13 Apr Education, General news, New York City Metro Area News, U.S News, West Africa general news, West Africa news (The Root) NY Valedictorian Is Celebrating Her Acceptance to All 8 Ivy League Schools April 13, 2016 By Madina Toure BY: YESHA CALLAHAN Posted: April 5 2016 9:26 AM Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna VIDEO SCREENSHOT Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, a hig... Continue reading
23 Feb General news, U.S News, West Africa general news, West Africa news, West Africa Social Issues (BuzzFeed) Meet The Women Behind Nigeria’s Most Subversive Novellas February 23, 2016 By Madina Toure By Kate Bubacz, Senior Photo Editor, News and Monica Mark, BuzzFeed News World Correspondent Posted on Feb. 17, 2016, at 3:43 p.m. ... Continue reading
23 Feb East Africa economic news, East Africa general news, East Africa news, Economic news, General news, North Africa economic news, North Africa news, Southern Africa economic news, Southern Africa general news, Southern Africa news, U.S News, West Africa economic news, West Africa general news, West Africa news (LA Times) Why a congresswoman from Los Angeles is talking about Africa February 23, 2016 By Madina Toure By Sarah D. Wire Contact Reporter It’s 8 a.m., Congress isn't in session and Washington’s roads are icy, but more than 100 ambas... Continue reading
20 Jan East Africa economic news, East Africa general news, East Africa news, Economic news, General news, West Africa economic news, West Africa general news, West Africa news (TIME) Corruption in Military Defense Spending Could Be Behind Rise in Africa Terror Attacks January 20, 2016 By Madina Toure Aryn Baker @arynebaker Jan. 18, 2016 A series of recent terror attacks across Africa have raised fears of a new wave of extremist vi... Continue reading
02 Jan East Africa economic news, East Africa general news, East Africa health news, East Africa news, East Africa Social Issues, East Africa technology news, Economic news, General news, Politics, Southern Africa, Southern Africa economic news, Southern Africa general news, Southern Africa health news, Southern Africa news, Southern Africa technology news, Technology News, West Africa economic news, West Africa general news, West Africa health news, West Africa news, West Africa Social Issues, West Africa technology news (All Africa) 10 Things to Watch in Africa in 2016 January 2, 2016 By Madina Toure ANALYSIS By Nick Branson and Jamie Hitchen Staying Power: Referenda in the Republic of Congo and Rwanda have paved the way fo... Continue reading
02 Jan North Africa news, Politics, Uncategorized, West Africa general news, West Africa news (NYT) Jihadists Deepen Collaboration in North Africa January 2, 2016 By Madina Toure By CARLOTTA GALL JAN. 1, 2016 SAHARA DESERT, Niger — A group of light armored vehicles skated over the moonscape o... Continue reading
29 Dec East Africa general news, East Africa news, East Africa Social Issues, Politics, West Africa general news, West Africa news, West Africa Social Issues (Globe and Mail) Africa’s new brooms clean house December 29, 2015 By Madina Toure ROBERT ROTBERG | Special to The Globe and Mail | Published Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015 8:00AM EST Robert Rotberg is foundin... Continue reading
22 Dec General news, New York City Metro Area News, Southern Africa, Southern Africa general news, Southern Africa news, U.S News, Uncategorized, West Africa general news, West Africa news, West Africa Social Issues (Newsweek) The Real Africa, Through the Lens of African Photographers December 22, 2015 By Madina Toure By Mirren Gidda On 12/22/15 at 2:00 AM Africa has long been irresistible to art photographers. The diversity of its 54 nations, it... Continue reading
16 Dec Economic news, General news, Politics, Social Issues, U.S News, West Africa economic news, West Africa general news, West Africa news (Face2Face Africa) Obama Appoints Adewale Adeyemo as Deputy National Security Adviser December 17, 2015 By Madina Toure 16 December 2015 | By Face2Face Africa Staff U.S. President Barack Obama has named Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo his deputy national secur... Continue reading
15 Dec East Africa economic news, East Africa general news, East Africa news, Economic news, General news, Social Issues, Southern Africa, Southern Africa economic news, Southern Africa general news, Southern Africa news, Uncategorized, West Africa economic news, West Africa general news, West Africa news, West Africa Social Issues (The Economist) For most urban Africans, owning anything other than a slum home is out of reach December 15, 2015 By Madina Toure LAGOS, the congested commercial capital of Nigeria, has a population variously estimated at anything from 12m-21m. But what is certain ... Continue reading