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Why The Pope Is Visiting South Sudan and DRC

By Armani Syed

Why Somalia's Drought Isn't Getting Attention

By Belinda Luscombe

Climate Change Worsening Africa's Food Crisis

By Emily Barone

Angola Is Bracing for Its Most Competitive Election Ever

By Sanya Mansoor
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Somalia Heading Towards Famine Amid Drought

For a country already struggling with a three-decade old civil war and political instability, the environmental catastrophe has had devastating consequences.

By Eloise Barry

Why Kenya’s Upcoming Election Matters

Kenya heads to the polls Tuesday to select the country’s new president. Here's what to know about who is running, and the state of elections in the country.

By Sanya Mansoor

WHO Will Rename Monkeypox Virus to Minimize Stigma, Racism

More than 30 international scientists said the monkeypox label is discriminatory and stigmatizing.

By Madison Muller / Bloomberg

Ebola Fighters in Africa Are Ready to Fight Coronavirus

“Ebola knocked us over, but now we know not to underestimate anything; we know how important it is to prepare.”

By Aryn Baker

Boko Haram Refugees Find Safety in Niger. But How Long Can the Country Remain a Safe Haven in the Sahel?

The gunshots began in the middle of the night late in 2018. Ali Bakara, a twenty-eight-year old mother of eight, was jolted awake. It was three o’clock in the morning in her village near Maiduguri,...

By Nicolas Niarchos

How a Wall of Trees Could Help Curb Climate Change in Africa

The seedlings are ready. One hundred and fifty thousand shoots of drought-resistant acacia, hardy baobab and Moringa spill out of their black plastic casings. The ground has been prepared with scores of kilometer-long furrows leading...

By Aryn Baker / Mbar Toubab, Senegal

Why Ignoring Africa's Climate Change Problem Could Have Devastating Effects

Climate change is a global challenge that demands global solutions. But we must acknowledge the fact that the most underresourced parts of the world are bearing the brunt of climate change, despite bearing the least...

By Graça Machel

What the Xenophobic Violence Gripping South Africa Means for Future of Country

Violent riots broke out in South Africa’s largest city and commercial capital, Johannesburg, with mobs targeting foreign-owned shops and stores. Many South African workers resent the influx of foreigners, particularly those coming from other parts...

By Ian Bremmer

Study Finds 'Significant Decline' in FGM

An estimated 200 million women and girls worldwide have been subjected to FGM

By Eli Meixler

Africa's Youngest Billionaire Safely Freed After Abduction

Mohammed Dewji was dropped off in an area of Dar es Salaam by his kidnappers

By Ken Karuri

How Chinese Loans to Africa Threaten U.S. National Security

As African countries sink deeper and deeper into Beijing’s carefully laid debt trap, the United States could pay a steep cost

By Grant T. Harris

Why Child Soldiers Rarely Stay Free for Long in the Central African Republic

Eighteen years since the ratification of OPAC, the international child soldier treaty, the world still struggles to protect children.

By Sandra Olsson

Cities Need More Workers

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

The Case for Conservative Universities

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Is YouTube Bad For Us

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Military to Review Head Cams After Niger Ambush Video

An ISIS propaganda video released over the weekend that appears to include combat footage from the helmet cameras of an ambushed U.S. Special Forces team has prompted the military to review the use of such...

By W.J. Hennigan
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