April 24, 2015
Africa: Malaria Costs Africa U.S.$12 Billion a Year [interview]
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In an interview with AllAfrica for World Malaria Day on April 25, Dr. Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré, executive director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, says while death rates… Read more »
April 22, 2015
Africa: How Eritrea, Ethiopia Impose Censorship [document]
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Two of the 10 most censored countries in the world are African, says the Committee to Protect Journalists. Read more »
April 17, 2015
South Africa: The Hero Who Bombed a Nuclear Plant
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This article is part of a series researched and written by the respected Center for Public Integrity in Washington and originally published by the Center and the Washington Post. Read more »
South Africa: The 'Nuclear' Raid That Sours U.S.-SA Ties
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The second in a series of reports on the stand-off between South Africa and the United States over what to do with fuel left over from Pretoria's apartheid-era nuclear weapons… Read more »
South Africa: Surprise At the Diplomatic Discord Between Washington and Pretoria [opinion]
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This article is part of a series researched and written by the Center for Public Integrity in Washington. Read more »
April 16, 2015
South Africa: South Africa Rebuffs U.S. Over Nuclear Explosives
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This report on the stand-off between South Africa and the United States on the fuel which remains from Pretoria's apartheid-era nuclear weapons programme is from the respected… Read more »
April 15, 2015
West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea Presidents Call for Post-Ebola Recovery Plan [guest column]
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Presidents Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Alpha Conde of Guinea and Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone appeal for international support in five key areas for a common economic… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Combatting Sexual Violence & Child Recruitment [document]
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Following is the text of remarks before the United Nations Security Council by Jeanine Mabunda Lioko Mudiayi, the personal representative of the president of the Democratic… Read more »
West Africa: Presidents Appeal for Post-Ebola Aid Ahead of Obama Talks
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The leaders of the West African countries hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak of the past year have called on the international community to support a recovery plan which will… Read more »
April 14, 2015
Nigeria: Boko Haram Has Abducted 2,000 Girls - Report
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Boko Haram militants have abducted upwards of 2,000 girls in the past two years, some of whom have been forced to become child soldiers alongside abducted boys, reports the human… Read more »
South Africa: Xenophobic Attacks Spread to Durban City Centre
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The violence against foreign migrants living in South Africa spread to the centre of a major South African city on Tuesday as crowds reportedly numbering thousands gathered on the… Read more »
South Africa: Security Ministries Promise Crackdown On Violence, Foreign Criminals [document]
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Attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa were a symptom of "Afrophobia" in South Africa, the police minister, Nathi Nhleko, told a parliamentary briefing on Tuesday. Read more »
Nigeria: Rape and Forced Marriage By Boko Haram [document]
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An excerpt from the Amnesty report on Boko Haram atrocities, on rape and forced marriage: Read more »
Nigeria: Aisha's Story of Abduction [document]
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The Amnesty International report on atrocities committed by Boko Haram included the following account from a 19-year old girl: Read more »
Nigeria: 'Our Job Is to Shoot, Slaughter and Kill' - Boko Haram's Reign of Terror in North-East Nigeria [document]
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The Executive Summary of the Amnesty International report released on April 14: Read more »
South Africa: Rape Rumours After Big Brother Housemate Removed
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According to MyTVNews, people on the different social media platforms are going reacting to an alleged rape in the Big Brother Mzansi house. Read more »
April 13, 2015
Africa: Honoring Africa in Washington DC [press release]
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AllAfrica Global Media is marking its 15-year anniversary with the launch of the AllAfrica Awards on Friday April 17th, 2015 in Washington DC. Read more »
South Africa: How Pretoria Needs to Fix Its Electricity Crisis [guest column]
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South Africans have in recent years joined the ranks of those on the continent suffering from regular power cuts. While the government has accepted responsibility for failing to… Read more »
April 03, 2015
Nigeria: Dancing Soldiers Celebrate Election
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Soldiers, doing their own line dance, celebrated Nigeria's successful democratic election, in which some 30 million people cast ballots, with a spirited moves to the music of… Read more »
April 02, 2015
Nigeria: Why the Opposition Won in Nigeria and What to Expect Now [guest column]
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History is likely to regard Nigeria's just-concluded election as the defining one that finally put the country on an irreversible course of democratic maturation. Read more »
April 01, 2015
Nigeria: Outgoing President Jonathan's Concession Speech [document]
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Fellow Nigerians, Read more »
March 31, 2015
Africa: Let's Chart Our Own Plan, Says Kagame at Addis Finance Confab
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External support should not be the determiner of Africa's development priorities, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told a gathering of finance and planning ministers and governors of… Read more »
March 30, 2015
Africa: Lights, Roads, Water, ICT - Invest! Addis Forum Call
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Africa needs huge financial investments to achieve its development goals, UN Under Secretary General Carlos Lopes told delegates at a finance conference in Addis Ababa. Read more »
South Africa: Comedian Trevor Noah Lands Top U.S. Television Job
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South African comedian Trevor Noah has reportedly been given a big promotion - following in American television host Jon Stewarts's footsteps, according to the New York Times. Read more »
March 27, 2015
Africa: Finance Own Development, Addis Talks Told
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Africa has been urged at high-level talks in Addis Ababa to mobilize its own resources to achieve its development goals. Read more »