In Case You Missed It: 3/13/17 — 3/21/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, coun­tries in Africa are lim­it­ing imports to sup­port eco­nom­ic growth, and all African del­e­gates denied visas for Africa Sum­mit held in U.S. African Nations Pro­pose Lim­its to Imports into their Coun­tries Kenya and Ethiopia are among the coun­tries that are tak­ing mea­sures to…

In Case You Missed It: 10/24/16 — 10/30/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Kenya is set to have the largest wind farm on the con­ti­nent and the Inter­na­tion­al Crim­i­nal Court los­es Burun­di, Gam­bia and South Africa. Kenya to host largest wind farm in Africa There has been an influx of ener­gy invest­ment toward the…

Managing the G20

Who is Going to Crash the Sum­mit?  As the 64th U.N Gen­er­al Assem­bly meet­ing winds down, inter­na­tion­al atten­tion has shift­ed from New York to Pitts­burg in Penn­syl­va­nia. So, the talk of “crash­ing the par­ty” by protest groups and move­ments gains anoth­er lev­el of atten­tion. The talk about nuclear dis­ar­ma­ment, glob­al cli­mate change, and the world…

Next G20 Meeting in Africa?

Photos:One.org The ONE orga­ni­za­tion, a grass­roots cam­paign orga­ni­za­tion against extreme pover­ty and pre­ventable dis­eases, is ask­ing lead­ers of the G20 nations, now meet­ing in Pitts­burg, to hold the next G20 sum­mit in Africa. Today, the orga­ni­za­tion sent out an email ask­ing every­one to take action and pres­sure these lead­ers to hold the next G20 meeting…