In Case You Missed It: 1/23/17 ‑1/29/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, the Gam­bi­a’s new pres­i­dent comes home, African clin­ics face tough times, and one of African lit­er­a­ture’s most impor­tant voic­es pass­es away. Adama Bar­row offi­cial­ly becomes Pres­i­dent of the Gam­bia A week after he was sup­posed to give up pow­er, Gam­bian Pres­i­dent Yahya…

In Case You Missed It: 1/3/17 – 1/16/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news,world lead­ers wrap up the 2017 France-Africa sum­mit in Mali, and embat­tled Gam­bian leader Yayah Jam­meh con­tin­ues to lead the Africa news head­lines around the world. With France-Africa sum­mit 2017, Fran­cois Hol­lande Builds Africa lega­cy This week the 27th France-Africa sum­mit was held…

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: 8/22/16 — 9/1/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Face­book founder, Mark Zucker­berg vis­its Nige­ria and Kenya, and African migrants flow into Mex­i­co. Mex­i­co Issues Tran­sit Visas to African Migrants  Accord­ing to an Asso­ci­at­ed Press sto­ry reprint­ed by the Col­orado Springs Gazette, author­i­ties in Mex­i­co have recent­ly issued tran­sit visas…

In Case You Missed It: 6/20/16 — 6/26/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up In this week’s news, two albi­no broth­ers in Cameroon fight dis­crim­i­na­tion through song, and South African courts move clos­er to bring­ing Pres­i­dent Jacob Zuma of South Africa to court. Albi­no Broth­ers Turn to Music to Fight Prej­u­dice Albi­no broth­ers, Rene…

In Case You Missed It: 6/13/16 — 6/19/16

In this week’s news, Amer­i­can first lady, Michelle Oba­ma, will trav­el to Liberia for a good­will vis­it, and the much-antic­i­­pat­ed African Union e‑passport is set to roll out in July. Michelle Oba­ma Plans Trip to Liberia to Pro­mote Girls’ Edu­ca­tion  U.S. first lady, Michelle Oba­ma and her daugh­ters, Malia and Sasha, will trav­el to Spain, Morocco…

In Case You Missed It: 6/6/16 — 6/12/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up In this week’s news, the U.S. Wom­en’s soc­cer team to face South Africa in a high­ly antic­i­pat­ed friend­ly, bak­ers in Burk­i­na Faso go on strike and Zim­bab­we frees pro­tes­tors. U.S. to take on South Africa In preparation…

In Case You Missed It: 5/30/16 – 6/6/16

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up In this week’s news, Ethiopia’s for­mer health min­is­ter seek­ing to be next WHO chief, and African chefs want you to savor an African dish. African Chefs Using The Web to Pro­mote Their Dish­es  For those who travel…

In Case You Missed It: 4/11/16 – 4/18/16

In this week’s news, African lead­ers gath­er in Ethiopia for a high-lev­­el secu­ri­ty sum­mit, and investors in Africa cau­tioned not to leave too soon. The Econ­o­mist Cau­tions Not To Pull Out of Africa Too Soon It’s true there are plen­ty of con­cerns among the mil­lions of investors who have put their mon­ey and hopes in the economies…