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The PBS News Hour— December 2020
With few resources, Senegal emerges as a leader in the fight against COVID-19
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) — December 2020
Why Africa Matters to US Cities (Africa and US Cities)
https://www.csis.org/programs/africa-program/africa-and-us-cities
The Financial Times — December 2020
Democracy in Africa is in retreat
https://www.ft.com/content/ce3626cb-a8e7-4663-a93b-478be992fe78
The Hill — December 2020
Africa must be seen with lenses other than our national security
Bloomberg – December 2020
Why Africa Borrowed Billions of Dollars From China
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-10/why-africa-borrowed-billions-of-dollars-from-china
The Guardian — November 2020
Obama didn’t deliver for Africa. Can Biden show black lives matter everywhere?
The Africa Report — December 2020
Egypt leads Radisson’s expansion into serviced apartments
https://www.theafricareport.com/55894/egypt-leads-radissons-expansion-into-serviced-apartments/
Daily Observer — December 2020
Liberian Dads for Gender Equality Officially Launched
https://www.liberianobserver.com/news/liberian-dads-for-gender-equality-officially-launched/
NBC News — December 2020
The war on cocoa: Hershey Co. accused of not upholding sustainability efforts in West Africa
Voice of America — December 2020
Amid Dual Pandemics, HIV Innovation Continues in Africa
https://www.voanews.com/africa/amid-dual-pandemics-hiv-innovation-continues-africa
Foreign Affairs — December 2019
Africa’s Slums Aren’t Harbingers of Anarchy—They’re Engines of Democracy
Global Citizen — December 2020
From #EndSARS to #AmINext: How Young Africans Used Social Media to Drive Change in 2020
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/endsars-aminext-young-african-social-movement-2020/
Voice of America — December 2020
Africa Spared Worst of Pandemic by ‘Coordinated, Collaborative’ Approach
Al Jazeera — November 2020
Different agendas, one goal: How Nigerians united to #EndSARS
African Business magazine — November 2020
African governments fare less well in 2020 Ibrahim Index
The Guardian — November 2020
Renowned artist Esther Mahlangu urges Africans to hold on to their traditions
Foreign Affairs — October 2020
If America Were in Africa: U.S. Diplomats Would Be Ringing the Alarm Bell
Washington Post — October 2020
Two West African presidents are out of terms. They’re running again, anyway.
The Guardian — October 2020
I grew up not knowing my African heritage. But now I feel a calling
Foreign Affairs — October 2020
U.S. Africa Policy Needs a Reset
Trump Didn’t Tear Up the Playbook, but It Still Needs to Be Rewritten
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/africa/2020-10-12/us-africa-policy-needs-reset
BBC News — October 2020
Climate change: ‘Dangerous and dirty’ used cars sold to Africa
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54665545
NBC News — September 2020
Africa has held off the worst of the coronavirus. Researchers are working to figure out how. The reasons are still something of a mystery, but scientists said the success of many African countries offers crucial lessons.
Quartz Africa — September 2020
Africa’s fashion business is using new and traditional methods to reform as a sustainable industry
https://qz.com/africa/1909386/african-fashion-tries-its-hand-at-old-priority-sustainability/
Associated Press (AP) —September 2020
As US struggles, Africa’s COVID-19 response is praised
Al Jazeera — September 2020
TV replaces teachers for African children amid coronavirus curbs
The Boston Globe — September 2020
Obama’s ‘biggest mistake’ is still wreaking havoc: The bombing of Libya scattered weapons across Africa and worsened instability in the region.
WAMU.org — September 2020
Africans Mourn Chadwick Boseman: ‘A Great Tree Has Fallen’
Associated Press — September 2020
South Africa lifts spirits with Jerusalema dance amid virus
CNN — September 2020
A 26-year-old is first woman to win Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for innovation
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/07/africa/africa-engineering-prize-intl/index.html
Washington Post — May 2020
East Africa has weathered pandemics — and has a few things to teach the U.S.
Democracy in Africa — April 2020
The African Continental Free Trade Area: A Catalyst for Development?
International Press Institute — April 2020
Growing press freedom violations in Africa amid COVID-19
Political pressure, economic stress key challenges for continent’s media
The Hill — March 2020
Africa knows how to fight viruses — they simply need the resources, fast
The Intercept —March 2020
AFRICAN NATIONS TURN THE TABLES, IMPOSING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AGAINST U.S., EUROPE, AND CHINA TO STAVE OFF CORONAVIRUS
okayafrica —March 2020
Op-Ed: Africa is Not the Center of The Coronavirus Epidemic and the West is Pissed
https://www.okayafrica.com/west-fuels-stereotypes-of-coronavirus-covid19-outbreak-in-africa/
BBC News — February 2020
Children among 22 killed in attack on Cameroon village
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51526358
CS Monitor — February 2020
Africa’s quiet moves to ‘silence the guns’
CNN — January 2020
How Ghana’s historic homecoming is changing Africa
Reuters — January 2020
FEATURE-Women step forward in push to nurture African climate scientists
https://uk.reuters.com/article/climate-change-africa-women-idAFL8N2960QJ