12
Aug
U.S.-Africa Relations —What Official Visits Tell Us
As U.S. President Barack Obama's presidency winds down, we at Africa Agenda feel it is important to look back at what he and his admini...
Analysis
04
Aug
An African Saying Forms Bedrock of Cory Booker’s Speech
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George Bamu
The idea of being each others' keeper, which many democrats talked about during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelph...
01
Aug
Democrats, GOP Pledge to Work with African Continent
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The Republican (GOP) and Democratic national political conventions were interesting. Of equal interest was the near absence of anything...
08
Apr
Why The Next U.S. President Should Forge Stronger Ties with Africa
For the seven years or so that he’s been in office, U.S. President, Barack Obama has focused on the African continent. This is somethin...
26
Mar
American Democracy, Journalistic Ethics, Fall Short
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The very brutal politics which we’ve seen in the primary process to elect the next U.S. president has left millions of people in the U....
15
Mar
Democrats Beat Republicans on African Issues
As the 2016 United States presidential primary elections continue, there are a lot of things on everyone's mind: issues such as health ...
10
Mar
Mugabe Critics Offer No Solutions to Zimbabwe’s Woes
This past week Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe celebrated his 92nd birthday.
In the midst of a severe drought and mass starvation,...
15
Jan
Obama’s Last State of the Union Address and for Africa
United States President, Barack Obama delivered his final State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 12.
In his speech, Obama focus...
26
Nov
Energy Africa Conference Speakers Connect Energy and Development
Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Golden, Colorado sees its fair share of annual international conferences. Craft and corpor...
12
Oct
Is Emmanuel Weyi “the change” the DRC needs?
It’s difficult to write about the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) without referring to its unstable and authoritarian past. It’s a p...