Zambia

China’s One Belt, One Road investments into the timber industries in both countries—as well as rampant illegal logging—have created an environmental crisis.

It’s sometimes democracy as we know it—albeit with twists and turns—but there is certainly a new appetite for political pluralism developing in Africa.

Zambia is at an economic and political crossroads that serves to underscore the importance of identity in the developing world.

These are dark days for southern Africa.

2015 has been a dramatic year in elections around the world: old leaders were toppled, upstarts and novices seized the helm, and embattled governments somehow managed to cling on. Here, the experts who covered them take stock of what’s happened—and look at what’s in store for 2016.

All in all, the last month in Africa has offered plenty to raise eyebrows.

I spent most of August 2015 in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia—a depressing and mournful tour indeed.