Europe Plans Its Limited War on ISIS in Libya
Rome—The European Union is planning surgical air attacks on Islamic State groups and affiliated radical militias in Libya in an…
By Daniel Williams, journalist and author
Category: Africa
Sisi in Egypt Scores Own Goal as He Criminalizes Football Ultra Fans
Beirut–The Egypt of strongman Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi has taken another, and this time unique, step in trying to control dissident parts of…
Does Not Helping Nigeria Fight Boko Haram Help?
Cairo–Just about everyone deplores Boko Haram, the Nigerian terror militia, and its horrific assaults on civilians. So why does the United…
Europe Sort of Rediscovers Libya, Promises to Stop Migration Somehow
London–European countries expressed shock at the deaths and migration in the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend, even though the crisis has been…
Tragedy at Sea: Muslim Migrants throw Christians Overboard into The Mediterranean
Rome—The violent deaths of 12 migrants at sea off Libya today is a sad fable about the perfect storm of…
Removing Cecil Rhodes, or What’s in a Statue?
London–In South Africa, administrators of the University of Cape Town have decided to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes, empire…
With Goodluck, Nigeria Was Outtaluck. Will Buhari Be Better?
London, March 31, 2015–It looks like Muhammadu Buhari, the opposition leader, will edge out the incumbent Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria’s…
Libya and Its Nervous Neighbors
London, February 19, 2015—Everyone wonders what to do about ISIS, but no one knows what. An odd event is happening…
Leave Ramses Out of It
London, January 28, 2015— There are many reasons not to go see “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” the Moses movie that’s…
Boko Haram on a Rampage–Again.
London, January 10, 2015—While world leaders and throngs of French people gathered in Paris to stand against terrorism, in faraway…