What will Obama actually do in his week traveling around Africa?
President Barack Obama finishes an address following a tour with his family of Cape Coast Castle in Ghana. Now that the cost concerns about President Obama’s trip to sub-Saharan Africa are long...
View ArticleThe case for African countries giving people a cut of oil revenues
Cash exchange in Somaliland. G. A. Hussein Natural resources could be the next great development financing tool. It is quite simple. Take the money that a government makes from the sale of oil, gold,...
View ArticleVisualizing global energy poverty, and what we can do about it
There’s some big things happening on the energy front in Africa, thanks in large part to the Obama Administration’s Power Africa initiative. If you want to know why this is such a big deal, and a big...
View ArticleMeet Big Oil’s Big Men in Nigeria and Ghana
Companies have been taking oil out of Nigeria for nearly half a century, making it one of the wealthier nations in Africa. But the wealth is not well-distributed. What should have been a boon for...
View ArticleGolden Hour: Debut novel makes geopolitical dysfunction thrilling
Almost everyone outside of the U.S. government is chronically mystified at why the world’s most powerful nation, with some of the best diplomatic and technical minds, armed with the planet’s biggest...
View ArticleNovel parallels reality of Zimbabwe’s 2008 elections, with a twist
A drought in Zimbabwe has led 3 million people to need food aid in the country. Despite this challenge, plans for massive birthday celebrations for President Robert Mugabe are planned for later this...
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