In 2024 the United States will vote to elect its 47th president. The current president, Joe Biden has said he plans to seek re-election, while the former president, Donald Trump has already declared his intentions, even while facing legal battles. On March 30th, Former President Donald Trump was indicted for 34 felony counts for falsifying…
DENVER (Africa News Matters) —Since its inception in 2014, the Mandela Washington Fellowship program has seen participation from more than 5000 young African leaders from all countries on the continent. That’s according to the Department of State’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) program website. The fellowship program, a significant part of YALI, works in collaboration…
From Miguel Monjardino, Azores, Portugal
The United States is less than four months away from the election that would determine control of not just the Senate and the House which make up the legislative branch of the American government, but also control of the executive branch, the White House. As the coronavirus rages, and as protests over the mistreatment…
As Barack Obama wraps up his time as president of the United States, we are looking back at the relations he forged with the African continent and what was achieved during the last eight years. A few months ago, we looked at what U.S. official trips to Africa can tell us about U.S.-Africa relations, especially during…
As Donald Trump prepares to assume the U.S. presidency, we are continuing to look back at the important legacy of Barack Obama and his administration vis-à-vis the African continent. On November 8, 2016, the election of Trump as the 45th president of the United States shook the world. Many people from the African continent who…
As U.S. President Barack Obama’s presidency winds down, we at Africa Agenda feel it is important to look back at what he and his administration did — or didn’t do— for the African continent over the past 8 years or so. Obama himself is half African; born to a Kenyan father and an American mother. It…
This week’s most important headlines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, 54 countries are represented at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and President Obama speaks to the Young African Leaders Initiative. Fifty-Four African Nations Attending Rio Olympics Of the 54 African countries competing in this years’ Olympics, only one team contends…
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…
The most important in this week’s headlines out of and concerning Africa, for those who need help catching up. The week brings us news about an uproar about animal poaching in Zimbabwe and the controversy it is causing, as well as news that an estimated 178 people captured by Boko Haram were freed by the…