http://dir.salon.com/topics/africa/?source=rss&aim=africa en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT By John Feffer Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/24/pirates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/24/pirates/index.html?source=rss 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? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/26/yacouba_sawadogo_comes_to_america/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/26/yacouba_sawadogo_comes_to_america/index.html?source=rss The Burkino Faso farmer famous for fighting back the Sahel desert preaches a different kind of green revolution By Horand Knaup and Juliane von Mittelstaedt Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/31/african_farmland/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/31/african_farmland/index.html?source=rss With population set to skyrocket, food is the new oil By Patrick Smith Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/01/09/askthepilot304/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2009/01/09/askthepilot304/index.html?source=rss The hazards of flying while Muslim. Plus: Africa's coolest airport, surly airport staff, dangerous T-shirts. By Vincent Rossmeier Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/03/pirates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/03/pirates/index.html?source=rss 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. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/23/globalization_gone_awry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/23/globalization_gone_awry/index.html?source=rss Shouldn't the African nation be able to manufacture its own imitation-African products cheaper than Canada? By Spiegel staff Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/25/pirates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/25/pirates/index.html?source=rss Europe sends warships to stop pirates off of Somalia while Blackwater offers private security for hire to shipping companies. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/28/world_hunger_and_bank_bailouts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/28/world_hunger_and_bank_bailouts/index.html?source=rss Compared to the billions governments are handing to banks, the cost of ending starvation seems cheap By Patrick Smith Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/10/17/askthepilot294/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/10/17/askthepilot294/index.html?source=rss Of airports, hedgehogs and poverty. Meditations from an African slum. By Jennifer Daskal Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/01/africa_renditions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/01/africa_renditions/index.html?source=rss The U.S.-backed Ethiopian military has secreted away scores of "suspects" -- including pregnant women and children -- and fueled anti-American rancor in Africa. By Mark Schone Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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 By Andrew Leonard Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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" By Andrew Leonard Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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 By Andrew Leonard Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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 By Andrew Leonard Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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? Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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. By Lynn Harris Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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 By Carol Lloyd Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:04:00 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.