Malaria Vaccine Tops the News: May 1, 2017

ENCA.com In this week’s news, the world’s first malar­ia vac­cine is being devel­oped, Chi­na puts pres­sure on African fish­eries, and the Pope vis­its Egypt. Malar­ia Vac­cine Tri­als To Start Soon Begin­ning next year, the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) will begin real-world test­ing of its new malar­ia vac­cine. The vac­cine will be test­ed in Kenya, Ghana, and Malawi…

In Case You Missed It: 4/3/17 – 4/12/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. As the glob­al con­sump­tion of beer increas­es, pro­duc­tion and sales from Africa see growth, and the U.S. Coun­cil of For­eign Rela­tions writes about entrenched African lead­er­ship. Africa Pro­ject­ed to Beat North Amer­i­ca in Beer Sales by 2040 In the last sev­er­al years there has been much…

In Case You Missed It: 3/27/17 — 4/2/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Unit­ed States Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump tar­gets Soma­lia, the Unit­ed Nations deals a blow to the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of the Con­go, and a Niger­ian pilot makes his­to­ry. US Orders Airstrikes in Soma­lia In an effort to fight ter­ror­ism around the world, President…

In Case You Missed It: 3/13/17 — 3/21/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, coun­tries in Africa are lim­it­ing imports to sup­port eco­nom­ic growth, and all African del­e­gates denied visas for Africa Sum­mit held in U.S. African Nations Pro­pose Lim­its to Imports into their Coun­tries Kenya and Ethiopia are among the coun­tries that are tak­ing mea­sures to…

In Case You Missed It: 2/27/17 — 3/5/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Akon brings light to Gam­bia, and a new sick­le cell treat­ment brings hope to mil­lions. Akon Arrives In Gam­bia Rap­per Akon arrived in the Gam­bia this week as part of his “Akon Light­ing Africa” ini­tia­tive. He will meet with Gam­bian President…

In Case You Missed It: 2/21/17 — 2/27/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news,  Nij Collins of Cameroon wins Google Code-In com­pe­ti­tion, the 19th Africa Ener­gy Forum dates are con­firmed, and South Africa remains in the Inter­na­tion­al Crim­i­nal Court despite Pres­i­dent Zuma’s notice of with­draw­al. Google Code-In com­pe­ti­tion sees first black-African win­ner The Google Code-In…

In Case You Missed It: 2/6/17–2/12/17

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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…