Columbia Journalism Review

Larry Madowo on Covering Africa, ‘Warts and All’

In recent months, Larry Madowo, CNN’s Africa correspondent, has reported on a troubling trend: young men from countries ...

Africa’s biggest airport is being built in Ethiopia for $12.5 billion

But a $12.5 billion airport under construction in Ethiopia could help change that. Nearly 30 miles southeast of the capital ...

CNN’s Africa Correspondent Says Trump Is ‘Surprisingly Much Beloved’ in Continent: ‘They Remember Him From The Apprentice’

CNN international correspondent Larry Madowo argued President Donald Trump is "much beloved" in Africa despite aid cuts ...

Chinese man jailed after trying to smuggle 2,200 ants out of Kenya in his luggage

A ​Kenyan court on Wednesday ordered a Chinese ⁠man to pay a fine of 1 ​million shillings ($7,746) and gave him a 12-month ...

Africa’s high speed rail future rides on a matter of millimeters. How does it measure up so far?

Differences in African rail gauges are just one challenge facing the continent’s ambition for a transcontinental integration.