As more people from the African continent leave to seek opportunities elsewhere, the route to a better life outside of the continent is taking many not just through North Africa and the Mediterranean which leads into Europe, but also through countries in South America in the attempt to get to the United States. On June…
What is been described as a long-simmering Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is making Africa headline news after the discovery of cases of the disease at the border of the DRC and Uganda. The Ebola crisis in the DRC which began last August according to the World Health Organization (WHO) has…
Coups in Africa: I always thought the characterization of the African continent, sometimes by many smart, well-meaning journalists, and others, biased in their analysis, makes the continent appear like hell, the worst place to live in the eyes of the world. Narratives following the recent coup and ouster of long-time Sudanese leader Omar al Bashir help…
Fighting in Libya Threatens Security in Entire Northern Africa Region In Libya, the news is not about progress in the country – it’s about instability there which helped push American troops out, albeit temporarily. It’s not clear where the U.S. troops, escaping the intense fighting in Tripoli, are relocating to. Eight years after former Libyan leader…
Algeria, in Northern Africa, is considered a hotbed of the so-called Arab Spring movement. The Arab Spring which came alive in the December 2010 period swept away legitimate, yet authoritarian governments in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen in a revolution by civil society movements. The movements are believed to have laid the foundation for civil wars…
The nation of Mozambique in South-Eastern Africa suffered catastrophic damages following what is being described as a Tropical Cyclone Idai starting on March 4. The storms intensified thereafter, continuing into the week of March 18, leaving many deaths and plenty of destruction, including submerged buildings. According to News24, “Tropical cyclone Idai has made headlines across…
A few hours after a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet, owned and operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, on March 10, the story about what happened quickly swung from the many victims who lost their lives in the accident to questions such as what version of aircraft…
I stumbled upon this story about the chaotic situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) on TV Newswer, a website focused on things that are going on in the media and telecommunications landscape. Then I turned to the reporting that correspondent Cynthia McFadden had produced for NBC News pertaining to her recent trip to the…
Reports that an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed Sunday, March 10 en route from Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital to Nairobi, Kenya woke me up early in the morning. I received two alerts on my smartphone early in the morning, from the New York Times, as well as from Reuters, which…
There has been plenty of news relating to the African continent over the last several weeks but Saturday’s presidential election in Nigeria is the one event that garnered the most headlines. The presidential elections were held on Saturday, February 23 a week after it was delayed by the country’s Independent National Elections Commission (INEC). The…