In Case You Missed It: 01/11/16 – 01/18/16

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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, South Africa goes head-to-head with the U.S. over chick­en, meat and pork, and a new case of Ebo­la is dis­cov­ered in Sier­ra Leone a day after it is declared Ebo­la-free. South Africa Settles…

In Case You Missed It: 1/04/16 — 1/10/16

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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, Net­flix expands to Africa,  the IMF address­es falling oil prices and eco­nom­ic hard­ships in Nige­ria and Cameroon, and Egyp­t’s new par­lia­ment gets to work.     Net­flix Offi­cial­ly Launch­es in Africa Net­flix announced this…

In Case You Missed It: 12/28/15–1/3/16

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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, elec­tions in the Cen­tral African Repub­lic bring hopes for rec­on­cil­i­a­tion, Cameroon’s Pres­i­dent thanks the U.S. for their help in the fight against Boko Haram, and Somalia’s al-Shabab group uses footage of U.S. presidential…

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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…