African Migrants Flocking to U.S.-Mexico Border – Africa Headlines

As more peo­ple from the African con­ti­nent leave to seek oppor­tu­ni­ties else­where, the route to a bet­ter life out­side of the con­ti­nent is tak­ing many not just through North Africa and the Mediter­ranean which leads into Europe, but also through coun­tries in South Amer­i­ca in the attempt to get to the Unit­ed States. On June…

In Case You Missed It: 01/11/16 – 01/18/16

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, South Africa goes head-to-head with the U.S. over chick­en, meat and pork, and a new case of Ebo­la is dis­cov­ered in Sier­ra Leone a day after it is declared Ebo­la-free. South Africa Settles…

Obama Majority Yearning for Real Engagement with Africa

The recrim­i­na­tions are pour­ing in; Mitt Rom­ney and the GOP lost the elec­tions, big time. What’s the rea­son for the loss? Let’s take a look at what peo­ple are say­ing in Amer­i­ca and beyond. Many pun­dits, includ­ing those who wrong­ly pre­dict­ed the out­come of the elec­tions, attribute the main cause to chang­ing U.S. demo­graph­ics. Ross…

In Africa, 9/11 Defined the Emergence of a New, Scary World

Sep­tem­ber days are remem­bered for a great many rea­sons. Some days in Sep­tem­ber are known for noble rea­sons like “World Peace” day on Sep­tem­ber 21. Oth­er days in Sep­tem­ber are known for more bizarre rea­sons like “Ask a Stu­pid Ques­tion” Day on Sep­tem­ber 28. And some days in Sep­tem­ber are more per­son­al like Sep­tem­ber 19, which…