C.A.R. crisis stirred by diamonds, Russia The Central African Republic is one of the toughest places to live in the world. Since the start of a civil war in 2013, a total of 14 different...
Central African journalist sees light for war-torn nation The data on the Central African Republic can be daunting. The country ranks dead last on the U.N.'s most recent Human Development Index, which...
Insurgents, poor schools plague northern Nigeria Back in 2014 there was an enormous international outcry after Islamic militants from the group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 female high school students...
Project Exile: Tortured in Cameroon, a struggle for U.K. asylum "The choice was this: reveal my sources and destroy my reputation or die protecting them.” This story has been updated with comments from Mathias...
Project Exile: Cameroon cartoonist flees Biya repression Art has always been Ako Eyong’s main tool of expression. Ako Eyong Born and raised in Cameroon, Ako graduated from the University of...
Boko Haram unbowed The Islamic State’s attacks in Europe earlier this year made headlines around the world. But there’s another terrorist group that by some...
Boko Haram refugees struggle in Cameroon "Dozens of villages and hundreds of houses have been burned." The Nigerian terror group Boko Haram may be best known for kidnapping 276 schoolgirls...
Equatorial Guinea’s extravagant prince Teodorín Obiang giving a speech as Minister of Agriculture in 2010. (Creative Commons/Embassy of EG) Mansions in Malibu and on Paris's...
Equatorial Guinea’s oil curse At first glance, the small West African nation of Equatorial Guinea is doing well. Sandwiched between Cameroon and Gabon on the Gulf of Guinea,...
Congo expels journalist who reported on attack The Republic of Congo has expelled a local journalist who reported on the attack of a television news host who had angered police and government...
