In Case You Missed It: 12/21/15 — 12/27/15

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, an African actress is cast in new Har­ry Pot­ter play, Ben­in’s PM walks away from a heli­copter crash, and an explo­sion in Nige­ria kills nine. African Actress Cast As Hermione Granger Actress Noma Dumezweni…

In Case You Missed It: 12/14/15 — 12/21/15

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, Burun­di takes cen­ter stage in dis­cus­sions at the African Union, the U.S. Sen­ate unan­i­mous­ly pass­es Elec­tri­fy Africa Act. U.S. Sen­ate Pass­es 2015 Elec­tri­fy Africa Bill The leg­is­la­tion which requires the pres­i­dent of the…

In Case You Missed It: 12/7/15 — 12/13/15

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, farm­ers in Burk­i­na Faso take a risk, South Africa appoints a new Min­is­ter of Finance, and Burundi’s cri­sis con­tin­ues. Farm­ers In Burk­i­na Faso Reject Indus­tri­al Farm­ing Farm­ers in Burk­i­na Faso are tak­ing what…

In Case You Missed It: 11/30/15 — 12/6/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. This week, the Africa Pavil­ion at COP21 kicks off, Chi­na gives $60 bil­lion in aid to Africa, and Libya takes steps towards peace. Africa Pavil­ion at COP21 Begins A pan­el com­prised of African heads of state, government…

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…

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…