May 16

• Governance Gets New Emphasis At Economic Forum

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  The call for transparency and good governance across Africa is not a new one, but it assumed a new prominence at this month's World Economic Forum (WEA) regional meeting for... Read more »

May 15

• Madagascar's Rajoelina Refuses to Withdraw Candidacy

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  Madagascar's leader Andry Rajoelina has ignored a request by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), not to run in the upcoming elections, reports AFP. Read more »

May 14

• Mastectomy Disclosure by Angelina Jolie May Help Reduce Stigma in Africa

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  In disclosing in the New York Times on Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie also called attention to the many women in Africa and... Read more »

• Boosting Youth Employment Through Digital Jobs

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  The announcement by the Rockefeller Foundation of an initiative to create jobs in Africa focusing on the digital field has been lauded as an important strategy by Jack Leslie,... Read more »

• Swazi Voter Registration in Shambles

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  Voter registration is under way in Swaziland amid calls from opposition parties to boycott an electoral process that some have described as a mere formality. Read more »

May 13

• 'The Tears of Somalia': Turkey's 'Moral' Foreign Policy [guest column]

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  'The tears that are now running from Somalia's golden sands into the Indian Ocean must stop' declared Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2011, following a highly charged visit to Mogadishu at... Read more »

May 10

• Thomas-Greenfield Likely Choice for Assistant Secretary

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  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has tapped Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a widely respected career Foreign Service officer, to the department's top Africa post,  sources have... Read more »

• Kenyatta Advocates 'All-Inclusive Society' at Economic Forum

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  Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who describes himself as a simple man driven to help his country prosper, faced challenging questions at a World Economic Forum session here on... Read more »

May 08

• DR Congo Riskiest Country For New Mothers

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  The riskiest country in the world to be a new mother is the Democratic Republic of Congo. That's according to Save the Children's 2013 State of the World's Mothers report. Read more »

May 07

• From Fear to Hope - Getting It Right in Somalia [column]

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  It has been two decades of mayhem, chaos and bloodletting in Somalia. Read more »

May 02

• Vice President Scott Calls South Africans 'Very Backward'

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  Zambia's vice president Guy Scott launched an astonishing attack on President Jacob Zuma when he reportedly compared him to South Africa's last apartheid leader, FW de Klerk. Read more »

• Award-Winning Activist Mwangi Arrested

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  The twittersphere in Kenya was abuzz after the arrest of political activist and award-winning photojournalist Boniface Mwangi during a protest at a Workers' Day event. Read more »

• Zambia: Vice President Speaks On Governance and Gay Rights

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  Zambian Vice President Guy Scott hit out at opposition parties and observers who have accused him and President Michael Sata of repressive policies and perpetuating violence. Read more »

April 30

• UN Security Council Presidency an 'Eye-opener' - Foreign Minister [interview]

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  The government of Rwanda is completing a busy month at the helm of the United Nations Security Council, a task that rotates among members - both the five nations with permanent... Read more »

April 29

• Ethiopian Airlines Resumes Boeing 787 Dreamliner Service

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  After more than three months of suspension, Ethiopian Airlines resumed its Boeing 787 Dreamliner service over the weekend with a successful flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi. Read more »

• President Injured in Cheetah 'Accident'

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  Botswana President Ian Khama received two stitches in his face after being clawed by a cheetah, according to local media reports. Read more »

April 26

• Babies Dying Gets Me Where It Hurts [staff blog]

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  "Eight thousand newborn babies will die during this conference." Read more »

• Battling Malaria Without Drugs or Knowledge

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  The statistics are shocking. Over 300,000 Nigerians die from malaria each year – more than in any other country. An estimated 250,000 are children younger than five. Read more »

April 25

• Malaria Care Improves With Cash

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  A question had been nagging at Ghanaian researcher Alexander Nartey. Read more »

• Malaria in Liberia - 'The Struggle Continues' [staff blog]

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  I woke up feeling the headache and chills, and made a couple of trips to the bathroom to ease the nausea. The experience was all too familiar; I was having another bout of malaria,... Read more »

April 24

• Malaria - Keeping a Crafty Killer On the Run

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  Imagine that snake attacks were killing a person a minute. Or that it was dogs, or foxes or chickens that were killing three-quarters of a million people a year. Envision the... Read more »

• United States Disengaging From Africa - Mo Ibrahim

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  Although Africa is moving forward, the United States is pulling back, says Mo Ibrahim, the billionaire entrepreneur and father of Africa's mobile phone revolution. Read more »

April 19

• Invest in Water Storage to Secure the Future [guest blog]

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  Water and energy are fundamental to poverty reduction and economic transformation on the African continent. When experts, policymakers and high-level representatives met this week... Read more »

• Former President Wade's Son Incarcerated

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  Karim Wade, son of former Senegalese president Abdulaye Wade, has been incarcerated at Rebeuss Prison, a correction centre in the capital of Dakar. Wade is being asked to justify a... Read more »

April 11

• African Scientists Endorse New Polio Eradication Strategy

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  Nigerian and South African scientists have joined hundreds of other experts from more than 80 other countries to launch the Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication – a... Read more »