Why Africa Is Turning to China
December 20, 2012 | China portrays Africa as a partner in common prosperity, rather than a "doomed continent" requiring aid.
Articles by Erica Bouris
People, Machines, and Challenging the Election Results in Ghana
December 10, 2012 | The declared loser in the Ghana presidential election is not going gently into the electoral good night.
Lessons of Sandy
November 21, 2012 | Hurricane Sandy demonstrated that a natural disaster could quickly, if temporarily, downgrade a rich country to third-world status.
AIDS in Africa and Black America
October 11, 2012 | The United States should take a lesson from Africa in dealing with its AIDS epidemic.
How West Africa Helped Win World War II
June 6, 2012 | The Second World War's Eurocentric history must be widened to give sub-Saharan Africans and many other world peoples their due.
Ghanaian Oil: Only for the 1 Percent?
April 19, 2012 | Can Ghana make its nascent oil industry work for the 99 percent?
Oil Over Troubled Waters?
February 29, 2012 | Will Ghana's new oil industry provoke civil, economic, and environmental conflict?
President Obama About as Responsible for the Price of Gas as Chocolate
February 25, 2012 | The price of gasoline is determined by world commodity markets, not President Obama.
Occupy Nigeria
January 19, 2012 | Africa's most populous nation has a unique history of fighting against injustice.
Can the West “Export” Gay Rights?
December 13, 2011 | When it comes to attitudes toward gays and lesbians in Africa, donor countries need to conjure up all their skill to walk the tightrope between mindfulness and meddling.