Why is Africa poor and politically volatile and what, if anything, can and should the West do about it?

13Jan2012

Do they know it’s Christmas? As it turns out, yes.

23Dec2011

I hope this lasts. But I have been disappointed before.

20Dec2011

Developing nations: time is on your side

15Dec2011

Important new African politics and development blog

15Dec2011

Great moments in satire: Heart of (Austrian) Darkness

19Oct2011

The true sign of democracy, some say…

24Sep2011

Tertiary education in Africa

8Sep2011

If a tree falls in a small and obscure UN agency, does it make a sound?

12Jul2011

Weather and infant mortality in Africa

18Jun2011

Some incredible sights otherwise unseen

3Jun2011

Africa blog to watch

12May2011

More sweatshops for Africa?

10May2011

The industrial organization of motorbike taxis in Africa

5May2011

From the Mzee to the Mad Dog: Museveni on Qaddafi

26Mar2011

Old versus young lions of Africa

14Feb2011

Is eliminating malaria hopeless?

20Jan2011

Buy the new Africa (Now with more hope!)

8Jan2011

Naipaul on Africa

20Dec2010

African literature is better off without another Nobel?

12Dec2010