Africa

Hog Helicopter Hunting Texas

Donald Trump Is the Great White Hunter Donald Trump Is the Great White Hunter

Sometimes you have to cull what you love.

Jan 22, 2018 / Patricia J. Williams

Trump War Protest Bethesda

Will Our Endless Wars Fuel the Next Populist Revolt? Will Our Endless Wars Fuel the Next Populist Revolt?

The lives lost and money wasted are real. The only question is who has the courage to state that the emperor has no clothes.

Jan 16, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

US soldier sheep Afghanistan

A New Map Shows the Alarming Spread of the US War on Terror A New Map Shows the Alarming Spread of the US War on Terror

American counterterrorism forces are in far, far more countries than you realize.

Jan 4, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt

Afghan Escalation

There’s One Way That Donald Trump Is No Different From Obama There’s One Way That Donald Trump Is No Different From Obama

New president, same old American wars.

Dec 19, 2017 / Danny Sjursen

US Special Forces in Mali

Donald Trump’s First Year Set a Record for Use of Special Operations Forces Donald Trump’s First Year Set a Record for Use of Special Operations Forces

Elite commandos deployed to 149 countries in 2017.

Dec 14, 2017 / Nick Turse

Mugabe-Mnangagwa

‘The Party Continues’: Don’t Expect Big Changes in Southern Africa ‘The Party Continues’: Don’t Expect Big Changes in Southern Africa

Robert Mugabe and Isabel dos Santos might be out, but the region’s ruling parties aren’t going anywhere.

Nov 29, 2017 / Judith Matloff

Mohammed Jabbateh

A US Immigration Case Offers a Rare Day in Court for Victims of Liberian War Crimes A US Immigration Case Offers a Rare Day in Court for Victims of Liberian War Crimes

Gruesome details of Liberia’s civil wars emerge from a Philadelphia courtroom.

Nov 28, 2017 / Robbie Corey-Boulet

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Robert Mugabe and the Poisonous Legacy of British Colonialism Robert Mugabe and the Poisonous Legacy of British Colonialism

Britain left behind two evil legacies when Zimbabwe gained independence: the harsh lesson that violence works, and a grotesquely unequal distribution of farmland.

Nov 21, 2017 / James North

Morocco protest

The Revolutionary Potential of Journalism in Morocco The Revolutionary Potential of Journalism in Morocco

Despite free-speech reforms, Moroccan reporters work in a “perpetual state of dread.”

Nov 17, 2017 / Benjamin Lesire-Ogrel and Cole Stangler

US Special Forces in Africa

America’s Expanding ‘Shadow War’ in Africa America’s Expanding ‘Shadow War’ in Africa

Are we prepared to ignore our own Constitution and shred international law, claiming the right to attack anywhere at will?

Nov 1, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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