July 19

• Govt Asks Hague Court to Probe Crimes in North

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  Mali's government has asked the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to investigate whether crimes under international law have been committed during the rebellion in the... Read more »

July 15

• Dlamini-Zuma Becomes AU's First Woman Leader

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  South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has won a vote to become the first female head of the African Union Commission, ITVNews reported the commission's... Read more »

July 13

• U.S. Military Steps Up 'Sustained Engagement' With Africa [interview]

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  A stepped-up role for the American military, which has been the subject of widespread discussion and debate since the establishment of the U.S. Africa Command (Africom) in 2008,... Read more »

• Contraception Innovations Can 'Save Millions'

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  The Summit on Family Planning drew policy makers, donors and health professionals to London on 11 July to discuss how to provide access to contraceptives to more of the world's... Read more »

July 12

• African Freedom and Shakespeare's World

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  As the focus of the world turns to London for the 2012 Olympic Games, one of the most remarkable stories of South Africa's freedom... Read more »

July 11

• London Summit Aims to Save Lives With Family Planning

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  A summit aimed at halving the number of women in developing countries without access to contraception opens in London on Wednesday, and African women stand to benefit the most... Read more »

• Govt Pledges to Supply More Contraceptives [document]

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  Following is an address to the Global Family Planning Summit by Dr Muhammad Ali Pate, the Minister of State for Health of Nigeria. Read more »

• 'Choosing Our Future' - Health Minister's Speech to Family Planning Summit [document]

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  Following is the text of the address by Ethiopia's Minister of Health Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to delegates at the London Summit on Family Planning: Read more »

• Health Minister Says Family Planning a National Priority [document]

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  Following is the text of the address by Senegal's Minister of Health Dr Awa Marie Coll-Seck to the Family Planning Summit: Read more »

July 6

• Clinic Shows How to Cut Maternal Deaths

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  In a country where deaths from pregnancy and childbirth have been rising - more than four-fold in a decade, according to reports - not a single maternal death was recorded at a... Read more »

July 5

• President Sall Coalition Wins Majority in Parliamentary Elections

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  A coalition led by Senegalese President Macky Sall has won a huge majority in the legislative elections. Read more »

June 22

• Bold Plans for Hard Problems in Second Term - Johnson Sirleaf [interview]

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  In the early months of her second five-year term, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says the post-conflict nation has made substantial progress but still faces multiple,... Read more »

June 21

• Election Commission Delays Results of Run-Off Vote

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  Egypt's election commission is postponing the release of official results that were due today in a presidential election claimed by both candidates, as tension rose over who will... Read more »

• U.S. Accused of Blocking UN Report on 'Rwanda Fueling Congo Violence'

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  The United States has been accused of blocking a UN report which examines claims that Rwanda is fuelling a violent rebellion in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo. (See... Read more »

June 19

• Journalists Live in Fear of 'Terror' Law [guest column]

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  Nowhere across Africa is the message that its people want a way out of what I call "the four Ds" - death, disease, disaster and despair - more resounding than among the continent's... Read more »

June 18

• Shaky Infrastructure Falls Under Washington Spotlight [interview]

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  Africa needs to be spending U.S.$93 billion each year on infrastructure, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB), more than double the current outlays. The deficit is... Read more »

• Sirleaf Needs to Use Powers to the Fullest [guest column]

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  Liberia has come a long way from the bloody civil wars that raged from 1989 until former president Charles Taylor left office in 2003. Read more »

June 15

• Mutharika Family Slams Govt Probe Into Former President's Death

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  Malawian president, Joyce Banda, has stated that the country will investigate the death of its former president, Bingu wa Mutharika, despite his family's opposition, AFP reports. Read more »

June 14

• Making Mothers Matter

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  It's a typical weekday morning at the Luxembourg Mother-Child hospital in the capital, Bamako. Around 20 patients are there for appointments - shy teenagers sit alongside more... Read more »

• Protests Continue for Third Day in Lomé

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  Protests are continuing for a third day in Lomé after two days of clashes between security forces and demonstrators calling for reforms ahead of upcoming elections. Read more »

• Low-Cost Air Travel Comes to Africa

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  African travellers, plagued by the high fares charged by airlines targeting the business market, are a step closer to being able to fly across the continent on a no-frills budget... Read more »

• African Govts Urged to Support Unhindered Reporting on Global Warming

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  Ahead of the Rio+20 conference in Brazil next week, African journalists have called on governments to allow them to report independently on issues related to global warming. Read more »

• 'How to Be a Nigerian' [document]

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  In Honour of Joseph Nanven Garba, 1943-2002 Read more »

June 12

• Continent Fails Her Newborn Children

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  Despite a significant reduction in child deaths around the globe, a new report released today shows that the health of newborn babies has been largely overlooked. Read more »

• Kangaroo Care Helps Malawi Leap Forward

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  Malawi, one of Africa's poorest nations, has made significant progress in improving the survival of newborns and is on track to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goal... Read more »