Articles, news, campaigns and events about Africa
Jan 21, 2012, 6:30am
Lucas Johnson
In 1931, thirteen years after the First World War and nine years before the Second, in a small community along the south bank of the Ohio River, an eight-year-old boy named George Benjamin Thomas built an altar in the basement of his family home....
Oct 21, 2011, 2:50am
Shauen V. T. Pearce
After Gadhafi, the West eyes the Libyan prize: Oil rich and deeply divided, the country is vulnerable to outside powersBy Phyllis BennisOriginally posted online at The Salon. The death of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will likely — though it’s...
Jul 15, 2011, 4:25pm
John H. Kim
The Republic of South Sudan declared its independence on July 9, and became the 193rd member of the United Nations on July 14, 2011. It was obviously a joyous occasion for South Sudan, but probably a sad day for the Republic of Sudan, which now lost...
Oct 21, 2010, 3:11pm
Jason Wyman
by Charles London East Africa transit borderJustin was 14 years old when we met in a refugee camp in East Africa. His father was dead. His mother was dead. He was alone. He knew a thing or two about borders.He knew that there were borders...
Aug 30, 2010, 11:37am
Rene Wadlow
God created lands filled with water as a place for man to live; and the desert so that he can discover his soul.The decade 2010 to 2020 has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly as The International Decade of Deserts and...
