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After Years of Conflict, Libya Struggles for Unity

An African Nation Con­tend­ing with Two Gov­ern­ments Ten­sions in Libya have risen again with the appoint­ment of a new Pre­mier, Fathi Bashagha, by the Par­lia­ment in Tobruk. Bashagha is now con­tend­ing for the posi­tion with Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, an UN-rec­og­nized leader. After the announce­ment, Bashagha went to Tripoli air­port to deliv­er his inau­gur­al speech as…

African Women Are Taking a Stand in Colorado, USA Politics 

Han­na Bogale is one of 7 can­di­dates run­ning to fill two at-large posi­tions on the Auro­ra, Col­orado city coun­cil.  As a sec­ond-gen­er­a­­tion Ethiopi­an Amer­i­can, she believes it is crit­i­cal for more Africans to become involved in pol­i­tics to encour­age the younger gen­er­a­tion to get their voic­es heard. “Every­body in the African com­mu­ni­ty hears Amer­i­can pol­i­tics and…

With Coverage of Guinea Coup, US News Media Dumb Down the News

I’ve writ­ten about US news media cov­er­age of the African con­ti­nent over the course of many years. In my analy­sis of the cov­er­age seen, the empha­sis con­tin­ues to be on what’s wrong with the con­ti­nent, with lit­tle effort made to report progress made over many decades of African social, eco­nom­ic, and demo­c­ra­t­ic change. The coverage…

Cameroon Anglophone Crisis Receives Attention from CNN

A desta­bi­liz­ing war between the gov­ern­ment in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and Anglo­phone sep­a­ratists has been going on for more than four years. Hun­dreds of civil­ians have died as a result. Thou­sands have been dis­placed and are now refugees in neigh­bor­ing coun­tries. Most nego­ti­a­tions to resolve the con­flict appear to have failed. With each pass­ing day that…

Headlines Tag Late Tanzanian Hero John Magufuli with Covid-19 Stigma

The news head­lines fol­low­ing the pass­ing of Tan­zan­ian leader John Magu­fuli paint him in a neg­a­tive light. This is not fair.  Magu­fuli became pres­i­dent in 2015 and won reelec­tion to a sec­ond term fol­low­ing the Octo­ber 2020 gen­er­al elec­tions. Tan­za­nia is often hailed as one of the African continent’s most demo­c­ra­t­ic, polit­i­cal­ly sta­ble, and pros­per­ous African nations.…