The African Union's Madagascar Sanctions Hypocrisy

The news cycle from Africa is usually predictable, with isolated sparks of individual and community hope amid a heavy dose of despair caused by socio-economic depravity, political squabbles and violence.

Last week's coverage would not have been any different, had it not been for the announcement that the African Union had imposed sanctions on Madagascar's rulers. The sanctions mark the first time the regional organization has ever invoked such an instrument, despite a plethora of more-brutal regimes on the continent deserving such punishment. ...