DENVER — (AFRICA NEWS MATTERS) Each week our staff at Africa News Matters compiles a list of important Africa stories to feed your curiosity. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? Ethiopian Video Journalist for Associated Press Released on Bail With World Press Freedom Day approaching, the detainment of Ethiopian video journalist of the Associated Press Amir Aman Kiyaro deserves…
After so many years of talk about its potential, the African continent is waking up to understand and appreciate the power of unity represented by a language. The African Union (AU) officially adopted Kiswahili or Swahili as one of the official working languages of the African continent, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government…
Africa CDC director says countries asked for 114 million doses in total and allocations could be announced within weeks.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF), responsible for organizing the African Cup of Nations, elected a new president on March 16 at the Africa Union headquarters in Ethiopia. He is Madagascar’s Vice-President of the Senate, Ahmad Ahmad. Ahmad, 57, was also the leader of the Madagascar Football Federation. He defeated longtime CAF President, Issa Hayatou…
This week’s most important headlines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, impactAFRICA proposals are being accepted across the African continent, Somalia’s newly elected president has dual‑U.S. citizenship, and Morocco is readmitted to the African Union. impactAFRICA encouraging innovation for budding journalists ImpactAFRICA is the sister initiative of InnovateAfrica, a competitive program that seeks…
In this week’s news, American first lady, Michelle Obama, will travel to Liberia for a goodwill visit, and the much-anticipated African Union e‑passport is set to roll out in July. Michelle Obama Plans Trip to Liberia to Promote Girls’ Education U.S. first lady, Michelle Obama and her daughters, Malia and Sasha, will travel to Spain, Morocco…
The most important in this week’s headlines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catching up. In this week’s news, The New York Times thinks it’s a bad idea for the Obama administration to sell arms to Nigeria at this time, and the news that Haiti would become a full member of the…
The most important in this week’s headlines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catching up. In this week’s news, the World Economic Forum on Africa holds in the Rwandan capital, and African push for a European-style integration of the continent. Who Cares: World Economic Forum on Africa Holds In Rwanda The 26th…
Al-Bashir has escaped the clutches of the International Criminal Court (ICC) … again. Leaving South Africa on his private jet after attending the African Union Summit last week, the President of Sudan, accused of war crimes over his conduct in the Darfur region, somehow felt safe enough to attend an event hosted by a signatory to…
At a meeting of the 12th ordinary session of the assembly of the heads of state and governments of the African Union (AU) on February 2, representatives elected Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as the new AU chair. Gaddafi’s role as chair would be to help set and implement the AU’s agenda during the period for which…