Africa

Our misguided fight against Somali pirates Our misguided fight against Somali pirates

Those teenage high-seas renegades are not about to team up with terrorists, so why is the U.S. military devoting so much attention to them?
  • Yacouba Sawadogo comes to America

    The Burkino Faso farmer famous for fighting back the Sahel desert preaches a different kind of green revolution
  • Foreign investors snap up African farmland

    With population set to skyrocket, food is the new oil
  • Ask the pilot

    The hazards of flying while Muslim. Plus: Africa's coolest airport, surly airport staff, dangerous T-shirts.
  • Pirates don't like loud noises

    Nick Davis says he can scare off the pirates plaguing the coast of Africa without firing a shot. So far, so good -- except for that little incident last week.
  • The Canada-Uganda connection

    Shouldn't the African nation be able to manufacture its own imitation-African products cheaper than Canada?
  • Blackwater vs. Blackbeard off the coast of Africa

    Europe sends warships to stop pirates off of Somalia while Blackwater offers private security for hire to shipping companies.
  • Why no bailout for the hungry?

    Compared to the billions governments are handing to banks, the cost of ending starvation seems cheap
  • Ask the pilot

    Of airports, hedgehogs and poverty. Meditations from an African slum.
  • More blowback from the war on terror

    The U.S.-backed Ethiopian military has secreted away scores of "suspects" -- including pregnant women and children -- and fueled anti-American rancor in Africa.
  • Songs for Obama

    From Jamaica to Kenya and all across Europe, musicians are paying tribute to the presidential candidate who puts a song in their heart.
  • Growing pains for Kiva

    Call it Web 2.0: The African version. The online microfinance lending site stumbles, but doesn't get knocked down
  • What color are Chinese South Africans?

    According to the country's High Court, they are now considered "black"
  • Where has all the rice gone?

    While Sam's Club rations the world's number one staple in the U.S., China makes long term plans in Africa
  • The Washington food crisis consensus

    Did following the advice of the IMF and World Bank in the 1990s set poor countries up for a big fall when grain prices spiked a decade later?
  • The fine art of battling oil addiction

    Why I hope the president of Nigeria will make good on his plans to attend my show on oil politics.
  • African recessions lead to democratic concessions

    How bad weather contributes to the toppling of tyrants
  • Breadbasket inflation

    Wheat prices are out of control. Corn and soybeans and rice, too. Is this good or bad news for the biotech industry, and Africa?
  • Big Think: "I'm a soldier for social justice"

    Arthur Mutambara on making Zimbabwe the Switzerland of Africa.
  • Running for their lives

    Kenya's long-distance runners are moving targets in a recent outburst of ethnic violence -- two have been murdered and many more fear death.
  • The roots of Kenya's upheaval

    It's not just tribal hatred that's spurring bloodshed in this stratified African nation.
  • "They are done to destroy women"

    How to help victims of sexual violence in Congo
  • Crying "witch!"

    Growing accusations of witchcraft aimed at children.
  • Sub-Saharan dilemma: Food vs. fuel or radioactive waste?

    Or both? In Senegal, fossil fuel shortages are forcing government leaders to explore every option.
  • A step forward for the World Bank?

    Robert Zoellick's choice of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as a top deputy may win him some favor with long-suffering bank staff.
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