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Adam Maida / The Atlantic When America Couldn’t Bring Back Our Girls
The U.S.’s failed efforts to rescue the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram illustrate the limits of its power.
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Tiny African Nation, Helpless to Fight Back, Is Overtaken by Drug Trade
Lacking boats, planes, or for a while even handcuffs, Guinea-Bissau can do little against the flow of cocaine that moves in from South America and out to Europe
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The Great African Land Rush
Speculators, among them Muammar Qaddafi, are snatching up much of Africa's arable soil -- enough acreage to cover Norway in a single year -- driving up food prices and leaving locals homeless
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The Coming Battle for Africa's Internet
As new technology brings Africans online, everyone from Google to local developers are looking to seize the growing market
