Gabon is headed to the polls for the West African country's first real election since the rise of Omar Bongo as president some four decades ago. Bongo died in June, as one of the world's longest-serving heads of state,......more
David Axe - Africa is Boring: August 2009 Archives
No End in Sight to South Sudan's Violence over Land
By DAVID AXE Tribal fighting in South Sudan killed nearly 200 people on Sunday. Murle tribesmen reportedly attacked an encampment of refugees from the Lou Nuer tribe, killing 185, mostly women and children, but also including soldiers from the......more
Somaliland Hires Freelance Diplomats
by DAVID AXE Somaliland, population 1 million, is a fully autonomous — but unrecognized, internationally — region of the Republic of Somalia, with its own laws, courts, currency and army. It’s also one of the handful of “unofficial” countries......more
David Axe in the Horn of Africa
David Axe is freelance war correspondent based in Washington, D.C. He has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan,Lebanon, East Timor and Somalia....