http://www.spiegel.de Daily news, analysis and opinion from Europe's leading newsmagazine and Germany's top news Web site. en Sun, 19 May 2013 10:05:16 +0200 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:05:16 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de http://www.spiegel.de/static/sys/logo_120x61.gif http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/growing-chaos-afflicts-broad-band-spanning-africa-a-822373.html#ref=rss Bloody conflicts in a band of Africa stretching from Senegal to Somalia are hampering efforts to bring progress to the troubled region. Muslims are increasingly pitted against Christians, and nomads against sedentary farmers. Matters are made worse by climate change and a flood of weapons. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:16:00 +0100 http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/growing-chaos-afflicts-broad-band-spanning-africa-a-822373.html Bloody conflicts in a band of Africa stretching from Senegal to Somalia are hampering efforts to bring progress to the troubled region. Muslims are increasingly pitted against Christians, and nomads against sedentary farmers. Matters are made worse by climate change and a flood of weapons.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/one-man-s-plan-for-a-lost-country-there-is-no-reason-for-somalis-to-starve-a-791233.html#ref=rss A Somali politician living in Berlin has a simple plan for his country: He wants German construction aid to build a small harbor complex in Somalia's Galmudug region that he says could help stimulate the local economy and lift people out of poverty. With civil war, Islamist gunmen and pirates, however, that is easier said than done. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:01:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/one-man-s-plan-for-a-lost-country-there-is-no-reason-for-somalis-to-starve-a-791233.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/development-aid-for-africa-the-problems-don-t-disappear-with-sacks-of-rice-a-786465.html#ref=rss Does aid to Africa do more harm than help? In a SPIEGEL interview, Zambian author and economist Dambisa Moyo explains how Western efforts have stalled real progress in Africa for the last 40 years and why it should be stopped. Africans, she argues, need to finally take responsibility for themselves. Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/development-aid-for-africa-the-problems-don-t-disappear-with-sacks-of-rice-a-786465.html Does aid to Africa do more harm than help? In a SPIEGEL interview, Zambian author and economist Dambisa Moyo explains how Western efforts have stalled real progress in Africa for the last 40 years and why it should be stopped. Africans, she argues, need to finally take responsibility for themselves.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/the-birth-of-a-city-putting-down-roots-in-a-refugee-camp-a-784682.html#ref=rss The Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya is the world's largest. The machinery of international famine relief is in full gear there, but hundreds of thousands of people may become long-term residents. Conditions have prompted a camp manager to transform a temporary refuge into a city of the future. Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:43:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/the-birth-of-a-city-putting-down-roots-in-a-refugee-camp-a-784682.html The Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya is the world's largest. The machinery of international famine relief is in full gear there, but hundreds of thousands of people may become long-term residents. Conditions have prompted a camp manager to transform a temporary refuge into a city of the future.]]> http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/german-development-minister-on-africa-famine-anyone-can-toss-around-big-numbers-a-779123.html#ref=rss In a SPIEGEL interview, German Development Minister Dirk Niebel discusses the current famine in Africa, criticism of his country's contribution to fighting the catastrophe and why he believes aid policies must be mutually beneficial to donors and recipients in the age of globalization. Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:12:00 +0200 http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/german-development-minister-on-africa-famine-anyone-can-toss-around-big-numbers-a-779123.html In a SPIEGEL interview, German Development Minister Dirk Niebel discusses the current famine in Africa, criticism of his country's contribution to fighting the catastrophe and why he believes aid policies must be mutually beneficial to donors and recipients in the age of globalization. ]]>