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In Case You Missed It: 1/16/17–1/22/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, 16 coun­tries com­pete in the African Cup of Nations and a crack­down on social media in Cameroon. African Cup of Nations Holds in Gabon Foot­ball or soc­cer is a glob­al sport. As the most pop­u­lar sport in the African con­ti­nent, it’s no…

In Case You Missed It: 1/3/17 – 1/16/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news,world lead­ers wrap up the 2017 France-Africa sum­mit in Mali, and embat­tled Gam­bian leader Yayah Jam­meh con­tin­ues to lead the Africa news head­lines around the world. With France-Africa sum­mit 2017, Fran­cois Hol­lande Builds Africa lega­cy This week the 27th France-Africa sum­mit was held…

In Case You Missed It: 12/26/16 — 1/2/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, pol­i­tics take cen­ter stage in the African con­ti­nent. Elec­tions in The Gam­bia and Ghana are being final­ized and a look ahead to Zim­bab­we in 2018.  Elec­tion Results in The Gam­bia Gam­bian Pres­i­dent Yahya Jam­meh sur­prised near­ly the entire world when he acknowledged…

In Case You Missed It 10/31/16 — 11/6/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, beau­ty goes beyond skin, a Tan­zan­ian pro­fes­sor gets a new job, and a miss­ing Chi­bok school­girl is found. World’s First Albi­no Beau­ty Pageant Held In Kenya Over the years, many peo­ple and orga­ni­za­tions have worked to spread aware­ness of the prej­u­dices albi­nos face.…

In Case You Missed It: 10/24/16 — 10/30/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Kenya is set to have the largest wind farm on the con­ti­nent and the Inter­na­tion­al Crim­i­nal Court los­es Burun­di, Gam­bia and South Africa. Kenya to host largest wind farm in Africa There has been an influx of ener­gy invest­ment toward the…

In Case You Missed It: 9/19/16 — 9/25/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, France invests in Africa, art saves lives, and float­ing pow­er plants make waves off Africa’s coast. Man Used Art to Save Peo­ple Dur­ing Ebo­la Cri­sis Dur­ing last year’s major Ebo­la out­break, UNICEF called on artists to cre­ate infor­ma­tive posters on how…

In Case You Missed It: 9/12/16 — 9/18/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Moroc­co’s mosques tran­si­tion­ing to solar ener­gy, Burun­di­an refugees are offered a uni­ver­si­ty edu­ca­tion in Rwan­da and Ethiopi­an Elec­tric Pow­er signs a deal with neigh­bor­ing coun­tries. Green pro­gram to pro­vide solar ener­gy for all mosques in Moroc­co One of the 15,000 mosques expected…

In Case You Missed It: 9/05/16 — 9/11/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Niger­ian film­mak­ers get a big break and Ghana’s women take to the roads. Toron­to Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val Turns Spot­light to Nige­ria Lagos, Nige­ria was cho­sen by the Toron­to Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­it­val (TIFF) to take part in its 2016 City to City program.…