Mali's Crisis, Obama's Opportunity
The West African country has been divided by northern rebels with ties to an al-Qaeda offshoot. Is this a moment for the U.S. to step up?… More »
G. Pascal Zachary, a former foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, is the author of Married to Africa. He is a professor of practice at the Walter Cronkite school of journalism at Arizona State University.
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Since its unification by the British, the oil-rich African country has endured one crisis after another.… More »
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Sudan has been successfully split into two independent countries. Here's why more African nations should divide, secede, splinter, or otherwise scramble the old colonial borders.… More »
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Francophone African nations are shifting their cultural allegiance from their old colonial master to America, a process that will change both Africa and the West… More »
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