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Organizations Wage War on Fake News in Africa

The bat­tle to deal with deceit, mis­in­for­ma­tion, and its relat­ed ills, or fake news, has been on for many years. You’ll see me use the word “bat­tle” many times in my writ­ings on this sub­ject. It’s a bat­tle because the ter­rain is akin to war­fare. In a bat­tle where you either win or you lose,…

In Case You Missed It: 5/1/17 — 5/31/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, an Ethiopi­an is elect­ed the new WHO Man­ag­ing Direc­tor, South Africa’s Pres­i­dent faces more inves­ti­ga­tions for alleged cor­rup­tion, and long­time Zim­bab­wean leader, Robert Mugabe goes on a speak­ing tour. Ethiopi­an Politi­cian Named Head of the WHO The World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) has elected…

In Case You Missed It: 4/3/17 – 4/12/17

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. As the glob­al con­sump­tion of beer increas­es, pro­duc­tion and sales from Africa see growth, and the U.S. Coun­cil of For­eign Rela­tions writes about entrenched African lead­er­ship. Africa Pro­ject­ed to Beat North Amer­i­ca in Beer Sales by 2040 In the last sev­er­al years there has been much…

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…

In Case You Missed It: 8/15/16 — 8/21/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Africa takes home the gold at the Olympics, an Olympian uses his win to protest vio­lence in his home coun­try, and John Ker­ry plans an Africa trip. Ten Gold Medals Go to African Con­ti­nent The 2016 Olympics have con­clud­ed, and it’s…

In Case You Missed It: 7/18/16–7/24/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa. In this week’s news, Bill Gates invests $5 bil­lion into the African con­ti­nent and a look into the Man­dela Wash­ing­ton Fel­low­ship for Young African Lead­ers. Bill Gates to invest $5 bil­lion into the African con­ti­nent over the next 5 years Bill Gates, the founder of American…

In Case You Missed It: 7/11/16 — 7/17/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, South Africa looks to the cos­mos, Moroc­co seeks rein­state­ment in the AU and Zam­bia hopes for a peace­ful elec­tion. South African Obser­va­to­ry Dis­cov­ers Hun­dreds of Galax­ies A radio array tele­scope in South Africa, known as MeerKAT, has dis­cov­ered hun­dreds of previously…

In Case You Missed It: 6/27/16 — 7/3/16

This week’s most impor­tant head­lines out of and about Africa In this week’s news, the African Union takes the next steps on its Agen­da 2063 plan, and Indi­an Pre­mier Naren­dra Modi, as well as Israeli Prime Min­is­ter Ben­jamin Netanyahu, vis­it the African con­ti­nent. With e‑passport, African Union Fur­thers Con­ti­nen­tal Inte­gra­tion Just as the Euro­pean Union…

In Case You Missed It: 6/6/16 — 6/12/16

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, the U.S. Wom­en’s soc­cer team to face South Africa in a high­ly antic­i­pat­ed friend­ly, bak­ers in Burk­i­na Faso go on strike and Zim­bab­we frees pro­tes­tors. U.S. to take on South Africa In preparation…