In Case You Missed It: 8/08/16 – 8/15/16
PF supporters in Lusaka celebrate while holding a portrait of Lungu
This week’s most important headlines out of and about Africa.
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American Democracy, Journalistic Ethics, Fall Short
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....
Africa Rising — Facing the Truth
Africa
Africa, Africa arise from the shadow of your underachievement
Arise from the slough of war, from the scourge of prejudice
Awa...
Youth Instrumental for Democracy in Cameroon
My wife and I traveled to Cameroon in April this year to visit friends that we had made on a trip in 2010. Being our second trip to Ca...
U.S. Plans Increased Ties with sub-Saharan Africa
White House unveils plans for increased ties with sub-Saharan Africa
Africans Have Grown in Democracy, Joyce Banda tells Al Jazeera TV
We are beginning to learn more about Malawi’s first female president, Joyce Banda, who assumed the presidency on April 7 after the deat...
Freedom of the Press Alive and Well in Kenya
In January Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki suspended Kenyan Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza and appointed a tribunal to investigate her ...
Obama showers John Atta Mills with praise
Obama and Atta Mills
Rev. Andudu Elnail Leads Sudan Peace Efforts from Denver
He recently marched alongside American movie star George Clooney at the Sudanese embassy in Washington D.C. He is the Episcopal bishop...
Niger 2010: Lessons in African Governance
Intended Audience: Students of African politics
***Open book study: 1 hour. Please see questions at end of the page.
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