Sierra Leone Independence Day

Coloradans Gather for Sierra Leone’s Independence Day Celebration

Africans and African Americans, Africans in Colorado, Culture and Society, Headline, West Africa

April 27 marked 62 years since the African nation of Sier­ra Leone attained its inde­pen­dence from Great Britain.  The local com­mu­ni­ty of Sier­ra Leoneans in Col­orado did not want this impor­tant his­tor­i­cal event to pass by silent­ly. So, they sent out invi­ta­tions, pre­pared dish­es, ordered a vari­ety of drinks, and gath­ered in the halls of…

Top Questions Remain Following VP Harris’ Africa Visit

China in Africa, East Africa, Headline, Southern Africa, West Africa

Unit­ed States Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris com­plet­ed a three-nation African Tour, vis­it­ing Ghana, Zam­bia, and Tan­za­nia. “It was an hon­our being in Ghana, Tan­za­nia and Zam­bia – strength­en­ing the very impor­tant rela­tion­ship and friend­ship between the peo­ple of the Unit­ed States and those who live on the con­ti­nent of Africa” Tweet­ed Kamala Har­ris. What inspired…

Relations with Africa, Asia are on brink of collapse — to Russia’s benefit

African News Review, Headline, Politico EULeave a comment

Jérémy Lis­sou­ba is a mem­ber of parlia­ment for the main oppo­si­tion par­ty in the Repub­lic of Con­go. He’s also a deputy judge in the country’s High Court of Jus­tice and an alum­nus of the Oba­ma Foundation’s 2018 Africa Lead­ers Pro­gram. Over a year since the war in Ukraine began, the world remains caught in the…

Colorado Community Gathers to Support Women, Agriculture in East Africa

Climate and the Environment, East Africa, Headline

Thanks to Den­ver-based Africa Devel­op­ment Promise (ADP), an esti­mat­ed 150 peo­ple came out to wit­ness the work that the Amer­i­can NGO does, thou­sands of miles away from its Col­orado head­quar­ters. Billed as a Win­ter Gala, the fundrais­ing event occurred on Sat­ur­day, March 4. The loca­tion was the Arva­da Cen­ter for the Arts and Human­i­ties.  Attendees…

The Status of Nigeria’s February 25 Elections

Elections and Democracy, Headline, West Africa

Edi­tor’s Notes: Nige­ri­ans go to the polls on Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 25 to elect the coun­try’s next pres­i­dent. The top three con­tenders in the elec­tion are Peter Obi, rep­re­sent­ing the Labour Par­ty, for­mer vice-pres­i­­dent Atiku Abubakar who is rep­re­sent­ing the Peo­ple’s Demo­c­ra­t­ic Party(PDP), and Bola Tin­ubu, rep­re­sent­ing the All Pro­gres­sive Congress(APC) par­ty. Cur­rent Pres­i­dent, Muham­madu Buhari…