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Category Archives: Africa
May 18, 2013
ESSAY
Could Sufi Islam Make A Comeback?
Sufi Islam—more mystical, more concerned with God’s love than God’s law, and much more tolerant toward other faiths and other varieties of Islam—has been on the retreat in much of the Islamic world. Saudi-funded Wahabi preachers and Islamist activists have … Continue reading
May 8, 2013
ESSAY
Nigeria Is Melting
Rumors of another massacre in northern Nigeria are filtering out of the country, and they don’t sound pretty. About 200 Boko Haram militants apparently laid siege to the town of Bama yesterday, attacked an army barracks and a prison, freed … Continue reading
April 30, 2013
ESSAY
Nigerian Massacre Shows Just How Tough the War on Terror Remains
According to reports, the Nigerian military massacred hundreds of civilians in an orgy of bloodletting in a village called Baga on the shores of Lake Chad. Adam Nossiter has the grisly details in the NYT: Days later, the survivors’ faces … Continue reading
April 29, 2013
ESSAY
The Libyan Afterparty Comes Back to Libya
The Mali War was blowback from the Libya War; now we have blowback from the Mali War… in Libya. The Guardian has details on increasing violence against Western targets in Tripoli, including an attack on the French embassy last week, … Continue reading
March 29, 2013
ESSAY
Drugs, Guns, & Terrorists: The Pentagon Beefs Up in Africa
When the Presidents and other important officials from four African countries visited Washington this week, their trip was ostensibly to celebrate democracy and “good governance.” But the real story behind the visit by these representatives of Malawi, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and … Continue reading
March 27, 2013
ESSAY
BRICS Now the New “Imperialists” in Africa
Here’s one job Americans should be overjoyed to outsource: global imperialist overlord. Historically, the US has shouldered the burden of this charge, making the big investments in foreign mines, energy supplies, and transport networks necessary to keep the liberal global economic … Continue reading
March 26, 2013
ESSAY
Prominent Jew Banned from Libya He Helped Make
One of the most outspoken advocates for the Western effort to rid Libya of the Great Loon is now barred from entering the country…because he is a Jew. The Independent reports (h/t National Review): [French celebrity philosopher Bernard-Henri] Lévy was a vocal … Continue reading
March 20, 2013
ESSAY
Corn Ethanol Fuels Riots
Corn ethanol gets just about everything wrong: it increases emissions, it starves the world’s poor, it isn’t efficient, and it drains billions of taxpayer dollars in subsidies. As it turns out, it might also be responsible for last year’s violent … Continue reading
March 12, 2013
ESSAY
Sudanese Oil Deal: Step Two
Sudan and its recently jettisoned neighbor, South Sudan, have agreed to restart oil production and exports in no more than four weeks. South Sudan shut down oil production in January 2012 over a dispute with its northern neighbor. This exacted … Continue reading
March 9, 2013
ESSAY
Bee Venom HIV Gel Could Save Africa
Scientists have discovered that bee venom could save Africa. A new study by researchers at Washington University states that toxins in bee venom can be engineered to destroy HIV in the body while leaving healthy cells unharmed. This finding is a significant … Continue reading
March 4, 2013
ESSAY
Sudan Ramps Up Its Persecution of Christians
Demolished churches, shuttered schools and orphanages, censorship raids on private libraries, and deportations. These are all things Christians in Sudan now have to deal with on a regular basis. According to Reuters, ever since the country’s Christian-heavy southern section seceded, … Continue reading
February 22, 2013
ESSAY
Mali War Heads into Overtime
The French “Mission Accomplished” moment in Mali is over. After fleeing the major cities in the north of the country, the insurgents have gone back on the offensive, repeatedly pounding the town of Gao for hours on end until French troops … Continue reading
February 19, 2013
ESSAY
In Mali, Guerrilla War Lurks in Shadows
“The jihadists are still in the environs,” a Malian Army commander told the NYT. “They are certainly around. There are small caches of them, in hiding, 40, 80 miles from here.” Despite France’s quick success in pushing jihadists away from … Continue reading
February 18, 2013
ESSAY
Few Good Options in the War on Terror
The West Africa theater in the War on Terror that we aren’t fighting heated up again yesterday as gunmen in northern Nigeria kidnapped and killed foreign workers at a construction site. Perhaps they couldn’t find any polio vaccine workers to … Continue reading
February 15, 2013
ESSAY
TB, or not TB?
One of the world’s greatest killers is back on the loose. U.S. News reports on the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa: A new paper published earlier this week in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal warns that the first cases … Continue reading
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