Somali pirates have evolved from a small group of bandits into a sophisticated global organization with hijackers, investors, guards, professional negotiators and money laundering agents working in tandem. This efficiency has made it very difficult to counter the threat of piracy but targeting financers and negotiators is part of a more proactive strategy being adopted by the United States.

In a complaint filed yesterday in U.S. District Court, Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri, aka Turkcell, the Turkish mobile media giant, alleges that MTN Group Ltd, Africa’s largest mobile operator, bribed Iranians, sold South African votes at the IAEA and UN, and otherwise prostituted South African foreign policy to oust Turkcell from its contract in Iran and gain the lucrative market for itself.

South African policymakers should not underestimate the European sovereign debt crisis, which is likely to spark global financial market turbulence that will have a severe impact on the South African economy.

In failing to describe the context in which African Union forces operate, a recent Washington Post article misrepresented their brave efforts to respond to attacks by al-Shabab.

American policy toward Africa will soon enter a new era: the establishment of the joint military United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) creates an important instrument and signals a new direction for U.S. security strategy. On September 20, AEI will hold a conference to better understand the role and mission of...

Many deaths that occur from malaria each year could be avoided if antimalarial drugs were effective, of good quality, and used correctly.