April 17

• Africa: Africa Progress Panel Welcomes Europe's New Rules On Transparency [press release]

  New European rules move the world closer to a global standard on transparency. Now other regions and countries must follow this example. Read more »

January 16

• Africa: New Year's Greetings From the Africa Progress Panel [column]

  The past 12 months have seen extraordinary media coverage of Africa as analysts and commentators argue over the significance of Africa's rapid economic growth for its one billion... Read more »

December 7, 2012

• Africa: Africa's Natural Resources - Going for Gold [column]

  Countries rich in mineral wealth have an unprecedented opportunity to make a breakthrough in development - a breakthrough that could transform millions of lives. Read more »

November 29, 2012

• Africa: Kofi Annan: The World Must Tackle Corruption in Africa's Oil, Gas, and Mining

  Private companies, civil society, government officials, and academics discuss the options for using Africa’s natural resource wealth to benefit its populations more fairly. Read more »

November 22, 2012

• Africa: Dear President Obama [column]

  Dear President Obama, Read more »

November 7, 2012

• Africa: Dying to Bring Life - the Plight of Pregnant Women in Africa [guest column]

  Africa has been winning media attention for boosting women's representation in political life. Less noticed by many, it has been been saving more maternal lives too. Read more »

October 25, 2012

• Africa: Mo Ibrahim's Leadership Report Rings True for African MDGs Too [analysis]

  "Excellence is not a relative concept and we refuse to embrace a lower standard," wrote Mo Ibrahim to explain why his foundation withheld this year its prestigious Leadership... Read more »

October 10, 2012

• Africa: The Collective Shake of a Thousand Heads [column]

  "In the Bible, Christ talks about the people of Israel using the ox and plough - a technology that has been around for over 2000 years," Tanzania's President Kikwete stated during... Read more »

September 26, 2012

• Africa: Africa to Foreign Investors - We're Open for Business [column]

  Squeezing the poor for the sake of corporate profit? Or providing vital jobs and incomes? Whatever your view of foreign investors, analysts believe that business will be essential... Read more »

• Africa: Africa's Twin Education Crisis Drains Economies, Fuels Instability [press release]

  Africa's twin education crisis is reinforcing inequalities and fuelling political instability, according to a new report published today by the Africa Progress Panel, referring to... Read more »

September 16, 2012

• Africa: Education - Wake Up, Stand Up, for Your Right! [opinion]

  Kofi Annan once said, "Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development."... Read more »

August 22, 2012

• Ethiopia: On the Death of Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi [press release]

  Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died yesterday, at the untimely age of 57. Read more »

August 10, 2012

• Africa: UK Hunger Summit - Breakfast of Champions? [opinion]

  The latest in a series of game-changing summits from the UK government, David Cameron's Hunger Summit this week represents excellent leadership on yet another issue that is... Read more »

July 18, 2012

• Africa: Africa's Olympic Talent Needs Nurture and Support

  Africa's young and growing population means a deeper pool of potential Olympic talent, but sporting success is far from guaranteed. The same is true for African economies. Read more »

June 19, 2012

• Africa: Africa @Rio+20 - the Global Scramble for Resources - Who Wins, Who Loses?

  Climate change is a terrible legacy to leave to our children. Yet so far our generation of leaders has failed dismally to rise to the challenge. We must fervently hope that the Rio... Read more »

June 6, 2012

• Africa: G8 Refocuses on Food, Agriculture [analysis]

  Finally, the G8 are demanding a greater focus on agriculture and food and nutrition security. Read more »

May 22, 2012

• Africa: Balancing the Narrative On Africa [column]

  The 2012 Africa Progress Report, 'Jobs, Justice and Equity: Seizing opportunities in times of global change', frames a new narrative on Africa, which balances the extreme pessimism... Read more »

May 11, 2012

• Africa: 2012 Progress Report Warns of Rising Inequality [press release]

  The 2012 Africa Progress Report, launched today by the Africa Progress Panel, warns that Africa's strong economic growth trajectory - which will see the region increase the pace of... Read more »

May 2, 2012

• Africa: Jobs, Justice and Equity [column]

  Africa is rising and African economies are growing faster than those of almost any other region in the world. However, the current pattern of trickle-down growth is not benefitting... Read more »

April 18, 2012

• Africa: Millennium Development Goals - Further and Faster [analysis]

  Last week's Guardian news story on UK Prime Minister David Cameron's role in a post 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) committee, highlighted the importance of making a... Read more »

April 3, 2012

• West Africa: Mali Coup Points to Need for Early Warning Systems [analysis]

  Deepening and consolidating the democratic transformations taking place in Africa, as well as strengthening regional and global governance arrangements, remain key challenges for... Read more »

March 21, 2012

• Africa: Turning the Tap On Water [column]

  A week before the opening of the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) announced that MDG 7c - which... Read more »

November 4, 2011

• Africa: Africa Progress Panel Statement On the G20 Summit in Cannes

  Ahead of this year's G20 Summit in Cannes, one of the few things that we could all agree on was that global affairs can no longer be managed with the traditional business-as-usual... Read more »

November 2, 2011

• Africa: We Need Another Gleneagles Moment - Annan [column]

  The Gleneagles Summit of 2005 reinvigorated the G8 and turned an emerging consensus on international development into concrete commitments to the poor. While G8 discussions have... Read more »

November 1, 2011

• Africa: The G20 Needs to Address Infrastructure Deficit [column]

  Lack of sufficient and reliable infrastructure continues to weigh heavy among Africa's many problems. Anyone trying to do business in Africa will tell you of their daily struggles... Read more »