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In Case You Missed It: 11/23/15 — 11/29/15

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, Pope Fran­cis vis­its Africa, the cit­i­zens of Burk­i­na Faso cast their votes, and the WHO is crit­i­cized for their Ebo­la response. Pope Fran­cis Vis­its Africa Pope Fran­cis embarked on a six-day mis­sion to…

Energy Africa Conference Brings Together a Powerhouse of Speakers

Per­haps it shouldn’t come as a sur­prise that Gold­en, Col­orado sees its fair share of annu­al inter­na­tion­al con­fer­ences. Craft and cor­po­rate brew­eries make the land­scape near­ly as famous as the Rocky Moun­tains. Gold­en also hosts its fair share of meet­ings focused on inno­va­tions in ener­gy. The Nation­al Renew­able Ener­gy Lab­o­ra­to­ry (NREL) is head­quar­tered here. NREL…

In Case You Missed It 11/9/15 — 11/15/15

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, lead­ers reject EU plans for Africa, East African nations step up secu­ri­ty, and big news from Zim­bab­we. After Paris attacks, Kenya and Ugan­da step up secu­ri­ty Kenya and Ugan­da have stepped up security…

In Case You Missed It 11/2/15 — 11/8/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. This week brings news of the world’s largest solar pow­er plant, an African data boom, record num­bers of African immi­grants in the US, and anoth­er vic­to­ry over Ebo­la. Moroc­co to Build World’s Largest Solar Pow­er Plant Moroc­co is currently…

In Case You Missed It 10/26/15 — 11/1/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. This week brings news of a beer merg­er which impacts con­sumers in Africa, a change in AGOA trade ben­e­fits, and ter­ror in Soma­lia.   Beer Merg­er Hints at Eco­nom­ic Change Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to pay $100…

In Case You Missed It 10/19/15 to 10/25/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. This week we look at a sto­ry with con­cerns for Africa’s dwin­dling mid­dle class, an edi­to­r­i­al reminds Oba­ma about his own state­ments, a big head­line about a Cana­di­an first, and anoth­er African leader attempts an exten­sion of…

In Case You Missed It 10/12/15 — 10/18/15

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, blog­gers are freed in an African coun­try, the U.S. deploys troops in Cen­tral Africa, and African lead­ers head to India for a sum­mit.     African Lead­ers Pre­pare for India-Africa Sum­mit  More than…

In Case You Missed It 10/5/15 — 10/11/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. This week brings news of an air­line expan­sion, a polit­i­cal res­ig­na­tion, and vot­ers in Guinea head to the polls. Ethiopi­an Air­lines Look­ing to Expand Ethiopi­an Air­lines — Africa’s largest air­line — is look­ing to expand. They plan to…

Emmanuel Weyi Aims to Change the Democratic Republic of Congo

It’s dif­fi­cult to write about the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go (DRC) with­out refer­ring to its unsta­ble and author­i­tar­i­an past. It’s a past that brings reminders about Patrice Lumum­ba, Mubu­tu Sesse Seko, Lau­rent-Desire Kabi­la, Bel­gian col­o­niza­tion, and Zaire. The tumul­tuous past remains a back­drop even as the coun­try charges for­ward in a new era of elec­tions and…

In Case You Missed It 9/28/15 — 10/4/15

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, Chi­na con­tin­ues its soft pow­er cam­paign in Africa, a war of words between two East African nations, and the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) makes a pre­dic­tion about the future of AIDS. Chi­na con­tin­ues a…