of the con­ti­nent by Amer­i­­can-run, as well as African-run orga­ni­za­tions, and a mix of oth­ers, is what informs us about what…

Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict Is Dominating Africa Headline News

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  Ten­sions in Ethiopia’s north­ern Tigray region have gone from talk­ing about the poten­tial for con­flict into what is now the after­math of a war between the country’s fed­er­al gov­ern­ment in Addis Aba­ba and the region­al gov­ern­ment in Tigray. An esti­mat­ed six mil­lion peo­ple live in the Tigray region.  Since fight­ing began on Novem­ber 4,…

How to reignite Africa’s growth and avoid the need for future debt jubilee

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In ancient times, debt jubilees were cus­tom­ary after wars or dra­mat­ic events. By wip­ing out debts, these jubilees sought to avoid polar­iza­tion and social ten­sions. Today, the mas­sive dis­lo­ca­tions caused by the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic pro­vide jus­ti­fi­ca­tion for the inter­na­tion­al community

The Transformation of Africa Post-Independence: Malcolm Newton

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Today we bring to you Part 3 of Africa Agenda’s Cel­e­bra­tion of World Press Free­dom Day in 2019: A dis­cus­sion about media issues impact­ing jour­nal­ists in the African con­ti­nent.  Greet­ings to our all of guests in the Unit­ed States and around the world.  Lessons to be learned: Stu­dents must learn the ethics of the pro­fes­sion of…

Kofi Annan — A Tribute

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His full name is Kofi Atta Annan. Many of us have not reflect­ed on or digest­ed the role that he has played in inter­na­tion­al rela­tions, diplo­ma­cy, and world affairs since he took over lead­er­ship at the Unit­ed Nations almost nine years ago. We looked away out of a lack of inter­est in real lead­er­ship from people…