The easiest way to get around Kano, the hectic hub of fast-growing northern Nigeria, is by motorcycle taxi. Easiest doesn't mean safest -- the local journalist I'm working with here looked aghast when I told him I used them. "Rolling coffins," he said. But to me, the bikes easily beat being trapped inside an A/C-less taxi, and you can go the length of the city for less than $1. Full Story »
America's most dysfunctional cartoon family (OK, second most) is coming to TV screens in Angola, via the South African satellite giant DSTV. How to introduce the Simpsons to a new market? An Angolan ad agency came up with this advertisement: Full Story »
When Hillary Clinton scolded Kenya's government for dragging its feet on political reforms, utterly failing to tackle corruption and generally hoping the bitter memories of last year's election crises disappeared like so many billions of dollars in public funds, this is probably not the reaction that the U.S. Secretary of State was hoping for: Full Story »
I often tell outsiders that one of the most impressive things about Africa is its diversity -- so many people, so many ancient cultures and languages, so many variations on starchy cornmeal. But one thing that transcends boundaries is the way in which Africans ask for tiny bribes. Full Story »
It's clear now: Hillary Clinton's Africa visit will be remembered more for pique than for policy. Full Story »
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to war-ravaged eastern Congo yesterday was unprecedented for a top American official, heartening to activists and -- by Clinton's own reckoning -- extremely emotional. Full Story »
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