Africa Up Close

Continue reading for some of the events this week in D.C. concerning Africa.

Continue reading for a summary of recent news stories relating to some of the most pressing issues on the continent. We draw on a wide range of respected news sources, both from Africa itself and around the world. The themes of today’s In the News post are updates on Boko Haram, elections in Zimbabwe and other parts of Africa, US linkages with Egypt, and textile workers rights in South Africa.

Below is our summary of an article that can be found at the NAI Forum. Please visit the original source for the full story.

With much election coverage in the continent focusing on high profile cases such as Zimbabwe and Mali, it is important to remember the wealth of political and electoral developments all over Africa. The NAI Forum, a policy blog associated with the Nordic Africa Institute, recently posted an article by one of their researchers Redie Bereketeab on Djibouti’s February 2013 elections. They were based on a semi-proportional electoral system, a break from the ruling party’s past attempts at securing it’s own dominance with a majority-based vote. While the People’s Rally for Progress (PRP) still came out the victor and had given the opposition party an unusual level of media and campaign openness, the outcome was nonetheless contested by the United National Salvation party (USN) as being deeply unjust.

Continue reading for some of the events this week in D.C. concerning Africa.

Continue reading for a summary of recent news stories relating to some of the most pressing issues on the continent. We draw on a wide range of respected news sources, both from Africa itself and around the world. The themes of today’s In the News post are the JKIA fire in Kenya, Egyptian and Libyan protests, politics in Niger, women’s rights in the DRC, results of Mali’s election, theft of aid supplies in Somalia, and scandal in Liberia.

The Africa Program and the Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity at the Woodrow Wilson Center are proud to announce the launch of our next special series: ‘Beyond AGOA.’ Signed into law in May of 2000, The African Growth and Opportunity Act seeks to foster stronger relations between the United States and the African continent as a whole while helping economies in many of its countries grow and open themselves up to international trade.

Continue reading for some of the events this week in D.C. concerning Africa.

Continue reading for a summary of recent news stories relating to some of the most pressing issues on the continent. We draw on a wide range of respected news sources, both from Africa itself and around the world. The themes of today’s In the News post are breaking news in Kenya and Uganda, jihadists in Tunisia, prison releases in Cote D’Ivoire, urban poverty, LGBT issues, peace in the DRC and run-off elections in Mali.

The International Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP), of the International Security and Intelligence Bureau of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD), annually invites researchers from Canada and abroad to submit proposals to conduct contract research relevant to the Government of Canada’s international security priorities and policies. If a proposal is accepted, contractors will be paid for their services upon completion of their work in accordance with Government of Canada Treasury Board Guidelines.

The deadline for applications to the ISROP competition in 2013-2014 is 5:00 p.m. (EST), September 4th 2013.

Continue reading for some of the events this week in D.C. concerning Africa.