All Africa
The ExplainerAnti-gay laws are political boon across AfricaDespite Western condemnation of Africa's harsh gay laws (including a World Bank freeze of $90 million to Nigeria) the legislation is popular and the sentiment is deeply rooted in the culture.聽
Muslims in Central Africa Republic under attack. UN debates deployment.UN chief Ban Ki Moon wants 12,000 peacekeepers for conflict-riven CAR. Muslims say they may be killed or driven out by the time the blue helmets arrive.聽
Along with gays, Uganda bans the miniskirtLess noticed than President Museveni's聽anti-gay bill was a simultaneous anti-porn law that has resulted in women wearing modern garb being publicly stripped and shamed.
Oscar Pistorius murder trial: Tearful sprinter 'thought she was a burglar'A neighbor who heard screams and ran to the Pistorius home testified today the famous runner told him at the scene he shot Reeva Steenkamp by mistake.
South Sudan: Fatal gunfire in Army barracks where war startedThis time the gun shots that killed five were not the start of a coup, but a dispute over pay.
World's illegal wildlife trade supply chain needs exposingAt $10 billion a year, illegal ivory buyers and sellers are known, and the practice undermines government authority and institutions. It isn't healthy for elephants and rhinos, either.聽
Slaughter-crazy: Why is Nigeria's Boko Haram so successful?Nigeria's radical Boko Haram fighters have launched multiple killing sprees in past months -- blasting villages and often scaring off the Army in the northeast region. What gives?
Even in garrison town, no sanctuary for South Sudan's civiliansThe town of Bor has changed hands since a civil conflict flared in December. Government forces now occupy it, but civilians face agonizing choices.
Dramatic testimony marks opening of Pistorius trialA neighbor's testimony underscored the sensational nature of a murder case that has attracted global attention. Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius said the shooting was a 'tragic accident.'聽
Cover StoryThe ivory policeA former Australian commando is using military tactics to curb poaching in Africa. Is that the right way to save the continent's vanishing animals?
FocusOne African nation starts to 'push back' on abusive foreign investorsCopper-rich Zambia is open for business, not exploitation.聽
FocusThe great China 'takeover' of Africa is greatly exaggeratedInvestors from South Korea to Brazil and from India to South Africa are the new kids on the African block. Nor have old investors like the US, UK, France and Australia pulled out.
FocusAfrica's outlook by the (poor) numbersMozambique is Africa's eighth poorest nation says one index -- and its 12th richest says another.
Refugees in their own land: South Sudan camps breed idleness, frustrationBottled up and bored, young men are prone to violence in a country that has more than its share.
Many gays in Uganda now feel hunted and outcastThe new Anti-Homosexuality Law, which has broad public support, imposes harsh penalties for gays and those 'who fail to report suspected gays to police,' including landlords and employers.
As Boko Haram slaughters students, where is Nigeria's Army?Witnesses say Nigerian security forces left the area before students were killed by militant anti-education Boko Haram members on Tuesday, and only returned after the rampage. 聽
Uganda's anti-gay bill refocuses attention on US evangelical influenceUganda鈥檚 President Museveni signed into law Monday a bill that criminalizes homosexuality with life sentences and punishes efforts to raise or discuss gay issues.聽
US, Iran pledge to play nicer on home frontThe US and Iran have attacked each other in public to sell nuclear talks to skeptical audiences at home. But harsh words have eroded trust.- 'Peace must come soon' -- dispatch from South SudanAs a political crisis that devolved into an ethnic crisis, the war in South Sudan needs resolution quickly to avoid solidifying widening divisions and strife.聽
New fighting in South Sudan threatens oil state capitalSince a January ceasefire, rebels and government troops have skirmished. A full-scale attack on Malaka, a key oil hub, may signal a longer fight ahead.
