Trump’s Latest Immigration Ban Targets the African Continent — Again

  On April 22, U.S. Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump signed, as he promised, an exec­u­tive order ban­ning immi­gra­tion into Amer­i­ca for 60 days. At the core of the move is the sus­pen­sion of the issuance of any new green cards to immi­grants into Amer­i­ca. This lat­est move comes as the Unit­ed States is in the midst…

US News Media

“Cov­er­age of the African con­ti­nent con­sti­tutes only 5.6 per­cent of inter­na­tion­al news pro­duced by US news media. This 5.6 per­cent offers for its intend­ed audi­ence lit­tle depth in the por­tray­al of an entire con­ti­nent. Asya A. Beso­va, and Skye Chance Coo­ley, For­eign News and Pub­lic Opin­ion, 2010”  We designed this page to give you direct access…

In Case You Missed It: 1/30/17 — 2/6/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Africans scru­ti­nize Unit­ed States Sec­re­tary of State Rex Tiller­son­’s role in enabling dic­ta­tors in the con­ti­nent and despite the Africa Cup Of Nations (AFCON) foot­ball win, the sit­u­a­tion in Cameroon could take a turn for the worse. Rex Tillerson’s Ties to African…