In Case You Missed It 07/6/15 – 07/11/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa.  In the week just passed we look at two Africa-relat­ed sto­ries mak­ing head­line news around the world. Police arrest oppo­si­tion par­ty lead­ers in Ugan­da and Ethiopia releas­es blog­gers as Oba­ma vis­it nears. Ugan­da crack down on the oppo­si­tion  In the lead up to elec­tions in…

Denverite Encouraged by Resilient Spirit of Kenyans

Sep­tem­ber 21 marked a day of shock and con­fu­sion for many peo­ple in Kenya when news spread of an attack at the West­gate Shop­ping Cen­ter in Nairo­bi’s trendy West­lands neigh­bor­hood, an area fre­quent­ed by many for­eign­ers. A total of 67 peo­ple were report­ed­ly killed in the siege that last­ed about four days. Ter­ror­ists tor­tured, killed,…