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After Years of Conflict, Libya Struggles for Unity

An African Nation Con­tend­ing with Two Gov­ern­ments Ten­sions in Libya have risen again with the appoint­ment of a new Pre­mier, Fathi Bashagha, by the Par­lia­ment in Tobruk. Bashagha is now con­tend­ing for the posi­tion with Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, an UN-rec­og­nized leader. After the announce­ment, Bashagha went to Tripoli air­port to deliv­er his inau­gur­al speech as…

Coverage Shows How and Why Africa Got Cheated at COP26

The 2021 UN-orga­nized Cli­mate Change Con­fer­ence or COP26 was held from Octo­ber 31 to Novem­ber 13 in Glas­gow, Unit­ed King­dom.  As a region most vul­ner­a­ble to the effects of cli­mate change, cov­er­age on Africa’s agen­da at COP26 focused on cli­mate finance and jus­tice. Going into COP26, the African Group of Nego­tia­tor’s mes­sage to devel­oped nations was…

With the Goncourt Prize Win, Senegal’s Mbougar Sarr Sends a Message

  The pres­ti­gious 2021 Goncourt Prize has been won by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, with his nov­el “La plus secrète mémoire des hommes”, or “The most secret mem­o­ry of men.” The book was pub­lished in France by Philippe Rey. Mohamed Mbougar Sarr thus became the first writer from sub-Saha­ran Africa to receive France’s most pres­ti­gious lit­er­ary prize.…

With Omicron the Stigmatization of Africa Grows

Just as the Omi­cron vari­ant of COVID-19 or coro­n­avirus began spread­ing, the Unit­ed States and oth­er West­ern gov­ern­ments imposed a trav­el ban on 8 South­ern African nations: South Africa, Botswana, Zim­bab­we, Namib­ia, Lesotho, Eswa­ti­ni, Mozam­bique, and Malawi. South Africa, the region’s largest econ­o­my, and where the vari­ant orig­i­nat­ed, suf­fered the most from the ban.  On Nov.…

Uganda Issues New Directives for Foreign Journalists

KAMPALA, UGANDA — Human rights activists are denounc­ing a new Ugan­dan direc­tive to scru­ti­nize jour­nal­ists work­ing for for­eign media. On Thurs­day, Paul Ekochu, the chair­man of the Ugan­dan government’s Media Coun­cil, said jour­nal­ists work­ing in the coun­try for for­eign outlets