All Africa
- Doing good in Africa: Jeff Sachs and the Millennium Villages Project, Part 1The program started by Mr. Sachs helped bring the cow, the milk, the rainwater storage and a computer lab.聽
French journalists in Mali were killed and not held for ransom. Why?We don't really know. But we need to find out.
M23 ready to drop the gun in East Congo amid hopes for peace800,000 displaced people later, the M23 rebel group is ready to resolve grievances through 'political means only.'
Kenya seeks Draconian laws to fine and punish its press corpsSilencing the press got serious after local media reported that Army troops looted the Westgate Mall after the Al Shabab massacre.聽
Apartheid's legacy on land and farms is slow to fade in South AfricaThe aim of equality for blacks who want to farm or own their own plot was widely shared after 1994. But land reform turns out to be complicated.聽- Everyone says Africa is 'rising.' An 'Afrobarometer' poll questions that.Africa's growth may be overstated, or new wealth may be accruing mainly among elites. Or both.
In East Congo, high drama as long war begins to endBut with M23 troops on the wane and enjoying less support from Rwanda, there are still more questions than answers for the Great Lakes region.聽
Nelson Mandela assassination plotters face 35 years in prisonWhite supremacists who tried to murder Mr. Mandela had wanted South Africa to return via a coup to apartheid. Ironically, under that system the plotters would now face the death penalty.聽
In Kampala: Congo and M23 agree on almost everything before talks collapseGreat Lakes envoys pushed for a deal to end long and bloody conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But agreed status of M23 rebels was too high a hurdle.
In one of South Africa's most violent townships, a peace arrivesCan it last? And in a nation already plagued with the perception of violence and crime, can gangs stop warring?
How solar power is lighting up business in rural East AfricaThe rural town of Oldonyo-Sambu in Tanzania does not have electric power. But with outside help and a self-run local energy center, that is changing a bit.
First global report on slavery: Half the top 10 nations are AfricanMauritania ranks the highest in the world, with 25 percent of its population deemed to be enslaved.
Hungry for prosperity, Madagascar pins hopes on presidential voteThe African island nation has languished under foreign sanctions since a coup in 2009. Many hope Friday's vote will get the country back on track.
West Africa's ferocious pirates grab two AmericansNigeria's waters are some of the most dangerous in the world, and have been for some time. So far no solution is in sight.
In Africa's south, US 'democracy promotion' needs a rethinkZimbabwe's flawed election is not the only issue. Africa's southern tier faces potentially volatile elections in Madagascar this year, and Mozambique and Malawi in 2014.
The power of 96 elephants: Teaming up to end ivory poachingBy the way, profits from illegal ivory also help fund Al Shabab and the Lord's Resistance Army.
US terrorism fight in Africa: Does it promote instability there?After military operations in Libya and Somalia, US counterterrorism appears to 'live on the edge of international law.'
After Westgate Mall attack: Al Shabab penetrates even to Kenya high schoolsLeaked intelligence reports in Nairobi say the Somali terror group is finding an audience even in prominent prep schools and academies, as well as madrassas.聽
Sudan is in revolt. Why isn't anyone listening?Last week in the midst of a violent suppression of protest, Sudan's interior minister was in New York discussing peace and humanity. It was appalling.聽
Is the International Criminal Court a tool of Western imperialism? No.Some moral leaders like South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu agree, saying the world court is designed for accountability and to end impunity.