Africa

The End of History in the New Libya

The Green Book is gone, but what will replace it?

BY CLARE MORGANA GILLIS | MAY/JUNE 2012

Qaddafi's Classrooms

A tour of textbooks in Libya -- from the musings of the dictator's Green Book to the "democracy pamphlets" that have replaced it.

APRIL 23, 2012

The World According to Glencore

"The biggest company you never heard of," as Reuters once put it, Glencore does business in dozens of countries on every continent except Antarctica. Here's a snapshot of this global empire -- and some of its murky local alliances.

BY KEN SILVERSTEIN | MAY/JUNE 2012

The Last Kings of Africa

On this continent, monarchs still hold considerable sway.

APRIL 23, 2012

Still the One

Muammar al-Qaddafi may be history in Libya, but in this remote African kingdom he reigns supreme.

BY ANDREW GREEN | MAY/JUNE 2012

Smart Sanctions: A Short History

How a blunt diplomatic tool morphed into the precision-guided measures we know today.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY/JUNE 2012

Get an MBA, Save the World

If you want to work in international development, go work for a big, bad multinational company.

BY CHARLES KENNY | MAY/JUNE 2012

A Better Dictator

If you have to live under an authoritarian regime, which kind is best?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY/JUNE 2012

The Qatar Bubble

Can this tiny, rich emirate really solve the Middle East's thorniest political conflicts?

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | MAY/JUNE 2012

Occupy This!

An Occupy Wall Street leader highlights the global reach of his movement.

MAY/JUNE 2012

The Waste Land

For Nairobi's poorest, the enormous trash dump that's slowly killing them is also the only thing keeping them alive.

BY DAVID CONRAD | APRIL 19, 2012

Dirty Laundry

If the West really wants to prevent developing countries from laundering money, it can start by cleaning up its own act.

BY PETER REUTER | APRIL 19, 2012

The Brothers Grim

Can Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood overcome the disqualification of its popular and charismatic candidate for president?

BY ASHRAF KHALIL | APRIL 18, 2012

It's Not Just You, America

Economic inequality is today’s hot-button issue -- whether you live in a wealthy country or a poor one.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | APRIL 18, 2012

The Arab Spring's Best Photos

The Pulitzer committee gives a nod to the best chroniclers of the revolutions.

APRIL 16, 2012

The New Islamists

How the most extreme adherents of radical Islam are getting with the times.

BY OLIVIER ROY | APRIL 16, 2012

Out of Africa

An expat witnesses the end of halcyon days in Mali.

BY JENNIFER SWIFT-MORGAN | APRIL 13, 2012

Two Cheers for Malian Democracy

The West African country has a lot going for it, but sadly that's not enough.

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 13, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

North Korea launches a dud, a fragile cease-fire holds in Syria, and Rick Santorum bows out.

APRIL 13, 2012

How to Pirate Proof Your Tanker

Amazing photos from the most dangerous waterway on Earth.

BY AMNON GUTMAN | APRIL 12, 2012

The Lesson from Mali: Do No Harm

An African success story is in trouble. Is the West's intervention in Libya to blame?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | APRIL 11, 2012

Pictures at a Revolution

Data visualization can offer some unique insights into social upheaval. But the data artists are just getting started.

BY LUKE ALLNUTT | APRIL 11, 2012

Finish What You Start

Getting rid of a dictator is a great achievement. But it's only the beginning of a successful transition to democracy.

BY SRDJA POPOVIC, ROBERT HELVEY | APRIL 6, 2012

The Mess in Mali

How the war on terror ruined a success story in West Africa.

BY GREGORY MANN | APRIL 5, 2012

Mogadishu's Moment

The city is making great strides, but 20 years of violence can't be erased in a day.

APRIL 5, 2012

We're Winning This Fight

The prime minister of Somalia, present at yesterday's deadly bombing in Mogadishu, on why terrorism won't disrupt his country's turn for the better.

BY ABDIWELI MOHAMED ALI | APRIL 5, 2012

Sharing the Burden

Why Africa doesn't need your white guilt anymore.

BY CHARLES KENNY | APRIL 2, 2012

A Better Bank

Why President Obama's curious nomination for the new chief of the World Bank could turn out to be a smart pick -- and an interesting indication of how aid lending is changing for good.

BY CHARLES KENNY | MARCH 26, 2012

No Longer Invisible

For better or worse, the Kony 2012 campaign has brought the fugitive warlord to the attention of the world. So what do we do now?

BY MICHAEL WILKERSON | MARCH 23, 2012

Lessons for America from the Global War on Sleaze

When it comes to fighting corruption, it turns out there’s a lot that the U.S. can learn from developing countries.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 20, 2012