Africa

Africa Articles

• The Defiant White Tribe
  Nov. 21, 1977
  ...white and blue posters of the National Party, which has ruled South Africa for 29 years, Balthazar Johannes Vorster, 61, could almost have been stepping...
• POISED BETWEEN PEACE AND WAR
  Oct. 11, 1976
  ...Prime Minister Smith, following Henry Kissinger's dazzling diplomatic foray into southern Africa, had agreed to yield power to his country's black majority in...
• Africa: the Scramble for Survival
  Sep. 07, 1992 | By LANCE MORROW
  ...can be seen from space. It shears down the eastern shoulder of Africa, a vast geological gash, one of the mysteries of the continent's...
• Arguing with South Africa
  Jun. 27, 1977
  How to judge South Africa, and what to do about it, represents an exceptionally painful dilemma for...
• The Great White Laager
  Aug. 26, 1966
  SOUTH AFRICA (See Cover) Black headlines last week told South Africans of the troubles...

Africa Blog Posts

• Obama's Travels - Real Clear Politics - Mid Term Elections - Elections 2008 - TIME
  ...Senator Barack Obama's trip to Africa is getting a lot of coverage, especially in the local press (no...
• '08 Notes: Big Day on the Hill - Real Clear Politics - Mid Term Elections - Elections 2008 - TIME
  ...Foreign Relations Committee will take testimony on the ongoing effort to carve Africa out of U.S. European Command and create a new U.S...
• The Clintons, Bin Laden and 2008 - Real Clear Politics - Mid Term Elections - Elections 2008 - TIME
  ...been involved in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. embassies in Africa. In your opinion, as somebody who was up close and personal, why...
• World
  The Middle East Blog - TIME
  ...based in Cairo. He was TIME's bureau chief in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1989-95. His 30-year career in journalism also included 10...
• World
  Palin Foreign Policy: Eyes Wide Shut? - The Middle East Blog - TIME
  ...the Cold War involved hot proxy wars throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Latin America during a span of 45 long years. The...

Africa Photo Essays & Graphics

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  The Africa Cup of Nations

  We look back at the action from Africa's most prestigious sporting event, the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, held this year in Ghana
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  Bob Geldof travels with President Bush to Africa

  On assignment for TIME, the musician and humanitarian escorts the President on a farewell tour of the troubled continent

Africa TIME Covers

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Related TIME Cover Stories

• The Defiant White Tribe
• POISED BETWEEN PEACE AND WAR
• Africa: the Scramble for Survival
• The Great White Laager
• Countering the Communists