The Truth About Niger
Jihadists would be no threat to Americans who were left to mind their own business.
Africa
U.S. Troops Will Stay in Niger and You'll Forget About It Again Soon Enough
U.S. fatalities bring America's misadventures overseas into the public eye, but only briefly.
Europe's Anti-GMO Stance Is Killing Africans
The cost of Africa's refusal to grow GMO crops are incredible in human health and economic terms.
George Clooney Leaves Free Market Solutions Out of Proposals to Fight World Poverty
Private enterprise helps global economic development in ways besides simple charity.
Yes, the Population of Africa Will Grow Tremendously This Century
Fortunately, even if conditions don't improve, economic freedom (and consequently growth) benefits not only the people who have it, but also people who don't.
Namibia President Warns About 'Fake News' While Taking Credit for High Press Freedom Ranking
Hage Geingob has, however, been blamed for Namibia dropping out of the top 20.
The Prospects for Progress in Africa
Nigeria will have a higher population than the U.S. by mid-century, when one in four people on Earth will live in Africa.
A Privately Funded Experiment in a Universal Basic Income
Dozens of villages in Kenya will soon be receiving payments.
Happy Birthday, Botswana
Its prosperity and stability a testament to its first president, who did not seek to destroy the market economy he inherited.
The Universal Basic Income: Innovative Social Welfare Reform or Satanic Plot?
An experiment in international aid hits a snag.
South African Ruling Party Suffers Worst Results Yet in Local Elections
The African National Congress has dominated since the end of apartheid.
How Hate Speech Laws Actually Work
An instructive example out of Kenya (and a few from our own backyard)
Terrorism Today: Boko Haram Bigger Than ISIS; Most Western Deaths Have Nothing to Do With Islam; & More
The Global Terrorism Index charts 80 percent increase in terrorism deaths, with 33,000 killed in 2014.
US Troop Deployment in Cameroon Partially a Consequence of Libya War
Intervention in Libya open-ended for the people of the region.
Here's What the Guy Who Paid $50,000 to Kill Cecil the Lion Can Learn from the Guy Who Paid $350,000 to Kill a Black Rhino
Done right, paid hunts for endangered animals can be a huge boon for conservation
Dodd-Frank at 5: How Financial Reform Led to Bloodshed in the Congo
Everything you think you know about conflict minerals is wrong.
Is China Winning the Race for Resources?: Ronald Bailey at Cato Unbound
"Racing" for resources is economically misconceived.
Angola Arrests 13 Dissidents for Planning Protests in Continuing Government Crackdown on Opposition
Including Luaty Beirao, a rapper who's emerged as a leader of the youth opposition movement.
WATCH: Is Giving Directly to the Poor a Good Idea?
GiveDirectly co-founder on the value of charitable cash transfers.
Is Giving Money Directly to the Poor a Good Idea?
GiveDirectly co-founder on the value of charitable cash transfers.
Somalia Lived While Its Government Died
"Serious" foreign policy minds care about everything but citizens' lives.
U.S. Makes Another Awful Decision to Harm Somalis
Continuing crackdown on U.S. remittances to the Somalia endangers innocent lives.
Did Western Aid Create the Breeding Ground for Ebola?
Aid-dependent Liberian leaders neglect the needs of their people to please Western benefactors.
Ebola: 'Dress Rehearsal' or Show Closer?
Rapid biomedical progress will soon make epidemics ancient history
