In Case You Missed It: 1/25/16 — 2/2/16

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The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, U.S. Com­merce Sec­re­tary under­takes a fact-find­­ing mis­sion to Nige­ria and Rwan­da, Con­gress pass­es Elec­tri­fy Africa Act, and Pow­er Africa out­lines a roadmap for the future. U.S. Com­merce Sec­re­tary Vis­its Nige­ria and Rwan­da on…

Obama’s Final State of the Union — What It Means for Africa

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Unit­ed States Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma deliv­ered his final State of the Union address on Tues­day, Jan­u­ary 12. In his speech, Oba­ma focused on a num­ber of ideas, includ­ing the fact that Amer­i­ca has nev­er stopped being great, that diplo­ma­cy is a bet­ter way to deal with con­flict, and that all Amer­i­cans — regard­less of dif­fer­ences in…