Africa
Guinea Bissau: From Africa’s bright hope to narco state?
April 16, 2012Elements of the armed forces of the small West African Republic of Guinea Bissau seized the capital and arrested Acting President Raimundo Pereira and the former prime minister, Carlos Gomes Junior.
Read moreAs rebels seize half of Mali, the whole Sahel region is destabilized
April 4, 2012Tuareg separatist rebels and their shaky Islamist allies seized more than half of Mali, setting alarm bells ringing in all of West Africa and beyond.
Read moreWhat’s behind the coup in Mali?
March 27, 2012On March 22, soldiers of the Republic of Mali in West Africa, led by junior officers, carried out a coup d'état against the elected president, Amadou Toumani Touré.
Read moreEurope and Africa: a genocidal history
March 21, 2012During the "scramble for Africa" at the end of the 19th century, Germany had entered the game partly for economic and partly for geopolitical reasons.
Read moreSaving African children
March 15, 2012Much interest has been aroused in the United States and beyond by the new video "Kony 2012", produced by the organization "Invisible Children."
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