In Case You Missed It: 4/25/16 – 5/1/16

  The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. Papa Wem­ba’s Lega­cy Cel­e­brat­ed World­wide  The musi­cal lega­cy of Papa Wem­ba, the Con­golese musi­cian who died on April 24, is being cel­e­brat­ed not just through­out the Africa con­ti­nent but around the world. Wem­ba col­lapsed on stage…

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In Case You Missed It: 4/18/16 — 4/24/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, Ugan­da revis­es plan for oil pipeline, and the Repub­lic of Con­go gets a new Prime Min­is­ter. Ugan­da to Export Oil Through Tan­za­nia Ugan­da has decid­ed that it will build a pipeline through Tanzania…

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In Case You Missed It: 4/11/16 – 4/18/16

In this week’s news, African lead­ers gath­er in Ethiopia for a high-lev­­el secu­ri­ty sum­mit, and investors in Africa cau­tioned not to leave too soon. The Econ­o­mist Cau­tions Not To Pull Out of Africa Too Soon It’s true there are plen­ty of con­cerns among the mil­lions of investors who have put their mon­ey and hopes in the economies…

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In Case You Missed It: 4/4/16 — 4/10/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, Dar­fur decides to vote on their polit­i­cal future, Nige­ria looks to the cos­mos, and Ethiopia turns to bam­boo for eco­nom­ic boost. Dar­fur Holds Con­tro­ver­sial Elec­tion Dar­fur, a West­ern part of Sudan, is hold­ing a…

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Why U.S. President Should Build Better Relations with Africa

For the sev­en years or so that he’s been in office, U.S. Pres­i­dent, Barack Oba­ma has focused on the African con­ti­nent. This is some­thing that is not talked about much, despite such accom­plish­ments as hold­ing the first US-Africa Lead­ers’ Sum­mit in 2014. Before him, Pres­i­dent George W. Bush was praised for his Africa pol­i­cy. Since the…

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In Case You Missed It: 3/28/16- 4/4/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up.  In this week’s news, the Cen­tral African Repub­lic names a new Prime Min­is­ter, and U.S. econ­o­mist Har­ry Broad­man wants our eco­nom­ic per­cep­tions about Africa to change.  Econ­o­mist, Har­ry Broad­man, Frus­trat­ed By Notion of “Africa As A Country”…

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In Case You Missed It: 3/21/16 — 3/27/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, more than half of Kenyans believe cor­rup­tion is high, and the Unit­ed Nations lists Africa’s hap­pi­est coun­tries. Unit­ed Nations Rank The Hap­pi­est African Coun­tries The Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment Solu­tions Net­work has released the World…

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In Case You Missed It: 3/14/16 — 3/20/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, many coun­tries head to the polls, Egypt makes a major dis­cov­ery, and Nige­ria deals a blow to its women. Major Elec­tions Held in Six African Coun­tries On Sun­day, vot­ers in Benin, Cape Verde, Congo,…

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Issues Relating to Africa — Democrats Lead Republicans

As the 2016 Unit­ed States pres­i­den­tial pri­ma­ry elec­tions con­tin­ue, there are a lot of things on every­one’s mind: issues such as health care, ter­ror­ism, immi­gra­tion reform, and tax­es; as well as ques­tions about how to sup­port a par­tic­u­lar can­di­date. This elec­tion sea­son has been par­tic­u­lar­ly chaot­ic, some­times stress­ful, and full of opin­ion, infor­ma­tion, mis­in­for­ma­tion, and…

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