• Sonja Sugira

Bono and Ali Hewson, his wife, wants to revitalize apparel manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa by manufacturing the clothes from their brand in China and Peru.

• Brett Davidson

How transparent are African governments about how and where they spend tax money?

• Suren Pillay

From nationalism, we have passed to chauvinism, and finally to racism. Why are South Africa's middle classes not mobilizing against xenophobia.

• Brett Davidson

Ahead of every World Cup or Olympics, sensational media reports of sex trafficking and prostitution are never borne out by facts.

• Siddhartha Mitter

Côte d'Ivoire is turning 50 -- it became independent on August 7, 1960 -- and my Ivorian friend doesn't feel eager to celebrate.

• Allison Swank

Anyone who knows anything about Cold War politics, knows the CIA had a hand in Lumumba's murder. The only difference now is that it's been proven.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sonja Sugira

Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times, for all the people he's helped, lacks critical self-reflection.

• Achille Mbembe
• Laurent Dubois

This plastic instrument will generate controversy where it will sound, carrying along to the new continents the singular experience that was the World Cup in South Africa.

• Sonja Sugira

Alex Perry's work is Exhibition 1,000,003 of the kind of laziness that's allowed when you write about Africa.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Caitlin L Chandler

This is so cynical: let people in poor countries send money to nonprofits in rich countries.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs