Africa News Highlights — April 11, 2022

DENVER  — (AFRICA NEWS MATTERS)  Each week our staff at Africa News Mat­ters com­piles a list of impor­tant Africa sto­ries to feed your curios­i­ty. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? Ethiopi­an Video Jour­nal­ist for Asso­ci­at­ed Press Released on Bail With World Press Free­dom Day approach­ing, the detain­ment of Ethiopi­an video jour­nal­ist of the Asso­ci­at­ed Press Amir Aman Kiyaro deserves…

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How the Swahili Language Can Lift Up the African Continent

After so many years of talk about its poten­tial, the African con­ti­nent is wak­ing up to under­stand and appre­ci­ate the pow­er of uni­ty rep­re­sent­ed by a lan­guage.  The African Union (AU) offi­cial­ly adopt­ed Kiswahili or Swahili as one of the offi­cial work­ing lan­guages of the African con­ti­nent, the Assem­bly of Heads of State and Government…

CAF Elects New President—The African Continent Rejoices

The Con­fed­er­a­tion of African Foot­ball (CAF), respon­si­ble for orga­niz­ing the African Cup of Nations, elect­ed a new pres­i­dent on March 16 at the Africa Union head­quar­ters in Ethiopia.  He is Madagascar’s Vice-Pres­i­­dent of the Sen­ate, Ahmad Ahmad.  Ahmad, 57, was also the leader of the Mada­gas­car Foot­ball Fed­er­a­tion. He defeat­ed long­time CAF Pres­i­dent, Issa Hayatou…

In Case You Missed It: 2/6/17–2/12/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, impactAFRICA pro­pos­als are being accept­ed across the African con­ti­nent, Soma­li­a’s new­ly elect­ed pres­i­dent has dual‑U.S. cit­i­zen­ship, and Moroc­co is read­mit­ted to the African Union. impactAFRICA encour­ag­ing inno­va­tion for bud­ding jour­nal­ists ImpactAFRICA is the sis­ter ini­tia­tive of Inno­vateAfrica, a com­pet­i­tive pro­gram that seeks…

In Case You Missed It: 6/13/16 — 6/19/16

In this week’s news, Amer­i­can first lady, Michelle Oba­ma, will trav­el to Liberia for a good­will vis­it, and the much-antic­i­­pat­ed African Union e‑passport is set to roll out in July. Michelle Oba­ma Plans Trip to Liberia to Pro­mote Girls’ Edu­ca­tion  U.S. first lady, Michelle Oba­ma and her daugh­ters, Malia and Sasha, will trav­el to Spain, Morocco…

In Case You Missed It: 5/2/16 – 5/8/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, the World Eco­nom­ic Forum on Africa holds in the Rwan­dan cap­i­tal, and African push for a Euro­­pean-style inte­gra­tion of the con­ti­nent. Who Cares: World Eco­nom­ic Forum on Africa Holds In Rwan­da  The 26th…

War Criminals in Africa

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…