These are sorrowful times in America. Once again, tragedy hit the United States the weekend of August 4, when shootings rocked El Paso in Texas, and hours later in Dayton, Ohio. Sadly, these shootings in the U.S. are orchestrated with the use of high-powered guns, some considered weapons of war in the hands of civilians…
As more people from the African continent leave to seek opportunities elsewhere, the route to a better life outside of the continent is taking many not just through North Africa and the Mediterranean which leads into Europe, but also through countries in South America in the attempt to get to the United States. On June…
A few hours after a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet, owned and operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, on March 10, the story about what happened quickly swung from the many victims who lost their lives in the accident to questions such as what version of aircraft…
During the 36th Annual Black World Conference at Metropolitan State University of Denver on February 13, Africa Agenda founder George Bamu spoke about African Politics and the Western Media. It’s a subject that the organization and its leaders hold near and dear to heart. Africa Agenda, a U.S. 501c (3) non-profit was founded with a mission…
If you are like me I am sure you’ve been wondering what is going on with recent news from the African continent. For example — I met a gentleman who I’ll refer to simply as a friend — at a restaurant in Aurora, Colorado on January 16. After a brief conversation, he quickly asked me…
“Coverage of the African continent constitutes only 5.6 percent of international news produced by US news media. This 5.6 percent offers for its intended audience little depth in the portrayal of an entire continent. Asya A. Besova, and Skye Chance Cooley, Foreign News and Public Opinion, 2010” We designed this page to give you direct access…
I did not know many of the reports Peter S. Goodman alluded to in his January 27 article in The New York Times had come out until University of Colorado (CU) professor of Anthropology Laura Deluca drew my attention to them. Deluca spends much of her time learning about the African continent and interacting with its…
Editor’s Note: The original KUSA 9 News story was published in February 2016 but we returned to it because of how important it is. The Cameroon situation continues into 2018 and many fear it could lead to a full-scale civil war in the country. The Southern Cameroons issue which is plaguing the African nation of…
As Barack Obama wraps up his time as president of the United States, we are looking back at the relations he forged with the African continent and what was achieved during the last eight years. A few months ago, we looked at what U.S. official trips to Africa can tell us about U.S.-Africa relations, especially during…
This week’s most important headlines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg visits Nigeria and Kenya, and African migrants flow into Mexico. Mexico Issues Transit Visas to African Migrants According to an Associated Press story reprinted by the Colorado Springs Gazette, authorities in Mexico have recently issued transit visas…