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China May Soon Regret Africa Investment
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Why Is the International Court Picking on Africa?
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3 Small Wars That Could Become Vietnam
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The Coming War in Sudan
Andrew Natsios, U.S. News & World Report
Islam's Path to Africa
Michael Widlanski, Jerusalem Post
Why did China have to get involved in the first place? It was the only non-African power that had a stake in Sudan. It was an economic stake, but with political implications. Econo...(full article)
Why is the world’s first criminal court picking on Africa? There are several explanations for the regional focus. Persistent conflict plagues several parts of Africa, and the con...(full article)
he war in Afghanistan is drawing to a close, marking the end of more than a decade of continuous fighting in big, traditional conflicts. But even as the wars in Iraq and Afghanist...(full article)
This past week Salva Kiir, president of the Republic of South Sudan, announced that he had ordered units of the Sudan People's Liberation Army to deploy south of the border between...(full article)
The more radical Islamic forces are on the march. Many of the victims of jihad are now in Africa, but they will probably not be the last....(full article)
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