Strengthening Sudan’s fragile peace: A Resident Coordinator Blog

The killing of pro­tes­tors by secu­ri­ty ser­vices dur­ing large-scale demon­stra­tions in Sudan’s cap­i­tal Khar­toum in June under­scores the ongo­ing polit­i­cal ten­sions in the coun­try. Against this back­drop, the UN is com­mit­ted to sus­tain and build peace in Sudan, say UN Res­i­dent Coor­di­na­tor Khardia­ta Lo Ndi­aye, and Eliz­a­beth Spe­har, Assis­tant Sec­re­­tary-Gen­er­al for Peace­build­ing Support.

Uncovering the News — 03/30/21 – 04/05/21

What’s At Stake: The news media applauds Bas­ket­ball Africa League (BAL) which kicks off its inau­gur­al sea­son on May 16 at Kigali World Are­na, news orga­ni­za­tions exam­ine the actions of the French mil­i­tary that result­ed in civil­ian deaths in the nation of Mali, and media out­lets report clash­es and killings in Sudan. Bas­ket­ball Africa League (BAL)…

Ebola in the DRC – Clashes in the Sudan – Africa Headlines

What is been described as a long-sim­mer­ing Ebo­la epi­dem­ic in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go (DRC) is mak­ing Africa head­line news after the dis­cov­ery of cas­es of the dis­ease at the bor­der of the DRC and Ugan­da. The Ebo­la cri­sis in the DRC which began last August accord­ing to the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) has…

The BBC Rushes to Remind Us about Coups in Africa

Coups in Africa: I always thought the char­ac­ter­i­za­tion of the African con­ti­nent, some­times by many smart, well-mean­ing jour­nal­ists, and oth­ers, biased in their analy­sis, makes the con­ti­nent appear like hell, the worst place to live in the eyes of the world. Nar­ra­tives fol­low­ing the recent coup and ouster of long-time Sudanese leader Omar al Bashir help…

Rwandan Genocide Remembrance – Lead Africa Headlines

Fight­ing in Libya Threat­ens Secu­ri­ty in Entire North­ern Africa Region  In Libya, the news is not about progress in the coun­try – it’s about insta­bil­i­ty there which helped push Amer­i­can troops out, albeit tem­porar­i­ly. It’s not clear where the U.S. troops, escap­ing the intense fight­ing in Tripoli, are relo­cat­ing to. Eight years after for­mer Libyan leader…

African Community Radio, KETO FM, Coming to Colorado

As Colorado’s African com­mu­ni­ty grows, the needs of the com­mu­ni­ty have increased as well. It may be time for an African Radio in Col­orado, focused on the needs of the com­mu­ni­ty.  We’ve seen how Amer­i­can local gov­ern­ments, city coun­cils, and munic­i­pal­i­ties around the area address these chal­lenges of growth, from boost­ing road infra­struc­ture expen­di­tures to…