In Case You Missed It 10/19/15 to 10/25/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. This week we look at a sto­ry with con­cerns for Africa’s dwin­dling mid­dle class, an edi­to­r­i­al reminds Oba­ma about his own state­ments, a big head­line about a Cana­di­an first, and anoth­er African leader attempts an exten­sion of…

In Case You Missed It 9/7/15 — 9/13/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. This week brings news of a new­ly dis­cov­ered human ances­tor, Nige­ri­a’s new World Trade Cen­ter, and a new diplo­mat­ic rela­tion­ship between the U.S. and Soma­lia. Sci­en­tists in South Africa announced that they have dis­cov­ered a new…

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Denverite Encouraged by Resilient Spirit of Kenyans

Sep­tem­ber 21 marked a day of shock and con­fu­sion for many peo­ple in Kenya when news spread of an attack at the West­gate Shop­ping Cen­ter in Nairo­bi’s trendy West­lands neigh­bor­hood, an area fre­quent­ed by many for­eign­ers. A total of 67 peo­ple were report­ed­ly killed in the siege that last­ed about four days. Ter­ror­ists tor­tured, killed,…

Africa’s New Era Continues with Gains in Peace and Democracy

In the world of fast-paced twen­­ty-four-hour news, to craft a pow­er­ful news head­line means the head­line should stand out and draw read­ers’ atten­tion amid a pletho­ra of sto­ries from all direc­tions. It’s a the­o­ry that applies to print and tele­vi­sion news–when pow­er­ful head­line news, embod­ied in sud­den peace agree­ments, rebel sur­ren­ders, may­hem, and con­flict, easily…