If you are an avid consumer of international news you may have seen the story that Cable News Network aka CNN ran recently about Russian trolls in Ghana and Nigeria. This story is especially relevant for the United States government as it relates to the issue of meddling in its elections by foreign entities. But…
There has been plenty of news relating to the African continent over the last several weeks but Saturday’s presidential election in Nigeria is the one event that garnered the most headlines. The presidential elections were held on Saturday, February 23 a week after it was delayed by the country’s Independent National Elections Commission (INEC). The…
Editor’s Note: This post was published before the November 6, 2020, U.S. midterm elections. The results show Jason Crow defeating Mike Coffman by 10 points (54.1 by 42.9) Without a doubt, one of the hottest races in the 2018 U.S. midterm election is being fought in Colorado’s Front Range which includes Aurora, Centennial, Brighton, and…
The desertification of Africa, especially in the Sahel region, is a common topic of discussion in climate change related news. The issue of diminishing water resources, and lower agricultural output, are now some of the factors which the mainstream media in the U.S. says is to blame for the continuing African migration to Europe. We see an example in this article by…
“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…
After it was announced that Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi passed away Tuesday, August 21, news organizations around the world began to look at the legacy that Zenawi left behind for Ethiopia. Scanning through the websites for the BBC World Service, CNN, Bloomberg News and USA Today, for the most part, the analysis have…
Vote for Africa’s own Yohaness Gebregeorgis as CNN hero of the year. This story has not filtered much into the local media in Colorado but I take this opportunity to bring it up. After reading about Yohannes Gebregeorgi’s story many times, I am now compelled to do something about it. If you have heard all the commercials…