Post-Election Affairs in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Edi­tor’s Note: A lot has hap­pened in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go (DRC) since the Decem­ber 30, 2018 elec­tions. In this analy­sis, our own Uni­qua Smith scout­ed the web and oth­er sources for news and infor­ma­tion fol­low­ing the his­toric trans­fer of pow­er in the nation.  In the process of find­ing out what is tak­ing place Smith…

Understanding the Cameroon Anglophne Crisis

This analy­sis was part­ly com­piled using infor­ma­tion from Africa Agenda’s pre­sen­ta­tion “Under­stand­ing the Cri­sis in Cameroon” which was held at the Pos­ner Cen­ter for Inter­na­tion­al Devel­op­ment on Sep­tem­ber 26, 2018.  Dur­ing the pre­sen­ta­tion, Cameroon­ian jour­nal­ist Franklin Sone Bayen, through a con­fer­ence call from the region­al cap­i­tal of Buea, shared his pre-elec­­tion expe­ri­ences with jour­nal­ists and international…

Colorado’s Africans and US Politics

                          The African Com­mu­ni­ty in Col­orado con­tin­ues to grow. As this growth is pro­ject­ed to con­tin­ue, cov­er­age of Colorado’s Africans by local and inter­na­tion­al news media shows us how impor­tant the com­mu­ni­ty is to the state’s pol­i­tics.  The com­mu­ni­ty in Col­orado brings together…

Boko Haram and the Media

Boko Haram is a mil­i­tant group pri­mar­i­ly locat­ed in Nige­ria. The ter­ror­ist orga­ni­za­tion is fight­ing to over­throw the Niger­ian gov­ern­ment and cre­ate an Islam­ic state. Nige­ria is a very reli­gious coun­try with Chris­tian­i­ty and Islam­ic faith being its most pre­dom­i­nant reli­gions and hav­ing a near­­ly-equal ratio split between them. Accord­ing to Hei­di Schultz, an author on…

Three Inaccuracies Identified in Cameroon Story by KUSA 9 News

Edi­tor’s Note: The orig­i­nal KUSA 9 News sto­ry was pub­lished in Feb­ru­ary 2016 but we returned to it because of how impor­tant it is. The Cameroon sit­u­a­tion con­tin­ues into 2018 and many fear it could lead to a full-scale civ­il war in the coun­try. The South­ern Cameroons issue which is plagu­ing the African nation of…

In Case You Missed It: 5/1/17 — 5/31/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, an Ethiopi­an is elect­ed the new WHO Man­ag­ing Direc­tor, South Africa’s Pres­i­dent faces more inves­ti­ga­tions for alleged cor­rup­tion, and long­time Zim­bab­wean leader, Robert Mugabe goes on a speak­ing tour. Ethiopi­an Politi­cian Named Head of the WHO The World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) has elected…

Malaria Vaccine Tops the News: May 1, 2017

ENCA.com In this week’s news, the world’s first malar­ia vac­cine is being devel­oped, Chi­na puts pres­sure on African fish­eries, and the Pope vis­its Egypt. Malar­ia Vac­cine Tri­als To Start Soon Begin­ning next year, the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) will begin real-world test­ing of its new malar­ia vac­cine. The vac­cine will be test­ed in Kenya, Ghana, and Malawi…

In Case You Missed It: 4/3/17 – 4/12/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. As the glob­al con­sump­tion of beer increas­es, pro­duc­tion and sales from Africa see growth, and the U.S. Coun­cil of For­eign Rela­tions writes about entrenched African lead­er­ship. Africa Pro­ject­ed to Beat North Amer­i­ca in Beer Sales by 2040 In the last sev­er­al years there has been much…

In Case You Missed It: 3/27/17 — 4/2/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Unit­ed States Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump tar­gets Soma­lia, the Unit­ed Nations deals a blow to the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of the Con­go, and a Niger­ian pilot makes his­to­ry. US Orders Airstrikes in Soma­lia In an effort to fight ter­ror­ism around the world, President…

In Case You Missed It: 3/13/17 — 3/21/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, coun­tries in Africa are lim­it­ing imports to sup­port eco­nom­ic growth, and all African del­e­gates denied visas for Africa Sum­mit held in U.S. African Nations Pro­pose Lim­its to Imports into their Coun­tries Kenya and Ethiopia are among the coun­tries that are tak­ing mea­sures to…