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Coverage of Nigerian Elections Not Fair and Balanced

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 “Nobody’s ambi­tion is worth the blood of any Niger­ian,” said out­go­ing Niger­ian Pres­i­dent Good­luck Jonathan in a state­ment con­grat­u­lat­ing his suc­ces­sor, Mohamadou Buhari on his vic­to­ry. “I promised the coun­try free and fair elec­tions. I have kept my word.” The March 28 elec­tion has become one of the most talked-about elec­tions in Africa. This elec­tion was…

African Reports Focus on Disease and Wildlife

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CBS’s 60 Min­utes has an “African prob­lem.” After being lam­bast­ed three weeks ago in a pub­lic let­ter to the orga­ni­za­tion, penned by Colum­bia School of Jour­nal­ism pro­fes­sor and for­mer New York Times reporter Howard French and signed by over 150 oth­er jour­nal­ists and pro­fes­sors, CBS is strug­gling to defend its cov­er­age of the Ebo­la out­break. The letter…

Colorado ‑Africa Summit Creating Awareness about Africa Opportunities

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In August of this year, Pres­i­dent Oba­ma held an unprece­dent­ed three-day sum­mit in Wash­ing­ton D.C. which brought togeth­er CEOs, Heads of State, and oth­er offi­cials to dis­cuss how to build stronger U.S. — Africa part­ner­ships. The D.C sum­mit result­ed in deals worth bil­lions of dol­lars intend­ed to boost U.S. eco­nom­ic invest­ment in Africa. Africa Agenda…

African Journalists Pay Visit to Africa Agenda

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Thanks to World Den­ver and the U.S. Depart­ment of State Inter­na­tion­al Vis­i­tor Lead­er­ship Pro­gram (IVLP), on Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 29, 15 Inves­tiga­tive Jour­nal­ists from West Africa paid a vis­it to the Africa Agen­da orga­ni­za­tion in Den­ver, Col­orado. The vis­it includ­ed a dis­cus­sion about inno­v­a­tive ways of deliv­er­ing news today, free­dom of the press in Africa, how…

Video: Agricultural Co-ops- Enabling Economic Advancement in Africa

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Mon­i­ca LaBiche-Brown, exec­u­tive direc­tor of Africa Devel­op­ment Promise, sat down for an inter­view with Africa Agen­da to dis­cuss the organization’s plans for build­ing path­ways to eco­nom­ic inde­pen­dence in Africa. These coop­er­a­tives or co-ops are espe­cial­ly impor­tant in areas of rur­al Africa where small farm­ers may not have the mon­e­tary funds avail­able to grow and sustain…

Cameroon’s Reunification Monument: A New Historical and Touristic Destination

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There are var­ied opin­ions about Africa, includ­ing the Cen­tral African nation of Cameroon. When vis­it­ing Cameroon for the first time, peo­ple expect dif­fer­ent things. But what seems to be giv­ing Cameroon and Buea, the South West Region­al Head­quar­ters and for­mer Cap­i­tal of Ger­man Kamerun, in par­tic­u­lar a new image, is the new his­tor­i­cal touris­tic site,…