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…

Mike Pompeo’s Trip to Africa Leads the Headlines

Unit­ed States Sec­re­tary of State, Mike Pom­peo con­clud­ed a trip to Dakar, Sene­gal on Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 15. While there he held talks with the country’s lead­ers, includ­ing Pres­i­dent, Macky Sall, and For­eign Min­is­ter, Amadou Ba, accord­ing to this release from the State Depart­ment. While the dis­cus­sions in Sene­gal focused on secu­ri­ty mat­ters, espe­cial­ly as the…

Immigrant Communities Look for Answers after Aurora Shooting

These are sor­row­ful times in Amer­i­ca. Once again, tragedy hit the Unit­ed States the week­end of August 4, when shoot­ings rocked El Paso in Texas, and hours lat­er in Day­ton, Ohio. Sad­ly, these shoot­ings in the U.S. are orches­trat­ed with the use of high-pow­ered guns, some con­sid­ered weapons of war in the hands of civilians…

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…

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…