Ebola in the DRC – Clashes in the Sudan – Africa Headlines

Africa Agenda Analysis, African Dictators, East Africa, Ebola, Elections and Democracy, Top (Lead) Story, West AfricaLeave a comment

What is been described as a long-sim­mer­ing Ebo­la epi­dem­ic in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go (DRC) is mak­ing Africa head­line news after the dis­cov­ery of cas­es of the dis­ease at the bor­der of the DRC and Ugan­da. The Ebo­la cri­sis in the DRC which began last August accord­ing to the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) has…

The BBC Rushes to Remind Us about Coups in Africa

Africa Agenda Analysis, African Dictators, Elections and Democracy, North Africa, ObjectivityLeave a comment

Coups in Africa: I always thought the char­ac­ter­i­za­tion of the African con­ti­nent, some­times by many smart, well-mean­ing jour­nal­ists, and oth­ers, biased in their analy­sis, makes the con­ti­nent appear like hell, the worst place to live in the eyes of the world. Nar­ra­tives fol­low­ing the recent coup and ouster of long-time Sudanese leader Omar al Bashir help…

In Case You Missed It 6/07/15 — 6/14/15

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Peo­ple get busy, and it can be hard to keep up with the week’s news. To help you keep up with the lat­est news com­ing out of Africa, we will now com­pile a week­ly list of the most impor­tant sto­ries from think pieces, to opin­ion pieces to impor­tant devel­op­ing sto­ries. We hope it will be helpful…