Why the NYT’s Congo reporting conceals the big story—and how to make it better.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s op-ed in the NYT provides a sobering assessment of President Buhari’s job performance.

An AP report from last week shows the ethnic loyalties driving the conflict in South Sudan—and also demonstrates why readers need maps to understand them.

GDP per capita is set to fall in Africa this year, and that’s big news, but it’s not the whole story.

The Financial Times is calling for a British pivot to Zimbabwe. Here’s why that’s unlikely to work, even if it was attempted.

Several former colonies in East Africa are marking their Independence Days this month. Not that there’s much to celebrate.

This kind of hazy, fog-of-war reporting from far afield fails to deliver the kind of illuminating coverage readers deserve.