List of Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Burundi Intervention That Wasn’t
When the African Union threatened to force a peacekeeping mission, Burundi called its bluff — and threw the pan-African body’s credibility into question in the process.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Burundi Denies Press Crackdown, Then Arrests Two Journalists
Burundi arrested a French journalist and a British photojournalist Thursday, after claiming the country's press is not threatened by the government.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Satellite Images Point Finger at Burundian Forces in Mass Killing
In mid-December, dozens of dead bodies disappeared from Bujumbura's streets. New evidence of mass graves may solve the mystery of where they went — and who’s to blame.
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Asylum seekers from Syria stand at the fence of the State Office of Health and Social Affairs (LAGeSo) registration centre in Berlin on December 21, 2015. / AFP / dpa / Kay Nietfeld / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read KAY NIETFELD/AFP/Getty Images) Refugees Don’t Need Your Pity
In a world where 1 in 7 people are displaced, your kindness is just condescension.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.N. Panel Calls for Sanctions on South Sudan’s Warring Leaders
An unpublished report finds "clear and convincing evidence" that Salva Kiir and Riek Machar are responsible for widespread atrocities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The House that Bush Built
How Barack Obama embraced the fight against AIDS and malaria that George W. Bush began.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 South Sudan’s Next Civil War Is Starting
Just when a peace deal seemed within reach, President Salva Kiir is threatening to plunge the country back into bloody conflict.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ahead of U.S. Meetings, Top Burundian Official Denies Mass Rape
In a wide-ranging interview with Foreign Policy, a senior advisor to Burundi's president denied human rights abuses are taking place in his country.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Drone War Goes Awry in Africa
Al Qaeda's attack on Burkina Faso proves that "decapitating" a terror group doesn't always change it for the better.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Making a Murderer in Uganda
Kidnapped by rebels when he was 9, Dominic Ongwen grew up to command fighters who slaughtered, raped, and pillaged. Is he guilty of heinous crimes — or was he a hostage the whole time?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 School Is Back in Session in Garissa, for Now
The university targeted by al-Shabab last year has reopened. Will Kenya's softer, gentler approach to counterterrorism keep it safe?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Burkina Faso Attackers Killed As Troops Storm Hotel
The latest in a string of attacks by the Islamist group in Africa leaves dozens killed and wounded
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Last Newspaper in Burundi
Media houses have been shuttered, journalists attacked, and critics of the government murdered. But one broadsheet is still covering the African country's descent into chaos.
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GettyImages-482677788 Mos Def Was Arrested in South Africa for Using a ‘World Passport.’ Yes, That’s a Real Thing.
American rapper and actor Mos Def was arrested in South Africa this week. Here's the story of his little-known World Passport.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Missing the Peace for the Trees
Natural resources play a role in nearly half of the world's conflicts, but when it comes to ending wars, they're almost always forgotten.
