NEED TO KNOW The Kingdom and the Chaos LESOTHO Born in Shanghai in China, Zhenyu Shao moved to Lesotho 25 years ago […]

NEED TO KNOW The Best Man for the Job UGANDA An Ebola outbreak is occurring in Uganda, raising fears that the country […]

NEED TO KNOW Going A-Courting AFRICA In the universe of Marvel Comics, Wakanda is a secret kingdom in sub-Saharan Africa ruled over […]

NEED TO KNOW Wasting Away SOMALIA Death has two faces in Somalia these days. If famine doesn’t claim one’s life in the […]

NEED TO KNOW Breathing Room SOUTH SUDAN Rather than hold elections in December as previously planned under a 2018 peace agreement that […]

NEED TO KNOW The Old, the New and the Dead ANGOLA The recent return of the body of the late president of […]

NEED TO KNOW The War Dividend CAMEROON A few months ago, elite government soldiers in Ndop in the Northwest region of Cameroon […]

NEED TO KNOW We’re Jammin’ KENYA Everywhere in Kenya these days, people are jamming, on corners, at gas stations, and even on […]

NEED TO KNOW Floating On EGYPT The houseboats of the Nile River in Egypt have a storied past. Many believe the pharaohs […]

NEED TO KNOW The Great War, Redux DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO The Great African War, or the African World War, took […]

NEED TO KNOW Do Not Pass Go SUDAN A court in Sudan recently sentenced a woman to death by stoning on adultery […]

NEED TO KNOW Make Some Noise SENEGAL The leader of Senegal’s opposition, Yewwi Askan Wi, asked his fellow citizens to bang pots […]

NEED TO KNOW Country First SOUTH AFRICA At a recent demonstration against foreigners in South Africa, Mary Lowe said she was marching […]

NEED TO KNOW No Place Like Home AFRICA Khady Sene, 53, has a problem – rising seawater claimed her ancestral home in […]

NEED TO KNOW Too Many Cooks MALI Armed men riding motorcycles shot and killed two Red Cross workers in western Mali recently, […]

NEED TO KNOW The Old Malignancy WEST AFRICA Sixty alleged terrorists on motorcycles attacked a military checkpoint in Kpinkankandi on the Togo […]

NEED TO KNOW A Faustian Bargain CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Soldiers with links to Russia recently beat, tortured and executed civilians in the […]

NEED TO KNOW When the Show Doesn’t Go On SOUTH AFRICA Environmentalists on the Wild Coast, a region of South Africa, are […]

NEED TO KNOW No Free Lunch ANGOLA Angolans traditionally offer meals of cornmeal or cassava porridge and beans with palm oil in […]

NEED TO KNOW Looky, Looky SOMALILAND Though technically part of war-torn Somalia, Somaliland declared independence in 1991, has governed itself for 30 […]

NEED TO KNOW Shopping Around AFRICA Around 45 percent of the European Union’s gas comes from Russia. In the next few months, […]

NEED TO KNOW A Long, Crooked Road SOMALIA Al-Shabab terrorists recently killed five people, including two children, in an attack in the […]

NEED TO KNOW The Sentiments of Coups BURKINA FASO A series of coups have rocked West Africa in recent weeks. The latest, […]

NEED TO KNOW Easy Come, Easy Go MALI Leaders in Mali recently ordered Danish troops out of the country, saying they never […]