List of Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The U.S. Helped Birth South Sudan. Now Americans Are Being Beaten and Targeted by Its Troops.
A brutal assault on American and other foreign aid workers in Juba marks a new low for a supposed U.S. ally and the state of U.N. peacekeeping.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kenyan Sprint Coach Used Athlete’s Badge for Free Breakfast, Then Took Doping Test for Him.
This Kenyan coach borrowed his athlete's ID to get free breakfast, then took a doping test for him too.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Here Come the Young
In the coming years, the population of people under the age of 30 in some of the most fragile and unstable countries is going to skyrocket. And the world is not ready for them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 South Sudan Rejects U.S. Push for More Peacekeepers Despite Bloodshed
Washington helped create the world's youngest country, but the standoff over the embattled and ineffectual U.N. force shows the United States is rapidly losing influence there.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Goodbye, Party of Nelson Mandela. Hello, Rainbow Nation.
The African National Congress suffered its worst-ever defeat at the polls. That’s good news for South African democracy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Black People Must Help Africa Develop
The marginalization of blacks in America won’t end until we have a first-world African nation to lift up our people.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How the U.N. Silenced Liberia’s Press
Instead of fostering independent media, the U.N. monopolized the post-war airwaves and paid reporters for friendly PR.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Last Call to Cash In on a Vicious Civil War
Two-and-a-half years into South Sudan’s fighting, the U.N. might finally make it illegal to sell tanks and attack helicopters to the combatants.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Islamic State Announces New Leader of Boko Haram, Who Vows War Against Christians
Boko Haram might have a new leader, and he wants to target Christians.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Beloved Friend, I Am a Nigerian Email Scammer and Interpol Just Arrested Me. Please Help.
A Nigerian man believed to have organized a criminal ring that stole money from businesses around the world was arrested by Interpol.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bashir Comes in From the Cold
Sudan's leader has been indicted for genocide and crimes against humanity. After two decades as a pariah, he’s being paid by Europe to keep migrants from its shores.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About Zimbabwe’s #ThisFlag Movement
It's not just on the internet and it's not just about President Mugabe.
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DADAAB, KENYA - JULY 21: Newly arrived Somalian refugees settle on the edge of the Dagahaley refugee camp which makes up part of the giant Dadaab refugee settlement on July 21, 2011 in Dadaab, Kenya. The refugee camp at Dadaab, located close to the Kenyan border with Somalia, was originally designed in the early 1990s to accommodate 90,000 people but the UN estimates over four times as many reside there. The ongoing civil war in Somalia and the worst drought to affect the Horn of Africa in six decades has resulted in an estimated 12 million people whose lives are threatened. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Is Invited to Please Shut Down
The Kenyan government says it will clear its country of Somali refugees before the end of this year. But it's not saying how.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why a Hashtag Isn’t Enough for a Revolution in Zimbabwe
Some hope to use social media to usher in the end of Robert Mugabe’s regime. This ignores the realities of power.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘They Will Find Us and Kill Us’
From murder to mass rape, a special report from the front lines of South Sudan’s civil war.
