List of Africa articles
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Gen Z protest in Madagascar Gen Z Is Taking to the Barricades
Here’s why you should be paying attention.
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Mona Ibrahim, a displaced Sudanese mother, and her children sit on the ground in the famine-stricken Zamzam camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in northern Darfur, Sudan, on Jan. 21. Why Won’t the UAE End the War in Sudan?
An independent inquiry has established the complicity of external actors.
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The head of a humanoid robot is seen from below. The head is constructed as from dark metals and plastic, with a visor that looks like ski goggles rather than eyes. A logo where an ear would be says "Z1 Robot." Racist AI Fantasies Are Spreading on China’s Internet
Anti-Black videos speak to popular prejudices.
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Paul Biya and his wife, Chantal Biya, sit and applaud during a parade. He wears a blue suit, and she wears a red dress. Cameroon’s Predictable Election Will Produce Unpredictable Chaos
At nearly 93, Paul Biya is all but guaranteed a victory—but has no successor.
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Putin gives an interview From Moldova to Africa, Russia’s Power Is Waning
The defeat of Moscow-friendly parties in the Moldovan election is just the latest of many setbacks.
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A worker sitting on a crowded factory floor is framed by stacks of jeans sitting in the foreground as she works at a sewing machine. The Crisis for the Women Who Make Your Clothes
Trump’s tariffs are having major ripple effects on the fashion industry’s female work force.
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Two men walk on a road toward the camera, surrounded by cars, with a low hospital building in the background. A sign hanging over the building's roof reads "Mogadishu Somali Turkiye Recep Tay Yip Erdogan." Turkish Drones Are Fueling a Somali Shadow War
Ankara’s stealth takeover suits its geopolitical interests but has ruined many civilian lives.
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Three men are seen from behind as they gather around a tree. A small radio device hangs from a cord pinned to the tree, along with a paper flyer that indicates that the radio is broadcasting an ICC sentencing that day. Why Hasn’t Joseph Kony Been Caught?
The Ugandan warlord recently went on trial in absentia, but he continues to elude a decades-long international manhunt.
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A local farmer shows her produce in Nakapiripirit, Uganda on July 22. Fixing Foreign Aid Requires Confronting Fundamental Tensions
Aid critics ignore competing policy goals and structural trade-offs between control and flexibility.
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International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan, left, talks to registrar Osvaldo Zavala Giler in The Hague. The ICC Needs a Chief Prosecutor
Allegations against the court’s head prosecutor have hampered its effectiveness. They should be addressed immediately.
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Two men are seen from behind as they harvest gum arabic from a tree. One man in a long white robe and head covering pokes the branches with a long stick; the other crouches in the shade of the tree with a small bowl raised to catch the gum arabic as it falls. The sun hangs in the blue sky overhead; in the distance is open savanna. Sudan, Congo, and You
From soda to sports, global consumers are implicated in Africa’s most deadly conflicts. This also creates an avenue for change.
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A statue of a green hand grasping a map of Somaliland stands in front of a building site by the side of a road with a few men gathered around it. Stop Trying to Make Somaliland Happen
The United States should not legitimize another fragile rupture in an unsettled region.
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A child walks across a dirt road carrying a canister of water. Why the World Turned on NGOs
From powerbrokers in the ’90s to pariahs today.
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Two women work at a sewing machine in a booth filled with patterned fabrics. A man is seen working on fabric at a table on the left. Africa Is Now Calling the Shots
Governments, civil society, and the private sector are reimagining development away from external interventions.
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This photograph shows the newly-inaugurated bronze statue in the likeness of the late Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his right-hand man Dmitru Utkin erected in Bangui, Central African Republic on Dec. 3, 2024. Prigozhin’s Ghost Haunts Africa Corps
The Wagner Group is no more but Moscow is peddling the same false promises.
