The Price of Democracy
NEED TO KNOW GUINEA The Price of Democracy The lives of Guineans and the wallets of industries everywhere were thrown into disarray […]
Remember the Children
NEED TO KNOW NIGERIA Remember the Children Gunmen in Nigeria freed nearly a hundred kidnapped school children recently. Families in Nigeria’s north-central […]
When the Levee Breaks
NEED TO KNOW ETHIOPIA When the Levee Breaks Rebels seeking to separate their region from Ethiopia, the Oromo Liberation Army, have been […]
Fighting the Undertow
NEED TO KNOW AFRICA Fighting the Undertow Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was sworn in as president Tuesday after a stunning defeat […]
A Storm Is Brewing
NEED TO KNOW ZAMBIA A Storm Is Brewing Zambian President Edgar Lungu deployed the army after clashes between members of his ruling […]
A Land of No Yield
Test your global knowledge with our new weekly quiz. Just scroll down past Discoveries and you’ll find it. NEED TO KNOW MADAGASCAR […]
Sparking Tinder
NEED TO KNOW SOUTH AFRICA Sparking Tinder The BBC video of a woman throwing her baby out of a burning building illustrates […]
The Hardest Word
NEED TO KNOW WEST AFRICA The Hardest Word President Emmanuel Macron recently apologized for his country’s role in the massacre of thousands […]
Who Matters?
NEED TO KNOW BURKINA FASO Who Matters? Angelina Jolie recently visited war-ravaged Burkina Faso to bring attention to – and generate help […]
Tweet Control
NEED TO KNOW NIGERIA Tweet Control When Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information and Culture announced a new ban on Twitter on June […]
Living Ghosts
NEED TO KNOW ETHIOPIA Living Ghosts Thousands have perished and more than 2 million people have fled their homes in Tigray, a […]
Tribal Laws
NEED TO KNOW KENYA Tribal Laws Violence frequently mars elections in Kenya. As the Council on Foreign Relations explained, voters in the […]
Unrecognized, Undaunted
NEED TO KNOW SOMALILAND Unrecognized, Undaunted Somaliland declared independence from Somalia 30 years ago as the latter was collapsing. Today, the self-declared […]
Worry and Leisure
NEED TO KNOW SEYCHELLES Worry and Leisure Americans Shivani Pathak and Bo Sutton were both vaccinated when they went to the Seychelles […]
Eviction Notice
NEED TO KNOW KENYA Eviction Notice Kenya intends to close the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps that together host more than 430,000 […]
After the King
NEED TO KNOW CHAD After the King President Idriss Deby recently won reelection to a sixth term to continue his grip on […]
Denier-In-Chief
NEED TO KNOW TANZANIA Denier-In-Chief The president of Tanzania, John Magufuli, denied that Covid-19 was real. The virus likely proved him wrong. […]
Hunger Games
NEED TO KNOW ETHIOPIA Hunger Games Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize two years ago for his hand […]
Domino Theory
NEED TO KNOW MOZAMBIQUE Domino Theory People used stones and bedsheets to write “Help” and “SOS” on the ground in a desperate […]
When the Giants Come Calling
NEED TO KNOW CAPE VERDE When the Giants Come Calling To Venezuela, Alex Saab is a diplomat. To the US, he is […]
Paris’ Man
NEED TO KNOW CHAD Paris’ Man When Chadian President Idriss Deby accepted the nomination for a sixth term in office from the […]
Location, Location
NEED TO KNOW DJIBOUTI Location, Location Tiny Djibouti is one of the few countries that hosts both Chinese as well as American, […]
Cotton and the King
NEED TO KNOW BENIN Cotton and the King Benin had been known as a bastion of democracy in West Africa. But in […]