The American Ordeal of the Boko Haram Schoolgirls
But here too, Ms. Bitrus and six of her classmates found themselves hostage to forces they couldn’t control. Thrust into the media spotlight by a [read more…]
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Peace in Mali cannot be guaranteed by the UN forces
AT THE weekly market in Toya, at the edge of the Niger river, just outside the ancient city of Timbuktu, little seems to have changed. [read more…]
Angola’s Corrupt Building Boom: ‘Like Opening a Window and Throwing Out Money’
LUANDA, Angola — An ambitious reconstruction plan after Angola’s civil war was meant to reach even the country’s most faraway corner, a region known as [read more…]
Voter Fatigue May Doom Kenyan Opposition Presidential Nominee
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s three previous presidential-election losses may hamstring his ability to generate enough public enthusiasm to mount a serious challenge to [read more…]
The world’s craving for chocolate and coffee is damaging Africa’s forests
Across Africa, weak enforcement of environmental laws has hurt its forests, with illegal logging depleting vast woodlands. Now the huge demand for commodity crops globally [read more…]
Why does president Akufo-Addo need an “elephant-sized” cabinet?
It’s not easy running a country, and Nana Akufo-Addo needs all the friends he can get – 110 of them, to be precise. That’s the [read more…]
The deadly side of wildlife conservation
East Africa is renowned for the teeming wildlife that attracts millions of tourists from around the world annually. But lurking in the shadows, the menace [read more…]
Surge of African migrants brave Latin America jungle trek for U.S. dream
TAPACHULA, Mexico Using a stone, Ahmed Ali Hassan scraped away at the side of the container truck until he made a small hole, and putting [read more…]
With ‘The Bulldozer’ at Tanzania’s helm, big businesses are running scared
Supporters of Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli cheer him after he won the most hotly contested presidential election since independence. (Emmanuel Herman/Reuters) Some of Tanzania’s [read more…]
How Dodd-Frank Led to More Mayhem in Africa
Diamond sellers in Mbuji-Mayi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2012. Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A measure to curb violence from conflict minerals has caused militias [read more…]