Death in Darfur
Jen Marlowe : Darfur
In Darfur, even the schools are not safe, as I learned following a recent tragedy that cost six children their lives.
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Kenya's Rigged Election
Tavia Nyong'o : Kenya
A stolen presidential vote--and not tribal conflict--has plunged Kenya into chaos and violence.
2007
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Say No to Africom
Danny Glover & Nicole C. Lee : US Military
With little Congressional scrutiny and nary a whimper of protest, the United States will soon establish permanent military bases in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Darfur's Divided Rebellion
As peace talks open between rebels and the government in Darfur, the question is: who speaks for whom?
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An African Solution
Two new books on the AIDS epidemic in Africa suggest that the best treatment may be found in the continent's own social movements.
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The Third World Idea
The Third World was never imagined as a place but rather a project, one that was ultimately doomed by globalization--it awaits a resurrection.
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Out of Africa
The World Social Forum marched into Nairobi full of conflict, action and ideas.
2006
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Capturing Compassion
Seeking to arouse America's compassion, five photojournalists have documented the suffering of terrorized refugees from Darfur in an exhibition that will travel to cities around the country.
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Congo Journey
It was the strangest journey of my life, and it will always be. I was looking for fictional characters I had invented, in a country I had never visited.
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A Sort of Homecoming
Hazel Rowley : African-Americans
"The spell of Africa is upon me," wrote W.E.B. Du Bois in Liberia. Three new books document the enchantment and disenchantment of the continent for its descendants.
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The Scramble for Oil
The Bush Administration's warm embrace of the Equatorial Guinea's despotic President Teodoro Mbasogo demonstrates how low it will go in pursuit of oil.
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Dining With Devils
Fatin Abbas : Autobiography & Memoir
Wole Soyinka's You Must Set Forth at Dawn is a captivating memoir of the political and cultural dilemmas the author and activist encountered, and a compelling chronicle of Nigeria's turbulent past.
2005
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Why Is Africa Still Poor?
As Asian countries grow in economic power, Africa lags behind the developed world. Can it ever catch up? Will corruption, geography and disease always hold it back?
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Giving Africa a Hand
Activists must push for more debt relief for all impoverished countries in Africa.
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A Noose, Not a Bracelet
The people of Africa, not Western corporations, should benefit from Africa's resources.
2003
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Letter From Rwanda
Victoria Brittain : Genocide & Ethnic Cleansing
Gacaca courts begin to yield justice.
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Bush's Visit Shuts Down Senegal
The Senegalese capital Dakar was put on lockdown mode for Bush's recent visit.
2002
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As Zimbabwe Goes...
Afrophobia aside, there are more honorable reasons for the world's current obession with Zimbabwe's tragic descent into chaos.
2001
This week: A look at the advocacy group MoveOn.org at 10. Plus: Controversy in Africa over the indictment of the Sudanese President; Amy Alexander and Chris Rabb on the challenges facing minority journalists in their transition to the web; and The Nation's new sex column. (13mb mp3)
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