2015, a milestone in democratic advancement in Africa
BY JIBRIL TURE AND MODUPE ABIOLA The election of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré as the new president of Burkina Faso on November 30th, which ended 27 years of autocratic rule … Read More
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How the world can cut malaria cases by 90% in the next 15 years
BY COLLINS OUMA With more than 200 million cases recorded across the globe each year and half the world’s population living in areas considered high risk, malaria remains a challenge. … Read More
Why 2015 was the year that changed TV forever
BY AMANDA LOTZ “The end of television” is a headline that’s been liberally thrown around for the past 15 years. Indeed, the past year saw audiences becoming more and more … Read More
Kenyan Muslims tell Donald Trump and Ben Carson: religious bigotry is wrong
BY JULIE WHITE A CNN report out of Kenya on Tuesday described how a group of Kenyan Muslims shielded their Christian compatriots from being killed on a bus by Al-Shabaab … Read More
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson cancels trip to Africa
BY JULIE WHITE Citing security concerns, the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson stated Thursday that the retired neurosurgeon’s trip that was supposed to take him to Kenya, Nigeria … Read More
Why scholars emphasize the need for affirmative action
BY KALPANA JAIN Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, during oral arguments in the affirmative action case, Fisher v University of Texas, on Wednesday, December 9, suggested, There are those who contend that … Read More
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson to visit Africa later this month
BY JULIE WHITE Appearing on a conservative radio talk show on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson announced his plans to visit Africa for a week, starting on December 27. … Read More
Kaboré’s election as new Burkina Faso’s president signals democratic strengthening in Africa
BY JIBRIL TURE The election of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré as the new president of Burkina Faso on November 30th signaled the strengthening of democracy not only in Burkina Faso, … Read More
China-Africa summit: what to look for beyond the hype and hypocrisy
BY JOHN J. STREMLAU Beijing’s selection of South Africa to host the China-Africa heads of state summit may indicate Chinese President Xi Jinping’s personal commitment to the continent. This is the first … Read More
A warmer embrace of Muslims could stop homegrown terrorism
BY SARAH LYONS-PADILLA AND MICHELLE GELFAND The discovery that several of the Paris attackers were European nationals has fueled concern about Muslim immigrants becoming radicalized in the West. Some politicians … Read More