• Clinton Compares Nigerian Elections to Florida 2000

    Speaking to a town hall in Abuja on the last legs of her ten-day trip to sub-Saharan Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used Bush v. Gore to relate to the embattled democracy. Did her diplomatic comparison go too far?
    Hillary Clinton Compares Nigerian Democracy to 2000 Florida Recount
  • A Congressman from New Orleans Involved in Corruption? Come On...

    Believe it or not, Former Representative William J. Jefferson was convicted Wednesday afternoon of using his office to try to enrich himself and relatives through a web of bribes and payoffs involving business ventures in Africa...
    A Congressman from New Orleans Involved in Corruption?
  • Dining Without the Dictator

    Barack Obama's first presidential trip to Sub-Saharan Africa will focus on the good guys—but we couldn't resist calling out the bad. Your guide to the Ghana trip, and the company Obama should be keeping abroad.

    GALLERY: African Rogues and Royalty
    Barack Obama Visits Ghana; Check the African Leaders Who Weren't Invited to Dinner
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