While the international community propped up kleptocratic generals, South Sudan’s social entrepreneurs took matters into their own hands. The future of the country belongs to them.

While the international community propped up kleptocratic generals, South Sudan’s social entrepreneurs took matters into their own hands. The future of the country belongs to them.
If he wants to save his legacy on Africa, Barack Obama will have to be more than a shill for U.S. security firms and corporations.
Barack Obama is headed to Ethiopia. Will he speak up for the journalists and activists locked up by Washington’s “war on terror” ally?
The U.S. Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage will bolster the work of human rights activists around the world. But it will also pose some challenges.
There are more refugees adrift in the world today than ever before. If they formed a country, it would be the 24th most populous on the planet.
The G7 says they want to wean the world off climate-changing fuels. But not till 2100.
Francis recognizes that there’s no way to stop climate change without confronting the way the world does business. That’s huge.
Europe’s self-imposed migration crisis.
Ironically, a successful Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference means failure.
Nearly half of Nigeria’s population is between 15 and 34. Those young people were key to the peaceful transition of power in Africa’s most populous country.