Africa - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Tue, 26 Nov 2024 04:07:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg Africa - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 The Tightening Path to Peace in East Africa https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2024/11/26/the-tightening-path-to-peace-in-east-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-tightening-path-to-peace-in-east-africa Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=20984 Developments in East Africa are reaching a fever pitch, with Ethiopia’s construction of its massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) raising tensions with Egypt to its north, which claims the dam represents an existential threat to its national security. With sides likely to clash, the region is running out of time to bridge relations between the two countries.

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]]> 20984 The World Is Getting West Africa Wrong And It’s Everybody’s Problem https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2024/09/16/the-world-is-getting-west-africa-wrong-and-its-everybodys-problem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-world-is-getting-west-africa-wrong-and-its-everybodys-problem Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=20243 For years the U.S. has indirectly contributed to an outbreak of terrorist violence in a region of West Africa known as the Sahel. Ongoing conflicts in the Sahel region, spanning from Senegal to Eritrea, have intensified due to disputes over resources and borders and directly affected nomadic ethnic groups.

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]]> 20243 Togolese Government Approves Legislation Overturning Direct Elections  https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2024/05/08/togolese-government-approves-legislation-overturning-direct-elections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=togolese-government-approves-legislation-overturning-direct-elections Wed, 08 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=19639 The approval of constitutional amendments in Togo ignited heated discourse about the new legislation.

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]]> 19639 Crisis in Niger persists as military junta ignores pressure to restore former leadership https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2023/08/21/crisis-in-niger-persists-as-military-junta-ignores-regional-and-international-pressure-to-restore-former-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crisis-in-niger-persists-as-military-junta-ignores-regional-and-international-pressure-to-restore-former-leadership https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2023/08/21/crisis-in-niger-persists-as-military-junta-ignores-regional-and-international-pressure-to-restore-former-leadership/#comments Mon, 21 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=17860 The Niger military junta seized power from elected President Mohamed Bazoum, not only detaining the president and his family but also ignoring the regional and international pleas to have the coup come to an end.

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]]> https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2023/08/21/crisis-in-niger-persists-as-military-junta-ignores-regional-and-international-pressure-to-restore-former-leadership/feed/ 19 17860 Cameroonian Pioneer Continues Human Rights work at United Nations https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2023/06/16/cameroonian-pioneer-continues-human-rights-work-at-united-nations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cameroonian-pioneer-continues-human-rights-work-at-united-nations https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2023/06/16/cameroonian-pioneer-continues-human-rights-work-at-united-nations/#comments Fri, 16 Jun 2023 22:51:50 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=17679 An international human rights leader continues to break barriers as an African woman, bringing attention to the importance of African women, youth and men in the African diaspora at the United Nations (UN). In an interview with The Hilltop, global trailblazer and human rights defender, Alice Nkom, who currently serves as the Vice Chair of […]

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