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…
The most important in this week’s headlines out of and concerning Africa, for those who need help catching up. This week we look at a story with concerns for Africa’s dwindling middle class, an editorial reminds Obama about his own statements, a big headline about a Canadian first, and another African leader attempts an extension of…
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, bloggers are freed in an African country, the U.S. deploys troops in Central Africa, and African leaders head to India for a summit. African Leaders Prepare for India-Africa Summit More than…
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 an airline expansion, a political resignation, and voters in Guinea head to the polls. Ethiopian Airlines Looking to Expand Ethiopian Airlines — Africa’s largest airline — is looking to expand. They plan to…
The most important in this week’s headlines out of and concerning Africa, for those who need help catching up. This week brings controversy over President Obama’s visit to Ethiopia, an election outcome in Burundi and a U.S. visit by Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari. 1. President Barack Obama arrived in Ethiopia Sunday night in the final…
Every time U.S. President, Barack Obama makes a trip to the African continent something interesting happens. The media crowd, those who can’t stop saying negative things about the continent come out and begin their Africa mantra. They did this during Obama’s first stop in the continent as president in 2009. They did it when…
The most important in this week’s headlines out of and concerning Africa, for those who need help catching up. This week saw the release of five jailed Ethiopian bloggers, banning of full face veils in Cameroon and the opening of sub-Saharan Africa’s first Starbucks. 1. Starbucks will open its first sub-Saharan Africa coffee shop in…
The most important in this week’s headlines out of and about Africa. In the week just passed we look at two Africa-related stories making headline news around the world. Police arrest opposition party leaders in Uganda and Ethiopia releases bloggers as Obama visit nears. Uganda crack down on the opposition In the lead up to elections in…
The most important of this week’s headlines out of and concerning Africa, for those who need help catching up. AGOA lives on, Buhari prepares for U.S. visit In the week that just passed, we look at two key stories making headline news about Africa. Both the U.S. House and Senate reauthorized AGOA, or the African Growth Opportunity…
Al-Bashir has escaped the clutches of the International Criminal Court (ICC) … again. Leaving South Africa on his private jet after attending the African Union Summit last week, the President of Sudan, accused of war crimes over his conduct in the Darfur region, somehow felt safe enough to attend an event hosted by a signatory to…