November 30

• Ethiopia: Africa's First Commodity Exchange Revolutionizes Economy [interview]

  While government leaders, NGOs and corporations devise strategies to churn out more food for future generations, Eleni Gabre-Madhin is taking a different approach. Concerned by a... Read more »

• Africa: The Fight Against Aids - No Time to 'Rest on Our Laurels' [interview]

  Saturday marks World Aids Day. Stephen Lewis, chair of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which helps fight HIV/Aids, says the human face of the disease needs to be restored and that it... Read more »

November 29

• Africa: AllAfrica Founder Named Among 'Most Influential Africans'

  AllAfrica co-founder and chair Amadou Mahtar Ba has been included on New African magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential Africans. Read more »

November 22

• Cote d'Ivoire: Ouattara Names New PM

  Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has named Daniel Kablan Duncan as the country's new prime minister, reports Radio France Internationale (RFI). Read more »

November 21

• South Africa: Protesters Camp Out to Oppose 'Secrecy Bill'

  "We love Zuma but down with him", chanted a group of more than 20 protesters at the gates of Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, during a rally against the implementation of the... Read more »

November 20

• Swaziland: Ellinah Wamukoya Becomes Africa's First Female Bishop

  The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has consecrated the continent's first woman bishop. Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Seize Goma

  Rebels of the M23 group seized part of the regional capital of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, reports Radio Okapi. Read more »

November 19

• South Africa: Chasing the Final Flush

  There is no shortage of jokes and a long list of euphemisms when it comes to talking about toilets. Read more »

• Liberia: Tapping Official and Grassroots Efforts On Water

  In July 1990, as then-rebel leader Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia advanced on Monrovia, Taylor's guerrilla fighters attacked the White Plains water treatment... Read more »

• Liberia: Pipe Dreams - Waiting for Water in Monrovia

  "The hanging latrines" of West Point are not one of Liberia's most celebrated beauty spots. But this modest collection of elevated toilets, erected on the banks of the Mesurado... Read more »

• South Africa: Dreams of Better Sanitation Go Down the Toilet

  Gogo Sikhosana Ngcobo is 76 years old. Growing up, she says she had dreams of what her life would be like. They featured a brick house with a flushing toilet. Those dreams, like... Read more »

• Mali: No Quick Fixes for a Complex Crisis [guest column]

  The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has agreed on a revised concept of operations for the deployment of an international military force of 3,300 soldiers to help... Read more »

November 15

• Africa: Global Poll Reveals Africa's 'State of Mind'

  Gallup, a leading research consultancy known for its opinion polls, has released its "Global States of Mind: New Metrics for World Leaders" report, which seeks to provide leaders... Read more »

November 14

• Africa: Using Family Planning as a 'Liberating Force' [interview]

  Nearly 20 years ago, 179 countries came together and made a commitment to provide sexual and reproductive health care, including family planning, to their people. The... Read more »

• Kenya: Operation Hirola - Saving Africa's Rarest Antelope

  While the world focuses on the African Union effort to oust Al Shabaab militants from Somalia, another operation is quietly plugging away along the country's southern border with... Read more »

• Africa: New Plan to Fill Training Gap for Medical Workers [interview]

  A new program to send doctors and nurses as volunteers to Africa is gathering momentum and aims to fill a training gap among Africa's medical workers. The doctors and nurses will... Read more »

November 13

• East Africa: U.S. to Send Medics to Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda [interview]

  A new program to send doctors and nurses as volunteers to Africa is gathering momentum and aims to fill a training gap among Africa's medical... Read more »

• Central African Republic: President Detains Son Over 'Unpaid Hotel Bill'

  The Central African Republic's leader Francois Bozize has reportedly had his son arrested for failing to pay a huge hotel bill. Read more »

November 12

• Africa: Kent Campbell Honored for Innovation in Malaria Fight

  The way Dr. Carlos (Kent) Campbell sees it, the world is on the brink of something great in the battle against malaria – a fight that Campbell has been waging for nearly... Read more »

• Africa: Small Farmers Merit Support - Gates Foundation [interview]

  Africa's population – in contrast to other regions – is growing significantly younger. How to employ, educate and feed that youth bulge is the topic of a report... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Coup Comments Cause Row in Coalition Govt

  Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has said it will engage the international community about comments made by Zanu-PF Politburo member and Justice Minister Patrick... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Draft Constitution a 'Major Move', Says Rights Lawyer

  Zimbabwe's constitution-making process is at a crucial stage as it is expected to go for a referendum to decide whether or not it would be voted in as the nation's supreme law,... Read more »

• Africa: Aiming to Eliminate Preventable Child Deaths

  The world is winning the fight to keep children alive, and preventable child deaths may, at some point in the near future, be a thing of the past, according to Carolyn Miles,... Read more »

November 10

• Africa: Govt Officials Agree on Crucial Role of Media

  Experts are increasingly acknowledging the important role the press must play in African development. Participants at the 5th African Media Leaders Forum, which convened this... Read more »

November 8

• Africa: Mbeki Named 'African of the Year'

  Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has been named "African of the Year" for his "persistent and consistent" efforts to avert war between Sudan and South Sudan. Read more »