Rwanda’s Entrepreneurial Uprising
Remember Hotel Rwanda? That movie depicts the true story of a man fighting impossible odds to save everyone he could during the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. Hotel Rwanda was a symbol of desperate hope...
View ArticleThe 2012 Index of Economic Freedom: Africa Still Rising
Yesterday, Heritage’s 2012 Index of Economic Freedom was released, and Africa features prominently. With an average score gain of 0.2 points, reflecting a net gain of economic freedom in 22 countries,...
View ArticleMorning Bell: What’s at Stake in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Ben Affleck testifies on Capitol Hill. (Credit: Pete Marovich/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom) Hollywood actor Ben Affleck brings his star power to Congress today to testify on the security situation in the...
View ArticleMorning Bell: 3 Reasons the U.N.’s Arms Treaty Is Useless
It sounds nice to say there could be a treaty that would make all nations responsible when it comes to their arms exports. Of course, it’s also impossible. The latest draft of the U.N.’s Arms Trade...
View ArticleU.N. Peacekeeping Mission in Mali Poised for Failure
ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a United Nations peacekeeping force to Mali, the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda Hub: East Africa
People walk in front of the U.S embassy in Kigali, Rwanda (STEPHANIE AGLIETTI/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom) Four U.S. embassies in sub-Saharan Africa—in Burundi, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Rwanda—remain...
View ArticleAfrica: U.S. Leadership Needed to Promote Democracy
Newscom Freedom House’s annual Freedom in the World 2014 found that sub-Saharan Africa declined in all seven categories of global political rights and civil liberties. Most telling was that, of the 10...
View Article