Tag: Africa

We tell ourselves that we must uphold basic human rights in benighted parts of the world, but other countries might turn that logic against the West. (AP Photo)

The case against international human rights law

Dan Hannan · November 6, 2016 4:04 am

Mohamed Jalloh, 26, of Sterling, Va., bought a weapon for the attack he was planning against a military base. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

National Security

Former National Guard member pleads guilty to planning Fort Hood-style attack

Anna Giaritelli · October 27, 2016 11:16 pm

Kerry Gets Hysterical About Natural Disasters: ‘500-Year-Floods…Once Every Five Years’

Jeryl Bier · October 17, 2016 12:40 pm

President Obama speaks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum at the Plaza Hotel in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama looks to increase trade with Africa

Nicole Duran · September 21, 2016 5:08 pm

"Maybe the Democrats should be apologizing for calling Donald Trump a racist," Giuliani said. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Giuliani: Trump doesn’t need to apologize for birther claims

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 4, 2016 2:02 pm

Treasury said it was freezing all assets of two sons of Joseph Kony, Salim and Ali Kony, that are within U.S. jurisdiction. (AP Photo/Stuart Price, File, Pool)

Treasury sanctions Kony sons for targeting civilians

Joel Gehrke · August 23, 2016 8:32 pm

Group will conduct polio immunizations targeting several million children in Africa starting next week. (AP Photo/ Sunday Alamba, File)

WHO ramps up vaccine distribution to end polio outbreak

Robert King · August 12, 2016 9:52 pm

Hillary Clinton received 91 percent of support while the Republican only mustered 1 percent in the July 31-Aug. 3 survey. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

91 percent of blacks spring for Hillary Clinton

Anna Giaritelli · August 5, 2016 1:45 am

There were times during my political career that I thought, 'You know what? This is not going so well,'" President Obama admitted. (AP Photo)

Obama encourages Africans to focus on action, not power

Nicole Duran · August 3, 2016 10:13 pm

You Can’t Have Foreign Aid Without Feminism!

Alice B. Lloyd · July 7, 2016 10:56 am

Marine Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser testified at his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday that he is unaware of any internal debate to alter U.S. policy in Libya. (Wikimedia Commons)

National Security

Marine general says U.S. lacks ‘overall grand strategy’ for Libya

Jamie McIntyre · June 21, 2016 7:09 pm

Albinos have long suffered discrimination in much of the world. (AP Photo/Khalfan Said)

Beltway Confidential

Killed for the (lack of) color of their skin

Daniel Allott · June 20, 2016 9:32 pm