In Case You Missed It: 1/23/17 ‑1/29/17

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This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, the Gam­bi­a’s new pres­i­dent comes home, African clin­ics face tough times, and one of African lit­er­a­ture’s most impor­tant voic­es pass­es away. Adama Bar­row offi­cial­ly becomes Pres­i­dent of the Gam­bia A week after he was sup­posed to give up pow­er, Gam­bian Pres­i­dent Yahya…

In Case You Missed It: 07/25/16 — 07/31/16

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This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, Niger­ian sci­en­tists invent a new Malar­ia test, thou­sands of pro­test­ers take to the streets in Ethiopia, Tunisia ousts its prime min­is­ter, and Chad’s for­mer dic­ta­tor is ordered to pay for his crimes. New Malar­ia Test Allows For Self-Diag­no­sis Fyo­dor, a Nigerian…

In Case You Missed It: 3/14/16 — 3/20/16

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The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and about Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, many coun­tries head to the polls, Egypt makes a major dis­cov­ery, and Nige­ria deals a blow to its women. Major Elec­tions Held in Six African Coun­tries On Sun­day, vot­ers in Benin, Cape Verde, Congo,…

In Case You Missed It: 02/08/16 – 02/15/16

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The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, the Oba­ma admin­is­tra­tion fis­cal year bud­get 2017 requests 7.1 bil­lion in assis­tance to the African con­ti­nent, and for­mer Chadean Leader, Hissene Habre, faces life in prison if con­vict­ed for crimes against human­i­ty. Obama…

African Journalists Pay Visit to Africa Agenda

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Thanks to World Den­ver and the U.S. Depart­ment of State Inter­na­tion­al Vis­i­tor Lead­er­ship Pro­gram (IVLP), on Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 29, 15 Inves­tiga­tive Jour­nal­ists from West Africa paid a vis­it to the Africa Agen­da orga­ni­za­tion in Den­ver, Col­orado. The vis­it includ­ed a dis­cus­sion about inno­v­a­tive ways of deliv­er­ing news today, free­dom of the press in Africa, how…

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Africans More Optimistic about Future: Pew Study

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News that the African con­ti­nent is mak­ing progress con­tin­ues to pour in. Not only is the con­ti­nent mak­ing progress eco­nom­i­cal­ly and polit­i­cal­ly, but opti­mism by the African peo­ple is also play­ing a role in this as well. In a recent Pew Research Cen­ter sur­vey of eight nations, the research found that Africans were more opti­mistic about…