List of Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Tiny African Nation Just Cut Ties With Tehran. It Also Used to Be an Iranian Trading Post.
Comoros's rich yet little-known historical links with Iran haven't stopped it from joining Saudi Arabia's campaign to isolate Tehran.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sudan Sanctions Deprive ‘Whole Nation’ of Health Care
Sudan’s ruling elite lives large while ordinary citizens are denied life-saving medical care. U.S. sanctions are to blame.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘I Think I May Die Tonight’
The story of an ambitious Rwandan journalist who challenged Paul Kagame’s leadership.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 President of Ghana: Car Accidents Are More Dangerous Than Gitmo Detainees
On Tuesday, Ghana defended its choice to accept detainees from Guantánamo who were never charged with crimes.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Between Rocks and a Hard Place in Africa
Botswana squeezes more money from diamonds than any other country. Why are so many of its citizens still going hungry?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Reimagining the Refugee Camp
The world’s refugee camps are a mess, and they’ve long outlived their intended lifespans. It’s time for a change.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 After Cecil the Lion’s Death, Hunt-a-Lion Raffles Are Probably Not a Good Idea
A raffle that would have allowed the winner to hunt a lion has been canceled after outrage online.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Not to Fix an African Narco-State
Europe is trying to stop Guinea-Bissau's drug trade by throwing money at the traffickers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 As New Threats Emerge, U.S. Closes Drone Base in Ethiopia
The United States is pulling the plug on its drone operations in southern Ethiopia as demands on its fleet of unmanned aircraft expand elsewhere across the continent with the rise of the Islamic State in Libya, and extremist militants in Nigeria, Mali, Chad and Cameroon.
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U.S. Army soldier provides security for infantry patrolling through Dandarh village, Afghanistan. 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2016
From Syria to the South China Sea, the conflicts and crises the world will face in the coming year.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Africa’s Boom Is Over
Africa was never going to get far without manufacturing — and it can’t do so under today’s trade and investment treaties.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Annals of wars we don’t know about: The South African border war of 1966-1989
Best of Best Defense: Number 4 in our list of the most viewed posts of 2015. This post ran originally on March 12.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Foreign Policy Staff Read in 2015
FP staff share some of the best books they read in 2015.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Worst Corruption Scandals of 2015
A number of corruption scandals exploded in 2015. FP looks back at some of the most egregious.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Unraveling of Jacob Zuma
South Africa’s president just sacked two finance ministers in a week. Now many in his own party are questioning whether he should still be in charge.
