http://www.project-syndicate.org/series/into_africa <p><em>Does foreign aid to Africa only make matters worse? Will AIDS wipe out a generation? Can Zimbabwe be saved from Robert Mugabe's misrule? What can stop the genocide in Darfur? How will Africans feed and educate themselves? Does debt relief promote or ultimately hinder economic growth?</em></p> en 2012-02-10T06:00:38+01:00 webmaster@project-syndicate.org webmaster@project-syndicate.org 1994-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 4 hourly http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/okonta12/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/okonta12/English>AFRICA: The Nigerian Crucible</a> Nigeria's president, Goodluck Jonathan, has allowed his government to loot the treasury, while militant organizations terrorize the populace. Its rich and powerful have already plunged Nigeria into a bloody civil war once, and they appear ready to do it again. Ike Okonta 2012-02-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/torome7/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/torome7/English>AFRICA: Africa’s Stolen History</a> Western museums and private collections are full of artifacts that were pillaged from Africa during the slave trade and colonial periods. Until Africans start to recognize the value of their own history, their cultures' artistic output will continue to be up for grabs. Juliet Torome 2012-01-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/mazibuko1/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/mazibuko1/English>AFRICA: Parliaments and Pacts</a> In the absence of a global Leviathan, stronger domestic legislatures are the key to resolving the world’s collective environmental problems. The less accountable a government is to its people, the less it will do for the world. Lindiwe Mazibuko 2011-12-26T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/yumkella7/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/yumkella7/English>AFRICA: Chocolate-Fueled Growth</a> An agribusiness development strategy focused on higher-value output and stronger productivity growth throughout the value chain represents one of the best opportunities for rapid and broad-based economic growth and wealth creation in Africa. It also may be one of the few local pathways out of poverty for small farmers. Kandeh K. Yumkella 2011-11-28T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/tannock25/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/tannock25/English>AFRICA: Democracy in the Congo?</a> Free, fair, and transparent democratic elections are no longer strangers to Africa. But the presidential and parliamentary elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the end of November will likely be Africa’s most daunting electoral challenge so far. Charles Tannock 2011-11-15T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/menkhaus1/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/menkhaus1/English>AFRICA: A Thousand Fatwas for Somalia</a> The latest outrage by the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab – a truck bombing in Mogadishu that killed more than 100 people – should spur the Islamic world to action. What the Muslims should provide, aside from more aid, is intense pressure on al-Shabaab, in the form of fatwas from every corner of the faith. Ken Menkhaus 2011-11-02T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/silyano1/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/silyano1/English>AFRICA: The Other Horn of Africa</a> Drought, famine, refugees, piracy, and the violence and terrorism endemic to the shattered city of Mogadishu: these are the images that flash through peoples’ minds nowadays when they think of the Horn of Africa. Such perceptions, however, are not only tragically one-sided; they are short-sighted and dangerous. Ahmed Mohamoud Silyano 2011-10-18T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/okonta11/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/okonta11/English>AFRICA: Nigeria’s Homegrown Terrorists</a> After the sound and fury of Nigeria's recent elections, Africa’s most populous country appears set to face violence and chaos born of deprivation and neglect. Indeed, President Goodluck Jonathan appears indecisive in confronting the terrorist threat posed by the northern-based Islamist sect Boko Haram. Ike Okonta 2011-10-06T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/meyer5/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/meyer5/English>AFRICA: The Zambian Candidate</a> Events in Zambia seldom reverberate globally, but Zambia's recent presidential election should. What made the election so important is that, while other African presidents have clung to power by ignoring defeat and repressing opponents, the challenger in Zambia won – and the incumbent conceded gracefully. Michael Meyer 2011-09-28T00:00:00+02:00