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…
The most important in this week’s headlines out of and concerning Africa, for those who need help catching up. In the past week, a controversial vote was made in Burundi, another case of Ebola confirmed in Liberia and a victory for LGBT rights in Mozambique. 1. While the U.S. celebrates a victory for LGBTQ couples…
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…
With the resignation of Sepp Blatter coming just four days after his fifth re-election to the head of FIFA, many are wondering what is in store for Issa Hayatou, the head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Some are saying he should be next in line for the head of FIFA, which will most…
Today a country once separated by Apartheid has become the center stage of xenophobia. The headlines have been filled daily with the ongoing killing of foreigners in South Africa. When we think of South Africa, Nelson Mandela’s strength and fight for freedom is what comes to mind. This contributed in making South Africa the nation that…
There is a cliché in the news business which says, ‘if it bleeds, it leads.’ It’s a reporter’s frame of mind when dealing with big news stories and events of the moment. By this maxim, there is a tendency for crises, and disaster-like events to garner much attention to the detriment of everything else. So,…
The recent Russian annexation of Crimea is a hot-button international issue that pits the West against Russia and has brought back memories of the Cold War. While this goes on, little attention has been paid to the position of many African nations on the issue. Many of the countries which make up the African Union (AU)…
Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie is a hero, if not a literary star, among today’s generation of young Africans. Adichie’s “The danger of a Single Story,” a Ted Talk she gave in 2009 about the single African narrative portrayed by the media that focuses solely on poverty, destitution, and hopelessness, has received more than 6 million…
News that the African continent is making progress continues to pour in. Not only is the continent making progress economically and politically, but optimism by the African people is also playing a role in this as well. In a recent Pew Research Center survey of eight nations, the research found that Africans were more optimistic about…