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In Case You Missed It: 4/11/16 – 4/18/16

In this week’s news, African lead­ers gath­er in Ethiopia for a high-lev­­el secu­ri­ty sum­mit, and investors in Africa cau­tioned not to leave too soon. The Econ­o­mist Cau­tions Not To Pull Out of Africa Too Soon It’s true there are plen­ty of con­cerns among the mil­lions of investors who have put their mon­ey and hopes in the economies…

In Case You Missed It: 4/4/16 — 4/10/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, Dar­fur decides to vote on their polit­i­cal future, Nige­ria looks to the cos­mos, and Ethiopia turns to bam­boo for eco­nom­ic boost. Dar­fur Holds Con­tro­ver­sial Elec­tion Dar­fur, a West­ern part of Sudan, is hold­ing a…

In Case You Missed It: 3/28/16- 4/4/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up.  In this week’s news, the Cen­tral African Repub­lic names a new Prime Min­is­ter, and U.S. econ­o­mist Har­ry Broad­man wants our eco­nom­ic per­cep­tions about Africa to change.  Econ­o­mist, Har­ry Broad­man, Frus­trat­ed By Notion of “Africa As A Country”…

In Case You Missed It: 3/21/16 — 3/27/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, more than half of Kenyans believe cor­rup­tion is high, and the Unit­ed Nations lists Africa’s hap­pi­est coun­tries. Unit­ed Nations Rank The Hap­pi­est African Coun­tries The Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment Solu­tions Net­work has released the World…

In Case You Missed It: 3/14/16 — 3/20/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, many coun­tries head to the polls, Egypt makes a major dis­cov­ery, and Nige­ria deals a blow to its women. Major Elec­tions Held in Six African Coun­tries On Sun­day, vot­ers in Benin, Cape Verde, Congo,…

In Case You Missed It: 3/7/16 – 3/13/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, Ivory Coast is rat­ed a top spot for prospec­tive investors into the African con­ti­nent, and two eco­nom­ic giants try to bridge their dif­fer­ence. Nige­ria And South Africa Mend Diplo­mat­ic Fences There is plenty…

In Case You Missed It: 2/29/16 — 3/06/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, old guns pro­vide a new eco­nom­ic prospect, and Africa’s mil­lion­aires are on the rise. Ango­la Recy­cles Old Guns To Cre­ate Steel Mill Four­teen years after the end of Ango­la’s decades-long civ­il war, the coun­try has…

In Case you Missed It 2/22/16 — 2/27/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, after a runoff elec­tion the Cen­tral African Repub­lic picks Faustin Archange Touadéra to lead the coun­try, the U.S. con­sid­ers action to stem the tide in Boko Haram-relat­ed killings in Nige­ria, and Zim­bab­we’s leader…

In Case You Missed It: 2/15/16 — 2/21/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. This week, Ethiopia con­tin­ues their suc­cess­ful fight against HIV/AIDS, Zam­bian Pres­i­dent promis­es to have a female run­ning mate in upcom­ing elec­tion,  and Nige­ri­a’s army takes on Human Rights vio­la­tions. Ethiopia Plans to Elim­i­nate AIDS by 2030 Ethiopi­a’s Federal…

In Case You Missed It: 02/08/16 – 02/15/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, the Oba­ma admin­is­tra­tion fis­cal year bud­get 2017 requests 7.1 bil­lion in assis­tance to the African con­ti­nent, and for­mer Chadean Leader, Hissene Habre, faces life in prison if con­vict­ed for crimes against human­i­ty. Obama…