In Case You Missed It: 6/20/15 — 6/27/15

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. This week brings con­tro­ver­sy over Pres­i­dent Oba­ma’s vis­it to Ethiopia, an elec­tion out­come in Burun­di and a U.S. vis­it by Niger­ian pres­i­dent Muham­madu Buhari.  1. Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma arrived in Ethiopia Sun­day night in the final…

In Case You Missed It 06/22/15–06/28/15

The most impor­tant of this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up.  AGOA lives on, Buhari pre­pares for U.S. vis­it In the week that just passed, we look at two key sto­ries mak­ing head­line news about Africa. Both the U.S. House and Sen­ate reau­tho­rized AGOA, or the African Growth Opportunity…

Obama Majority Yearning for Real Engagement with Africa

The recrim­i­na­tions are pour­ing in; Mitt Rom­ney and the GOP lost the elec­tions, big time. What’s the rea­son for the loss? Let’s take a look at what peo­ple are say­ing in Amer­i­ca and beyond. Many pun­dits, includ­ing those who wrong­ly pre­dict­ed the out­come of the elec­tions, attribute the main cause to chang­ing U.S. demo­graph­ics. Ross…

In Africa, 9/11 Defined the Emergence of a New, Scary World

Sep­tem­ber days are remem­bered for a great many rea­sons. Some days in Sep­tem­ber are known for noble rea­sons like “World Peace” day on Sep­tem­ber 21. Oth­er days in Sep­tem­ber are known for more bizarre rea­sons like “Ask a Stu­pid Ques­tion” Day on Sep­tem­ber 28. And some days in Sep­tem­ber are more per­son­al like Sep­tem­ber 19, which…

Does Obama Deserve Nobel Peace Prize?

Pho­to: Nobelpeaceprize.org Per­cep­tions of the U.S; Nobel Peace Prize Award  Any caus­es and effects? In Jour­nal­ism, cor­re­la­tions and link­ages between issues and out­comes are always a point of con­tention. This also applies to the­o­ries and con­cepts relat­ing to mass com­mu­ni­ca­tions and their relat­ed trans­la­tion into issues and pol­i­cy agen­das. In the lead-up to the Novem­ber 2008…