All Africa
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Are US and UK 'turning a blind eye' as Ethiopia uproots natives?
California think tank issues double-barreled report alleging Washington, London are willfully ignoring gross violations.
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Mandela and Africa in the American imagination (+video)
What Americans see in Africa often reveals more about our state of mind than it does about the realities on the continent.
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Did West ignore rape charges related to Ethiopia land grab?
USAID officials are accused of ignoring reports of profound human rights abuses by Ethiopia, a strategic ally in the Horn of Africa. They deny it.
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Study: African nations should give citizens a direct cut of their mineral wealth
Sometimes the most efficient solution to poverty alleviation is the simplest: give poor people more money to spend.
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Mandela meets the press: Monitor coverage after his prison years
The Monitor’s correspondents in South Africa followed Nelson Mandela closely throughout the 1990s, as he transitioned from world’s most famous political prisoner to president of a new nation to a continent’s elder statesman. Here are some snapshots of their reports from that period.
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On Mandela's birthday, questions about 'voluntourists' in Africa
Do brief, high-priced volunteer service programs in tough places actually help the needy?
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Hague court 'expected' Nigeria to arrest Sudan's Bashir. It didn't. (+video)
Instead of arresting the Sudanese leader who faces 10 charges, including genocide and war crimes, Nigeria gave him the red carpet treatment.
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In Nigeria, Sudan's Bashir plays cat and mouse with international court
Nigeria gives Sudan's president an honor guard and red carpet treatment, even though he is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.
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Study: West facilitates African corruption
When the son of Equatorial Guinea's president wanted to steal money from state coffers, he hid it in European banks. And he's hardly the only one.
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As Zimbabwe election approaches, West softens its condemnation
In July, Zimbabweans will vote in another election likely to be rigged by the ruling party. But President Robert Mugabe's small reforms have eased pressure from the West.
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In Nairobi, 200 idle children arrested in bars as adults fight over teacher pay
Kenya's teachers are demanding that a pay raise from 16 years ago gets implemented. Kids are not in class, and parents are angry.
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In Nigerian school slaughter, Boko Haram may be raising the stakes (+video)
A ceasefire may be in the works, but the violence has set back everything from education to food production.
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Can South Africa's ruling party survive the loss of its global icon?
The African National Congress has ruled South Africa since the end of apartheid. But riddled by corruption charges and internal feuding, it looks increasingly vulnerable.
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Will Robert Mugabe win, lose, or fix Zimbabwe elections July 31? (+video)
Today is the last day for voter registration in Zimbabwe: Opposition says reforms needed but will cast ballots anyway.
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Is Kenya birthing a new country named Jubaland?
A Jubaland warlord backed by Kenya flew to another semi-autonomous region in Somalia and was hailed this weekend as Jubaland's president.
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Yobe school killings: Another Boko Haram slaughter, this time of children (+video)
After self-styled Islamists murder a reported 42 children and teachers at a boarding school in Yobe, Nigeria, a local governor calls off school until September.
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The hidden force behind Islamic militancy in Nigeria? Climate change
Ecological disasters have frequently been the precursors of major social upheavals across Africa, writes analyst Jim Sanders.
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Kenyan peacekeepers accused of creating buffer state inside Somalia
Mogadishu says Nairobi is creating an autonomous state of Jubaland on its border and backing a hand-picked warlord to run it. It's asking Kenyan troops to leave.
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Will Ghana's judges turn the West African democracy on its head?
Ghana's political opposition says the December 2012 presidential election was stolen from them. Now, the country braces for the Supreme Court's ruling.
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In mineral-rich Guinea, can reform leader keep it together?
In the oft-ignored West African nation, President Conde is pushing civil society norms as investors eye potential. But it is an uphill effort.
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