In Case You Missed It 9/20/15 — 9/27/15

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, the Oba­ma admin­is­tra­tion pro­vides aid to help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS, the admin­is­tra­tion is increas­ing efforts to stop Boko Haram, the sit­u­a­tion in Burk­i­na Faso con­tin­ues to evolve, Nige­ria holds its own…

In Case You Missed It 9/1/15 – 9/6/15

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 the threat posed by reli­gious rad­i­cals in a Cen­tral African nation, the effects of tech­no­log­i­cal inno­va­tion in many African coun­tries, and a sport­ing extrav­a­gan­za begins in Braz­zav­ille. 1. Reli­gious rad­i­cals risk…

In Case You Missed It 8/24/15 — 8/30/15

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 eco­nom­ic slow­down, a vic­to­ry for Kenya’s ath­letes, a set­back for Sier­ra Leone in the bat­tle against Ebo­la, and Chad’s crack­down on Boko Haram ter­ror­ists. 1. African Economies Slow Down Due to…

In Case You Missed It 8/11/15 — 8/16/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up.  The week bring news about a live-tweet that made news around the world, a trav­el web­site that is expand­ing into mar­kets in Africa, anoth­er men­ace from the Boko Haram and a crack down on slave own­ers in…

In Case You Missed It 8/4/15 — 8/8/15

 The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing  Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up.  This week brings news about talks of Musev­eni run­ning for re-elec­­tion as pres­i­dent of Ugan­da, Cameroon returns 12,000 Niger­ian refugees, and a Mali hotel siege that ends with 12 peo­ple dead. Mesev­eni seek­ing anoth­er term in office After…

In Case You Missed It: 6/20/15 — 6/27/15

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…

In Case You Missed It 07/6/15 – 07/11/15

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…

In Case You Missed It 6/29/15 — 7/5/15

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…

In Case You Missed It 06/22/15–06/28/15

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…

Zimbabwe Tries Again

Pho­to: All Africa.com A good friend of mine in Harare said to me three years ago, “please let there be no elec­tions. The peo­ple here fear noth­ing more. We just want to be left alone for long enough to rebuild.” Most peo­ple agree that elec­tions are quin­tes­sen­tial demo­c­ra­t­ic rit­u­als. But faux elec­tions may only make…