The George Floyd Matter — Local Issue, Global Consequences

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The recent trag­ic death of George Floyd, anoth­er black vic­tim of police bru­tal­i­ty in Amer­i­ca, shook the world. Although occur­ring amidst arguably the dead­liest pan­dem­ic in mod­ern his­to­ry, the coro­n­avirus, news of his death stirred up a lot of emo­tions across the globe. These emo­tions led to protests through­out all 50 states in Amer­i­ca, and even…

Ebola in the DRC – Clashes in the Sudan – Africa Headlines

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What is been described as a long-sim­mer­ing Ebo­la epi­dem­ic in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go (DRC) is mak­ing Africa head­line news after the dis­cov­ery of cas­es of the dis­ease at the bor­der of the DRC and Ugan­da. The Ebo­la cri­sis in the DRC which began last August accord­ing to the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) has…

Post-Election Affairs in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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Edi­tor’s Note: A lot has hap­pened in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go (DRC) since the Decem­ber 30, 2018 elec­tions. In this analy­sis, our own Uni­qua Smith scout­ed the web and oth­er sources for news and infor­ma­tion fol­low­ing the his­toric trans­fer of pow­er in the nation.  In the process of find­ing out what is tak­ing place Smith…

In Case You Missed It: 3/27/17 — 4/2/17

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This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Unit­ed States Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump tar­gets Soma­lia, the Unit­ed Nations deals a blow to the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of the Con­go, and a Niger­ian pilot makes his­to­ry. US Orders Airstrikes in Soma­lia In an effort to fight ter­ror­ism around the world, President…

In Case You Missed It: 4/25/16 – 5/1/16

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  The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. Papa Wem­ba’s Lega­cy Cel­e­brat­ed World­wide  The musi­cal lega­cy of Papa Wem­ba, the Con­golese musi­cian who died on April 24, is being cel­e­brat­ed not just through­out the Africa con­ti­nent but around the world. Wem­ba col­lapsed on stage…

In Case You Missed It 10/5/15 — 10/11/15

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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 air­line expan­sion, a polit­i­cal res­ig­na­tion, and vot­ers in Guinea head to the polls. Ethiopi­an Air­lines Look­ing to Expand Ethiopi­an Air­lines — Africa’s largest air­line — is look­ing to expand. They plan to…