List of Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Talking Trump and War Crimes With South Sudan’s Rebel Leader
In an exclusive interview at his armed camp, Riek Machar accuses his rival of war crimes and blames the U.S. for prolonging the carnage.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nigeria’s Latest Enemy? Tomato-Eating Moths.
A moth infestation in Nigeria's tomato plants has increased the price of tomatoes by more than 30-fold.
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A home guard walks through a Mandera suburb late at night. Many homeguards chew the local stimulant khat to stay alert. Hiking the ‘Rat Tracks,’ Hunting for al-Shabab
Meet the khat-chewing, rifle-toting volunteer army that forms Kenya’s first line of defense against the Somali terrorist group.
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NUBA_13crop2 ‘The Shrapnel Finds Us Wherever We Hide’
Sudan’s Janjaweed are back. Only this time they’re better armed.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Bandits’ Banker
David Cameron is right that Nigeria is “fantastically corrupt.” He just forgot to mention that Britain is making it worse.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watch: New Footage Shows Kenyan Police Beating Political Protesters
Police cracked down Monday on protestors railing against Kenya's election oversight body.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Now Who’s Being Rude? British Leaders Snub the Countries They Once Ruled
Did Prime Minister David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth II realize that the three countries they offended in recent comments were each exploited by the British empire?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Other Reason Africa’s Elephants Are Dying
Kenya is trying its best to deter illegal poachers, but revenge killings by farmers and herdsmen are often the bigger problem.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Mozambique’s Invisible Civil War
The government says everything’s fine. But that’s not what we heard from its victims.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How the World’s Hardest-Working Dictator Won Re-election
The president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea has been in power for 37 years. He’s also responsible for atrocities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Foiled Kenya Anthrax Plot Hints At Islamic State’s Scramble For Africa
Outmaneuvered by al-Shabab in Somalia, is the Islamic State gunning for a comeback next door?
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Landscape2 The Blood Rubies of Montepuez
Some 40 percent of the world’s rubies lie in one mining concession in Mozambique, where a troubling pattern of violence and death contradicts the claim of “responsibly sourced.”
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Election Monitors Are Failing
Uganda’s recent election showed, once again, that international election observers aren't calling it like they see it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 50,000 People Are Dead. So Why Won’t Obama Push for an Arms Embargo in South Sudan?
Now that South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar is back in Juba, American lawmakers believe only an arms embargo can guarantee peace.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The False Idols of Rwanda’s Genocide
Is Paul Kagame’s government using museums to commemorate the past—or cement its grip on power?
