List of Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nigeria Keeps Playing the Boko Haram Blame Game
The Islamist insurgency group wreaking havoc across northern Nigeria and Cameroon is starting to pose a larger regional threat. But the Nigerian government has been slow to act and fast to point fingers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Profit and Loss in Somalia
A former Delta Force soldier went to Mogadishu to help a little-known company train African soldiers to fight al-Shabab. He never came home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 #BringBackBoko
A how-to guide for getting the world to notice mass murder.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Boko Haram and the Ballot Box
Will Nigeria’s upcoming presidential election give the brutal terrorist group a chance to unleash a new wave of carnage?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Africa’s Next Revolution?
Yet another African autocrat is looking vulnerable. As protests roil Togo, President Gnassingbe stands defiant.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Counting Nigeria’s Dead From 480 Miles Up
Human rights groups are using satellite imagery to force Nigeria to accept the true scope of Boko Haram’s latest atrocities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Spare a Thought for Those Who Are Not Charlie
Mourn the attacks in Paris, but let’s put things in perspective.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘We Are Fighting an Enemy, and the Enemy Is Ebola’
Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky's 2,500 soldiers have spent months battling a rampant killer in Liberia. Is the fight over, or has the front line shifted?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Food wars: New Zealand edition
Two fishing vessels suspected of illegal fishing in Antarctic waters are refusing inspections by the New Zealand navy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nigeria’s President Prefers to See No Evil, Speak No Evil
Goodluck Jonathan was quick to condemn last week’s terror attacks in France. When it comes to violence inside his own country, however, he’s keeping his mouth shut.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Amnesty International: Boko Haram Attacks May Have Left 2,000 Dead
While the world’s eyes were on Paris, Boko Haram may have slaughtered as many as 2,000 in northern Nigeria, marking a new escalation in the group’s bloody campaign.