Cameroonians in Colorado Rally Against President Paul Biya

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Since Novem­ber 2016, the African nation of Cameroon has been embroiled in civ­il unrest marked by demon­stra­tions and boy­cotts against the Fran­­coph­o­ne-dom­i­­nat­ed gov­ern­ment of Pres­i­dent Paul Biya. Recent news reports point to many civil­ian deaths through police action, while oth­ers, includ­ing jour­nal­ists, lawyers, and civ­il soci­ety lead­ers, have been arrest­ed and placed on tri­al. The Cameroon administration…

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In Case You Missed It: 2/6/17–2/12/17

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This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, impactAFRICA pro­pos­als are being accept­ed across the African con­ti­nent, Soma­li­a’s new­ly elect­ed pres­i­dent has dual‑U.S. cit­i­zen­ship, and Moroc­co is read­mit­ted to the African Union. impactAFRICA encour­ag­ing inno­va­tion for bud­ding jour­nal­ists ImpactAFRICA is the sis­ter ini­tia­tive of Inno­vateAfrica, a com­pet­i­tive pro­gram that seeks…

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In Case You Missed It: 1/30/17 — 2/6/17

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This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Africans scru­ti­nize Unit­ed States Sec­re­tary of State Rex Tiller­son­’s role in enabling dic­ta­tors in the con­ti­nent and despite the Africa Cup Of Nations (AFCON) foot­ball win, the sit­u­a­tion in Cameroon could take a turn for the worse. Rex Tillerson’s Ties to African…

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In Case You Missed It: 1/23/17 ‑1/29/17

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This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, the Gam­bi­a’s new pres­i­dent comes home, African clin­ics face tough times, and one of African lit­er­a­ture’s most impor­tant voic­es pass­es away. Adama Bar­row offi­cial­ly becomes Pres­i­dent of the Gam­bia A week after he was sup­posed to give up pow­er, Gam­bian Pres­i­dent Yahya…

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In Case You Missed It: 1/16/17–1/22/17

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This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, 16 coun­tries com­pete in the African Cup of Nations and a crack­down on social media in Cameroon. African Cup of Nations Holds in Gabon Foot­ball or soc­cer is a glob­al sport. As the most pop­u­lar sport in the African con­ti­nent, it’s no…

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Experts Warn of Civil War in Cameroon

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Beyond aca­d­e­m­ic and diplo­mat­ic cir­cles, many have not heard of the Inter­na­tion­al Cri­sis Group or Cri­sis Group. The Brus­sels-based non-gov­­ern­­men­­tal orga­ni­za­tion, tracks and warns of the poten­tial of con­flict in nations around the world. The group is high­ly respect­ed and often quot­ed in news reports due to their thor­ough research. Just before the Arab Spring…

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In Case You Missed It: 1/3/17 – 1/16/17

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This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news,world lead­ers wrap up the 2017 France-Africa sum­mit in Mali, and embat­tled Gam­bian leader Yayah Jam­meh con­tin­ues to lead the Africa news head­lines around the world. With France-Africa sum­mit 2017, Fran­cois Hol­lande Builds Africa lega­cy This week the 27th France-Africa sum­mit was held…

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In Case You Missed It: 12/26/16 — 1/2/17

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This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, pol­i­tics take cen­ter stage in the African con­ti­nent. Elec­tions in The Gam­bia and Ghana are being final­ized and a look ahead to Zim­bab­we in 2018.  Elec­tion Results in The Gam­bia Gam­bian Pres­i­dent Yahya Jam­meh sur­prised near­ly the entire world when he acknowledged…

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