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

Central Africa, East Africa, In Case You Missed It, Regions, West AfricaLeave a comment

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…

Hope not lost in Zimbabwe

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The inter­est­ing news being report­ed by from Bloomberg News is that belea­guered Zim­bab­wean Pres­i­dent Robert Mugabe has agreed to a con­sti­tu­tion­al amend­ment that will cre­ate the posts of a prime min­is­ter and two deputy prime min­is­ters in Zim­bab­we. The plan is that Move­ment for Demo­c­ra­t­ic Change(MDC) leader Mor­gan Tsvan­gi­rai will  become prime min­is­ter, if current…