Democrats and Republicans Promise to Work with African continent

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The Repub­li­can (GOP) and Demo­c­ra­t­ic nation­al polit­i­cal con­ven­tions were inter­est­ing. Of equal inter­est was the near absence of any­thing African in them. More broadly—while the con­ven­tions illu­mi­nat­ed the vast dif­fer­ences between Democ­rats and Repub­li­cans in Amer­i­ca, at least with an unusu­al nom­i­nee on the GOP side, they spelled out where both par­ties would like to take…

Issues Relating to Africa — Democrats Lead Republicans

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As the 2016 Unit­ed States pres­i­den­tial pri­ma­ry elec­tions con­tin­ue, there are a lot of things on every­one’s mind: issues such as health care, ter­ror­ism, immi­gra­tion reform, and tax­es; as well as ques­tions about how to sup­port a par­tic­u­lar can­di­date. This elec­tion sea­son has been par­tic­u­lar­ly chaot­ic, some­times stress­ful, and full of opin­ion, infor­ma­tion, mis­in­for­ma­tion, and…

Analyzing the GOP Convention for References to Africa

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We’re hear­ing the rum­blings about jobs, tax cuts, abor­tion, immi­gra­tion, and the like as the 2012 U.S. pres­i­den­tial elec­tions enter full gear. We’re also hear­ing much talk about ener­gy pol­i­cy, defense, and such things, from Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma as well as from his Repub­li­can (GOP) chal­lenger, for­mer Gov­er­nor Mitt Rom­ney. As Democ­rats con­vene in Char­lotte, North…