List of Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Facebook’s Free Basics Is an African Dictator’s Dream
The tech giant’s no-frills app gives governments a version of the internet they can influence, if not totally control.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is the International Criminal Court Crumbling Before Our Eyes?
With three African countries giving notice that they intend to abandon the ICC, a coordinated exodus might soon be coming.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Gambia: The ICC Should Be Called the International Caucasian Court
Gambia is the latest country to leave the ICC>
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fewer Migrants Are Braving the Mediterranean, But More Than Ever Are Dying At Sea
Despite a dramatic decrease in sea crossings, migrants who do try are now much more likely to die.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Poll: Support for Congo’s Embattled President Kabila Slides to 7.8 Percent
As an overwhelming majority opposes amending the constitution so he can seek a third term.
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Ghana - Fuveme - During the high tide the ocean level reaches the same level as the land causing regular floods in the village. Nestled between the ocean and the Volta river estuary, the village of Fuvemeh has seen its territory reduced from several kilometers to few hundred meters. Nowadays, the villages sits on a narrow strip of land which separates the coastline from the adjacent lagoon. Haunted by coastal erosion, its 1,000 inhabitants have literally nowhere to move. The Waves Will Take Us Away
Climate change is destroying thousands of miles of West Africa's coastline. It's only a matter of time before it knocks out the region's economy, too.
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Ghana - Fuveme - A villager carries the roof of his house on his shoulder as the high tide has started and the waves are quickly entering the village and destroying houses on its way. Nestled between the ocean and the Volta river estuary, the village of Fuvemeh has seen its territory reduced from several kilometers to few hundred meters. Nowadays, the villages sits on a narrow strip of land which separates the coastline from the adjacent lagoon. Haunted by coastal erosion, its 1,000 inhabitants have literally nowhere to move. West Africa Is Being Swallowed by the Sea
Encroaching waters off the coast of Togo, Ghana, Mauritania, and others are destroying homes, schools, fish, and a way of life.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Burundi Promised More Countries Would Withdraw from the ICC. Now South Africa Has.
Now that Burundi and South Africa have moved to leave the ICC, more African countries are expected to follow.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How an Illegal Caterpillar Tax Left Twenty People Dead in Congo
Clashes broke out after an illegal caterpillar tax was imposed on the marginalized Pygmy population.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rwanda’s Last Monarch, The ‘King of Africa,’ Dead at 80
In exile, he survived on food stamps in the United States but always dreamed of returning to the throne.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Zimbabwe Made Zimbabwe’s Flag Illegal
The country's own flag has become an anti-government symbol of protest.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 After Nigerian First Lady Criticizes Her Husband, He Says She Belongs to His Kitchen
President Buhari's wife took to the media to express her disappointment in her husband.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Do Internationally Backed Peace Processes Fail?
FP staffers talk about their reporting on the ground in South Sudan and Colombia and how war crimes, revolution, women, and Washington all played a role in those countries’ faltering peace processes.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Do Chinese in South Africa Think of the Ivory Trade?
A survey of hundreds at the source shows attitudes shifting, but little sense of personal responsibility.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Washington Is Unhappy That Burundi Is ‘Very Happy’ to Be Leaving the ICC
The Burundian government wants to leave the International Criminal Court. They're well on their way.
