February 11

• CAF President Hayatou In Office Until 2017

  CAF

  The CAF General Assembly has unanimously approved the extension of the mandate of CAF President Issa Hayatou till 2017. Read more »

• Continent Needs to Invest to Compete

  Zimbabwe Independent

  AFRICA has to invest in fiscal, human and technical capacity for it to become competitive in the global environment, UN resident humanitarian coordinator Alan Noudehou told... Read more »

• Caf Honours Quartet for Service to African Football

  CAF

  The Confederation of African Football has awarded four persons for their distinguished service for the development and promotion of the game on the continent. Read more »

February 10

• Domestic Consumption Is Main Contributor to Growing E-Waste [press release]

  UNEP

  West Africa faces a rising tide of e-waste generated by domestic consumption of new and used electrical and electronic equipment, according to a new United Nations report. Read more »

• The Global Fund At Ten Years - Not a Happy Birthday [analysis]

  GFO

  "These past 12 months have been the Fund's most difficult to date, so the anniversary celebrations were rather muted. Whether the Fund's eleventh year will be more successful... Read more »

• Imagining the Great Green Wall of Africa [analysis]

  ISS

  Despite the United Nation's recent declaration that the deadly Horn of Africa famine of 2011 has finally ended, it remains an obvious and inescapable certainty that the continent... Read more »

• World Bank Urges Continent to Up Cross Border Trade

  Nairobi Star

  Heavy regulation and thick borders continue to stifle trade amongst African countries even as exports to the developed economies remain vulnerable to global economic turmoil. Read more »

• Counting the Costs of Brain Drain

  AfricaFocus

  According to a study published in the British Medical Journal in November 2011, nine sub-Saharan countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia... Read more »

• Caine Prize 2012 Judging Panel Announced

  CISA

  The judges of this year's Caine Prize for African Writing have been announced. The panel will be chaired by author and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Bernardine... Read more »

• Transformative Leaders Must Recognise LGBTI Rights [analysis]

  Gender Links

  The acceptance of lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in Africa is a battle that is yet to be won. Sexual orientation and gender identity are integral... Read more »

• L'UA et la CAF appellent à un engagement renouvellé pour la paix en Afrique

  African Union

  A quelques jours de la finale de la 28ème édition de la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations (CAN), le Président de la Commission de l'Union Africaine (UA), Dr. Jean... Read more »

• Reactions to Recent Events At the Global Fund [analysis]

  GFO

  Media and blogosphere commentators weigh in on the future of the Global Fund in light of the resignation of Michel Kazatchkine as Executive Director and the appointment of Gabriel... Read more »

• The Fabric of Our Other Lives - Indian African Quilts at the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco [analysis]

  Fahamu

  The exhibit provides the opportunity to rethink Afro-Indian diasporic cultural heritage through the symbolic quilting together of these identities and their markers in the... Read more »

• The Back Story to Cida-Mining Partnerships [analysis]

  Fahamu

  Mining companies' branding of themselves as bringers of development needs to be critically examined against the burgeoning 'resource curse' literature that links mining to... Read more »

• What Do We Learn From the Ping-Zuma Stalemate? [opinion]

  Fahamu

  The 18th ordinary session of the African Union Summit was marked by the failure of African leaders to elect a new chairperson of the African Union Commission. Behind the scenes,... Read more »

• Dudley Thompson - A Fighter for Socialism and African Unity [opinion]

  Fahamu

  Last year the African Union recognised the great work of Dudley Thompson and accorded him the status of the first citizen of the United States of Africa. Thompson was insistent... Read more »

• Funding - Call for Applications to the Legal Defence Fund - Feb 2012 [press release]

  IHRDA

  The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), with the financial support of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), is operating a fund for... Read more »

• World Bank - Africa Losing Billions of Dollars to Trade Barriers

  This Day

  A new World Bank report has disclosed that African countries are losing out on billions of dollars in potential trade earnings every year because of high trade barriers with... Read more »

• Ghana, Mali Gear Up for a Grudge Match

  Nation

  Ghana and Mali came to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with high hopes and plenty to prove but watched helplessly as their bubble burst with twin semi-final disappointments two days... Read more »

• Increase in Electronic Waste Threatens Environment

  UN News

  West Africa is facing a significant increase in waste generated by electronic equipment which poses mounting health and environmental risks, according to a United Nations report... Read more »

• Ivorians Beat War Drums for Zambia

  Vanguard

  Ivory Coast say they have learnt from "mistakes" and will not underestimate Zambia in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final. They say they have the weapons to bring down the... Read more »

• How I Scored Winner Against Ghana - Mayuka [analysis]

  Vanguard

  Emmanuel Mayuka, the Zambian Hero in Their 1-0 semifinal win over Ghana at the Nations Cup has spoken of what transpired in his mind in the moments leading up to the time that he... Read more »

• Continent Loses Taxes As Tariffs Fuel Illicit Cross-Border Trade

  Business Daily

  The African Union faces a setback in its plan to create a single continental market in the next five years because a growing number of traders turn to informal channels to... Read more »

• South Sudan Joins African Football Family

  CAF

  South Sudan has become the latest National Association of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) taking the membership of the continent's soccer governing body to 54. The... Read more »

• Hayatou, Blatter, Ping Champion Peace Promotion Through Football

  CAF

  CAF President Issa Hayatou, FIFA President Joseph Blatter and Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Dr. Jean Ping has championed the promotion of peace across the... Read more »