African Corruption

Nigeria: Too Big To Fail

www.theatlantic.com | G. Pascal Zachary | Posted 10.29.2011

A remote country faces a home-grown Muslim terrorism threat. The terrorists appear linked to al-Qaeda. The victimized country, despite its hapless pol...

Will the Despot King of Swaziland Last?

Alex Matthews | Posted 05.25.2011

Alex Matthews

In a country with the world's highest prevalence of HIV and with seven out of ten citizens living in poverty, King Mswati III's lavish lifestyle has provoked outrage.

The Toxic Ecology of African Dictatorships

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Alemayehu G. Mariam

The inconvenient truth about Africa today is that dictatorship presents a far more perilous threat to the survival of Africans than climate change.