In Case You Missed It: 2/21/17 — 2/27/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news,  Nij Collins of Cameroon wins Google Code-In com­pe­ti­tion, the 19th Africa Ener­gy Forum dates are con­firmed, and South Africa remains in the Inter­na­tion­al Crim­i­nal Court despite Pres­i­dent Zuma’s notice of with­draw­al. Google Code-In com­pe­ti­tion sees first black-African win­ner The Google Code-In…

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…

War Criminals in Africa

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…