In Case You Missed It: 10/24/16 — 10/30/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Kenya is set to have the largest wind farm on the con­ti­nent and the Inter­na­tion­al Crim­i­nal Court los­es Burun­di, Gam­bia and South Africa. Kenya to host largest wind farm in Africa There has been an influx of ener­gy invest­ment toward the…

In Case You Missed It: 9/12/16 — 9/18/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Moroc­co’s mosques tran­si­tion­ing to solar ener­gy, Burun­di­an refugees are offered a uni­ver­si­ty edu­ca­tion in Rwan­da and Ethiopi­an Elec­tric Pow­er signs a deal with neigh­bor­ing coun­tries. Green pro­gram to pro­vide solar ener­gy for all mosques in Moroc­co One of the 15,000 mosques expected…

In Case You Missed It: 12/14/15 — 12/21/15

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, Burun­di takes cen­ter stage in dis­cus­sions at the African Union, the U.S. Sen­ate unan­i­mous­ly pass­es Elec­tri­fy Africa Act. U.S. Sen­ate Pass­es 2015 Elec­tri­fy Africa Bill The leg­is­la­tion which requires the pres­i­dent of the…

In Case You Missed It: 12/7/15 — 12/13/15

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, farm­ers in Burk­i­na Faso take a risk, South Africa appoints a new Min­is­ter of Finance, and Burundi’s cri­sis con­tin­ues. Farm­ers In Burk­i­na Faso Reject Indus­tri­al Farm­ing Farm­ers in Burk­i­na Faso are tak­ing what…

In Case You Missed It 10/26/15 — 11/1/15

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 a beer merg­er which impacts con­sumers in Africa, a change in AGOA trade ben­e­fits, and ter­ror in Soma­lia.   Beer Merg­er Hints at Eco­nom­ic Change Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to pay $100…

In Case You Missed It 9/28/15 — 10/4/15

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, Chi­na con­tin­ues its soft pow­er cam­paign in Africa, a war of words between two East African nations, and the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) makes a pre­dic­tion about the future of AIDS. Chi­na con­tin­ues a…

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 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 6/15/15 — 6/21/15

The most impor­tant of this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. This week, major steps made in the fight against ille­gal ivory poach­ing, a Den­ver fig­ure runs for pres­i­dent in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of the Con­go, and Rwan­da weighs chang­ing its con­sti­tu­tion.  1. As part of a…