A new tide of people power is rising inAfrica. OnApril 2, a nonviolent resistance movement inAlgeriasucceeded in pressuringAbdelaziz Bouteflikato resign after 20 years as president. Nine days…
In the decade following the Cold War, Africa saw many democratic success stories. In 1991,BeninandZambiawere the first former dictatorships to hold multiparty elections after the fall of theSoviet…
Illustrated by: Ali El Mandalawy
1: SLIGHTLY ABOVE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
Once upon a time in Ethiopia, during the reign of the country’s last Emperor Haile Selassie, there was…
Africa is transforming rapidly, and the United States’ approach to Africa is not keeping pace. While other countries are jumping at opportunities to invest in growing African economies, the United…
[caption id="attachment_55256422" align="alignnone" width="940"] President of Chad Idriss Deby (R) and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame show their Africa passport designed to allow free travel…
[caption id="attachment_55255917" align="aligncenter" width="5000"] A newly released child soldier looks through a rifle trigger guard during a release ceremony for child soldiers in Yambio, South…
[caption id="attachment_55255572" align="aligncenter" width="3600"] President of South Africa Jacob Zuma addresses the nation at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on February 14, 2018. (Getty)[/caption…
[caption id="attachment_55262650" align="aligncenter" width="2835"] Mulatu Teshome (R) President of Ethiopia welcomes President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (L) at presidency building in Addis…
A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza
Armed groups are being formed in places like Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, where state militaries cannot defeat jihadists and separatists alone. Once formed, however, they seldom stay loyal.
For nearly two years, protests around the world calling for an end to Israel's war on Gaza haven't fizzled out, but grown. Their geographic reach and longevity appear to have no precedent in history.