Kony 2012? Don't Worry Everyone, Africa Has a New Hero

Lindsey Stirling is here to save a continent with only God, a violin and a shitload of corporate cash to help her. Full story

Charles Taylor R.I.J. (Rot in Jail)

Taylor was more evil than a thousand Konys, and now he's been found guilty in a court of law. Full story

Drinks with the Girls

I sat down with the working girls in Nairobi to talk HIV and the proposed legalisation of prostitution. Full story

Inside the Walls of Hell

Burundi is home to one of Africa's most harrowing prisons. Full story

Zanzibar's Busara Music Fest Was a Blast

I woke up one morning on the floor covered in octopus tentacles and money with no idea what happened. Full story

Election Year in Africa

What new hell will 2012 unleash upon the Cradle of Mankind? Full story

The Greatest Dictators

Being a dictator is a tough business. I bet, if you caught them on a bad day, most of the g… Full story

Bombs in Kampala

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Dr. Kobus Jonker: God’s Detective

In South Africa, they are balls deep in sangomas, or healers. For the most part these sangomas are legit herbalists. There are however a number of bad sangomas, known as baloyi, which are more like dark wizards. Full story

The Second Coming

DJ Cut Hands Has the Solution

Hands up who's always wished that somebody could make a record that was partly inspired by things like the traumatic stories of genocide from We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories From Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch? Yeah, me ne… Full story