Gen Z Has Finally Found Its Karl Marx
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Tourism initiatives and conservation of UNESCO heritage sites have led to forced evictions of Indigenous peoples.
In a country divided over identity and language, literature can be tricky.
Tanzania, Cambodia, and the UAE are on China’s wish list—and now Kiribati, within striking distance of Hawaii.
President John Magufuli’s complex legacy is overshadowed by his repeated dismissals of the coronavirus.
Tanzania is pushing Burundian refugees out—and endangering the region’s stability.
John Magufuli’s coronavirus denialism and refusal of vaccines have put millions of Tanzanians at risk.
Why partition may be the only solution to Lebanon’s woes, what the bestselling book “Caste” ignores about India’s caste structure, and Britain’s distraction from its real economic problems.
In Tanzania and elsewhere, the pandemic and creeping authoritarianism are colliding, making both problems far worse.
When the world’s newest country broke away from Khartoum, it discarded Sudan’s main official language, too. But casting aside the oppressor’s tongue did not heal the country’s divisions.
A review of Prudence Bushnell’s new book on the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings.
Zimbabwe is signing up for China's surveillance state, but its citizens will pay the price.
While Washington turns a blind eye, autocrats across the continent are muzzling their citizens online.
Poor countries have borne the brunt of the refugee crisis. Tanzania’s refusal to bear the cost of a new U.N. program is a warning to the West.
A Burundian militia is crossing borders to terrorize refugees and infiltrate the aid agencies that are supposed to protect them.
No matter who wins, this island of stability in East Africa could be headed for chaos.
Oxfam is funding a reality TV show to try to empower women in the country’s anemic agricultural sector. But is it working?
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