What China’s President Xi’s extended tenure means for Africa

BY COBUS VAN STADEN China’s decision to suspend presidential term limits is still reverberating around the world. The announcement, made after a vote by China’s parliament in March, prompted some commentators to … Read More

U.S. economy under Trump has been good to African Americans, says America’s first black billionaire

BY ALAN GREEN Robert L. Johnson, the pioneering founder of Black Entertainment Tv (BET) and the first black billionaire in the nation, said during an appearance on CNBC that the … Read More

Presidents Ouattara and Soro: the hatchet appears buried

BY JIBRIL TURE A high-profile meeting between Côte d’Ivoire’s president Alassane Dramane Ouattara and the country’s speaker of the parliament, Guillaume Soro, at the presidential palace in Abidjan on 3 … Read More

The Market for Abidjan Performing Arts holds new promises

BY SERGES N’GUESSANT PHOTOGRAPHY BY KOUASSI TOTO KOFFI The Market for Abidjan Performing Arts, MASA, held March 10-17 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, showcased the breathtaking talents of hundreds of artists … Read More

NAACP sues over Trump’s plans to end protection for Haitian immigrants

BY SUE B. SIMON The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP (the largest civil rights organization in the United States) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the … Read More

In Africa, Trump’s ‘America first’ equals ‘China first’

BY ALAN GREEN For very many years, and especially over the past decade, China has been especially aggressive in its pursuit of trade and investment deals in Africa, and has … Read More