Following a recent agreement signed between the British and Rwandan governments on asylum seekers in the United Kingdom, several international aid agencies report that some asylum seekers in the UK have gone into hiding for fear of being sent to Rwanda. Under the agreement, people suspected of illegally entering the UK would be flown to…
The African Community in Colorado continues to grow. As this growth is projected to continue, coverage of Colorado’s Africans by local and international news media shows us how important the community is to the state’s politics. The community in Colorado brings together…
Why do people decide to have children? Beyond the social capital it brings – beyond those cute brown eyes – beyond the unmistakable and sometimes unpleasant smell of soiled nappies – why do we have children? There is a myriad of reasons for this somewhat inexplicable human impulse – some simply want a replica of…
At a meeting of the 12th ordinary session of the assembly of the heads of state and governments of the African Union (AU) on February 2, representatives elected Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as the new AU chair. Gaddafi’s role as chair would be to help set and implement the AU’s agenda during the period for which…
In yet another setback to bringing lasting peace to Zimbabwe, Reuters News Service reported Monday that there is a deadlock in negotiations between the ruling ZANU PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change(MDC) on the terms of implementation of the September 2008 power-sharing agreement. Both sides are currently at a regional summit to…
Vote for Africa’s own Yohaness Gebregeorgis as CNN hero of the year. This story has not filtered much into the local media in Colorado but I take this opportunity to bring it up. After reading about Yohannes Gebregeorgi’s story many times, I am now compelled to do something about it. If you have heard all the commercials…
In the world of fast-paced twenty-four-hour news, to craft a powerful news headline means the headline should stand out and draw readers’ attention amid a plethora of stories from all directions. It’s a theory that applies to print and television news–when powerful headline news, embodied in sudden peace agreements, rebel surrenders, mayhem, and conflict, easily…