Cote Divore

Christmas Coup Countdown - Cote D'Ivoire 1999 on the Eve of Collapse

Joe Merlino | Posted 05.25.2011

Joe Merlino

Two weeks after I left Cote D'Ivoire, a decade ago, the most stable country in West Africa would be torn apart by political violence and partitioned by lines of ethnic division that still burn bright today.

Why Africa Matters

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Rev. Jesse Jackson

We ignore Africa at our peril. The African continent will only become more important in the future, and the whole world has a stake in what happens there.