http://dir.salon.com/topics/africa/?source=rss&aim=africa en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT By Mark Schone Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2008/07/28/obama_music/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2008/07/28/obama_music/index.html?source=rss From Jamaica to Kenya and all across Europe, musicians are paying tribute to the presidential candidate who puts a song in their heart. Andrew Leonard Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/17/kiva_3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/17/kiva_3/index.html?source=rss Call it Web 2.0: The African version. The online microfinance lending site stumbles, but doesn't get knocked down Andrew Leonard Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/19/chinese_declared_black/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/19/chinese_declared_black/index.html?source=rss According to the country's High Court, they are now considered "black" Andrew Leonard Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/24/african_rice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/24/african_rice/index.html?source=rss While Sam's Club rations the world's number one staple in the U.S., China makes long term plans in Africa Andrew Leonard Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/23/washington_food_crisis_consensus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/23/washington_food_crisis_consensus/index.html?source=rss 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? By Dan Hoyle Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/25/oil_politics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/25/oil_politics/index.html?source=rss Why I hope the president of Nigeria will make good on his plans to attend my show on oil politics. Andrew Leonard Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/28/recessions_and_democracy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/28/recessions_and_democracy/index.html?source=rss How bad weather contributes to the toppling of tyrants Andrew Leonard Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/26/breadbasket_inflation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/26/breadbasket_inflation/index.html?source=rss Wheat prices are out of control. Corn and soybeans and rice, too. Is this good or bad news for the biotech industry, and Africa? Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/big_think/2008/02/25/bt_mutambara/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/big_think/2008/02/25/bt_mutambara/index.html?source=rss Arthur Mutambara on making Zimbabwe the Switzerland of Africa. By Thilo Thielke Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/14/kenya_runners/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/14/kenya_runners/index.html?source=rss Kenya's long-distance runners are moving targets in a recent outburst of ethnic violence -- two have been murdered and many more fear death. By Ruthann Richter Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/11/kenya/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/11/kenya/index.html?source=rss It's not just tribal hatred that's spurring bloodshed in this stratified African nation. Lynn Harris Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/21/help_women_in_congo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/21/help_women_in_congo/index.html?source=rss How to help victims of sexual violence in Congo Carol Lloyd Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/15/witches/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/15/witches/index.html?source=rss Growing accusations of witchcraft aimed at children. Andrew Leonard Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/23/nuclear_jatropha/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/23/nuclear_jatropha/index.html?source=rss Or both? In Senegal, fossil fuel shortages are forcing government leaders to explore every option. Andrew Leonard Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/04/ngozi_okonjo_iweala/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/04/ngozi_okonjo_iweala/index.html?source=rss Robert Zoellick's choice of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as a top deputy may win him some favor with long-suffering bank staff. By Jill Savitt Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/04/china_darfur/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/04/china_darfur/index.html?source=rss Slick P.R. moves around the '08 Olympics can't hide the fact that China is still complicit in the Darfur genocide. Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/10/aids/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/10/aids/index.html?source=rss Bush's plan for AIDS relief in Africa: Promote condoms for "high-risk" groups, ignore transmission within marriage. By Walter Shapiro Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/06/biden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/06/biden/index.html?source=rss In Iowa, the long-shot candidate stuck with his blunt, freewheeling style, and warned of the dire mess in Iraq facing the next American president. By Kirsten Weir Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/29/rachel_carson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/29/rachel_carson/index.html?source=rss The right has revved up its claim that the environmental pioneer who criticized DDT was responsible for the spread of malaria that killed millions. The facts say otherwise. Andrew Leonard Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/21/bad_geography/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/21/bad_geography/index.html?source=rss The slave trade sent some Africans running for the hills. Where they got a little stuck. By Nick Wadhams Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/16/african_rebel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/16/african_rebel/index.html?source=rss A funny thing happened on my way to civil war in Ethiopia -- I met Reagan, and I would never see guerrilla rebels the same way again. Andrew Leonard Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/13/bollywood_in_africa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/13/bollywood_in_africa/index.html?source=rss China isn't the only former victim of colonialism asserting itself in Africa. India's also on the move. By Mathieu von Rohr Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/13/darfur/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/13/darfur/index.html?source=rss Can a citizens movement enlisting the likes of George Clooney, Angelina Jolie and Don Cheadle finally stop the genocide in Darfur? By Carol Lloyd Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/06/07/milk_bank/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/06/07/milk_bank/index.html?source=rss How one American mom's desire to donate breast milk to African orphans, with a little help from Oprah, stirred up a milk bank mess. Carol Lloyd Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/01/aids/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/01/aids/index.html?source=rss What do AIDS researchers owe their poor, at-risk subjects?