The government of Niger says it negotiated the release of a U.S. aid worker and a French journalist who were held captive by Islamist militants in the Sahel region. Aid worker and missionary Jeffery Woodke was held for more than six years, while reporter Olivier Dubois spent nearly two years in captivity. Kidnappings in the…
Antony Blinken is the first US secretary of state to visit the West African country.
In a first for a U.S. secretary of state, Antony Blinken was in the African nation of Niger Thursday to offer humanitarian, economic and security aid. Blinken’s visit to Niger follows a stop earlier in the day in Ethiopia, a trip viewed by analysts as an effort to bolster U.S. relations in a part of the…
Some 7.4 million people are registered to vote for the new president.
The desertification of Africa, especially in the Sahel region, is a common topic of discussion in climate change related news. The issue of diminishing water resources, and lower agricultural output, are now some of the factors which the mainstream media in the U.S. says is to blame for the continuing African migration to Europe. We see an example in this article by…
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…
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, many countries head to the polls, Egypt makes a major discovery, and Nigeria deals a blow to its women. Major Elections Held in Six African Countries On Sunday, voters in Benin, Cape Verde, Congo,…
The most important in this week’s headlines out of and concerning Africa, for those who need help catching up. This week brings news about talks of Museveni running for re-election as president of Uganda, Cameroon returns 12,000 Nigerian refugees, and a Mali hotel siege that ends with 12 people dead. Meseveni seeking another term in office After…
Thanks to World Denver and the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), on Monday, September 29, 15 Investigative Journalists from West Africa paid a visit to the Africa Agenda organization in Denver, Colorado. The visit included a discussion about innovative ways of delivering news today, freedom of the press in Africa, how…
Intended Audience: Students of African politics ***Open book study: 1 hour. Please see questions at end of the page. You are welcome to supplement your reading with material outside of the text book. What recently happened in Niger and what are the consequences: The reverberations of a “soft coup” which occurred in the uranium rich nation of…