Uncovering the News — 03/8/21 — 03/22/21

East Africa, Headline, West Africa

What’s At Stake:  A lack of cov­er­age by non-African media fol­low­ing the pass­ing of a ris­ing polit­i­cal star in Ivory coast, a clear lack of knowl­edge about African musi­cal his­to­ry at the US Gram­mys, and Tan­za­ni­ans put democ­ra­cy on dis­play, with a peace­ful trans­fer of pow­er to a woman. Ivory Coast Mourns A Ris­ing Polit­i­cal Star March…

Black Lives Matter: Activists demand #EndSARS protesters’ release

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share­Sharen­o­close­Share pagelinkCopy link­About shar­ing image copy­right­Get­ty Images Promi­nent Black Lives Mat­ters activists and celebri­ties have writ­ten to Nige­ri­a’s pres­i­dent demand­ing jus­tice over the treat­ment of peo­ple dur­ing protests against police bru­tal­i­ty. The group, which

Framing U.S.-Africa Relations under the Trump Administration

Africa Agenda Analysis, African Dictators, Business and Finance, Central Africa, East Africa, Elections and Democracy, North Africa, Southern Africa, Top (Lead) Story, West AfricaLeave a comment

Amer­i­cans are cast­ing their votes in the Novem­ber 3 elec­tion for those who would rep­re­sent them at nation­al and local lev­els. The stakes are espe­cial­ly high for the offices of the Pres­i­dent, Sen­a­tors, and the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives. While this is tak­ing place, I’ve been reflect­ing on the impor­tance of the rela­tions between the United…