All Africa
- Joint UN-African mission seeks to end LRA violenceA United Nations and African Union joint mission traveled to the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda last week seeking regional cooperation from countries affected by the Lord's Resistance Army.
- Why mobile money is popular in Africa, but not in the USAfrican countries like Kenya have leapfrogged traditional banking systems by using mobile phones to store and spend money. Do Africans have the better deal?
- Zuma tells the UN: Listen to African UnionSouth African President Zuma airs complaints of UN interference in Libya during a UN Security Council meeting on how the African Union and the UN can work more closely.
- Ethiopia's 'grand dam' rouses citizens, dismays criticsIn April, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi announced plans to build Africa's largest hydropower plant along the Blue Nile river. The project is popular, but lack of transparency is a concern.
- What is Nigeria's Boko Haram? 5 things to know The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has generated headlines with a number of bloody attacks. Scott Baldauf breaks down the group's origins, funding, and possible ties to Al Qaeda.
- Africa Rising: Jeffrey Sachs says Ghana's future looks brightBecause of good governance in the past, and now oil production, Ghana is likely to reach all of the Millennium Development Goals toward ending extreme poverty and child mortality.
- Recent rebel attacks in Congo highlight complexity of protecting civiliansIn the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, rebel attacks highlight the dire need for political, security, and justice reform.
- Nigeria closes its borders amid unrest from Islamists, strikersNigeria's president met with security chiefs to discuss Islamist group Boko Haram, while Nobel prize winner Wole Soyinka warned his country may be heading toward civil war.
- Famed author Chinua Achebe on the Occupy Nigeria strikesIn an interview with 海角大神, Nigerian author Chinua Achebe supports fuel-subsidy protests and says that Nigeria's unrest can be eased by better, less-corrupt leaders.
- Note of caution on the International Criminal Court trials in KenyaNew report highlights potentially destabilizing impact of ICC trials related to 2007 Kenyan election violence.
- Nigerians feel pinch as fuel strikes take a tollNigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has drawn praise from economists for cutting a costly fuel national subsidy, but citizens have responded with rolling strikes that have shut down cities around the country.
- Stampede at university highlights South Africa's education shortageA late application period at the University of Johannesburg led to a stampede that killed one and injured 22. Critics say South Africa doesn't provide as much access to higher education as it promises.聽
- Why Nigerians are in an 'occupy' moodIt would be unacceptable to citizens anywhere if the price of gasoline doubled overnight without warning, argues guest blogger Jeremy Weate.
- Oh snap! Bungee jumper plunges into Zambezi River at Victoria FallsThe Australian survived, but tourists who assume that extreme venues in Africa are safe may be fooling themselves.
- 'Occupy Nigeria' emerges ahead of mass strikeTalking of '1 percent cabals,' opponents of Nigeria's government are angry about its removal of a fuel subsidy and its weak response to ongoing attacks by a radical Islamist sect.
- Democratic Republic of Congo: Another atrocity in the making?Democratic Republic of Congo incumbent president Joseph Kabila and challenger Etienne Tshisekedi in protracted dispute over November 2011 election results.
- Africa Rising: Sub-Saharan Africa set for 2012 boomRising demand for natural resources is a boon for countries such as Sierra Leone, Niger, and Angola. But high consumer prices still pinch Africa's middle class.
- Ethiopia enters Somalia, but avoids African Union joint operationUnlike Uganda, Burundi, Kenya and Djibouti, which have sent thousands of troops under the African Union banner, Ethiopia is intervening in Somalia unilaterally, and won't stay for long.
- 2011 a banner year for the International Criminal CourtThe International Criminal Court continued to build credibility in 2011, but new challenges exist as Luis Moreno-Ocampo steps down as the ICC鈥檚 first chief prosecutor in 2012.
- Somalia's Al Shabab Islamists are on the runBut the Somali officials, backed by international forces, are too busy fighting among themselves to govern.