Any hopes of a Unita victory died along with Jonas Savimbi in a bloody battle between his rebels and the MPLA.

On November 3, Beijing will welcome more than forty-eight African heads of state to what it bills as "the highest-level, largest-scale meeting between China and African leaders since the founding of the People's Republic of China." This meeting is the latest in China's charm offensive in Africa, which has included...

If Obama is serious about wanting to increase domestic oil production, he'll move to open up new areas for exploration, and ask Congress to amend statutes that enable third party lawsuits to tie up drilling permits for years.

With Boeing and Airbus receivingmost ofthe attention, China is slipping by unnoticedwitha bold new commercial aircraft production project.

Hope that the Global Fund's commendable effort to unearth corruption and improve its logistics is giving way to fear that money and drugs are continuing to be donated to corrupt actors--a major perversion of donor intent.

Last week a major international health donor had to admit it had lost over two million dollars of medicines and $34 million in cash to corruption. But the situation is worse than publicly acknowledged and is set to deteriorate further.