In Case You Missed It: 2/21/17 — 2/27/17

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This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news,  Nij Collins of Cameroon wins Google Code-In com­pe­ti­tion, the 19th Africa Ener­gy Forum dates are con­firmed, and South Africa remains in the Inter­na­tion­al Crim­i­nal Court despite Pres­i­dent Zuma’s notice of with­draw­al. Google Code-In com­pe­ti­tion sees first black-African win­ner The Google Code-In…

War Criminals in Africa

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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…

Africa’s New Era Continues with Gains in Peace and Democracy

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In the world of fast-paced twen­­ty-four-hour news, to craft a pow­er­ful news head­line means the head­line should stand out and draw read­ers’ atten­tion amid a pletho­ra of sto­ries from all direc­tions. It’s a the­o­ry that applies to print and tele­vi­sion news–when pow­er­ful head­line news, embod­ied in sud­den peace agree­ments, rebel sur­ren­ders, may­hem, and con­flict, easily…