November 23, 2017
Nigeria: Why the Death of a Woman after Giving Birth to Quadruplets Should Change Healthcare [guest column]
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Last month the medical professionals at Malumfashi General Hospital, Katsina State, helped Gaje Zubairu bring the blessing of quadruplets into the world. The initial widespread… Read more »
Southern Africa: Graca Machel Urges Better Nutrition for Mothers, Children
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One of every four children under five years old in southern Africa suffers from stunted growth in that they are too short for their age, often as a result of inadequate nutrition. Read more »
Namibia: Swapo Remains Strong, United and Stable - President Geingob [document]
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Comrade Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma, Founding President of the SWAPO Party and Father of the Namibian Nation;Comrade Hifikepunye Pohamba, Former President of the SWAPO Party and the… Read more »
November 22, 2017
Africa: Governments Are Closing Down Space for Civil Society - Jay Naidoo [interview]
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Currently a political and social activist, Jay Naidoo was a pioneering trade unionist who fought apartheid in South Africa and went on after liberation to serve as a minister in… Read more »
November 21, 2017
Zimbabwe: Breaking News - Mugabe Quits
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President Robert Mugabe has finally heeded calls to resign, AllAfrica's news partners in Zimbabwe report. Read more »
November 20, 2017
Africa: Warning Signs Flash As Governance Progress Slows
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Forty of Africa's 55 nations have improved their standards of governance in the past decade, while only 12 have seen a decline. But the rate of improvement has slowed in recent… Read more »
November 19, 2017
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Axed From Ruling Party
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Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party has axed President Robert Mugabe as leader and first secretary of the party, reports NewsDay from Harare. Read more »
November 18, 2017
Zimbabwe: 'Mugabe Likely to Go Gracefully, Mnangagwa Unlikely to Stay Long' Former U.S. Diplomat [guest column]
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Herman J. Cohen was the first President George Bush's top Africa diplomat, serving as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1989 to 1993. Read more »
November 17, 2017
Africa: Nurturing Young Entrepreneurs As the Next Generation of Hunger Fighters
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Considered the "Nobel Prize of agriculture," the World Food Prize is awarded each year for a specific and exceptionally significant contribution to the production or distribution… Read more »
Africa: Equipping Youth to Renegotiate 'Africa Rising' [document]
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Keynote address on the occasion of National Youth Day, Ghana, by H. E. Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SPSG) for West… Read more »
November 15, 2017
Zimbabwe: What Led to Situation in Zimbabwe?
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Here are the most recent events leading to the tense political situation in Zimbabwe: Read more »
November 14, 2017
Africa: Economic Growth Rides on Wireless Rails [guest column]
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A telecommunications boom is lifting an industry and a continent. Read more »
Africa: African Media Must Shape the Narrative & Tell Africa's Story Responsibly - Ghana President [document]
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Remarks by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana at the 2017 Bloomberg Africa Business Media Innovators Event Read more »
November 13, 2017
Congo-Kinshasa: 33 Dead in Train Crash
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Thirty-three people died on Sunday in a train accident of the National Railway Company of Congo in Buyofwe, a railway station located about 30 kilometers from Lubudi in Lualaba… Read more »
November 12, 2017
Africa: Act Now to End Pneumonia [guest column]
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The numbers of children who die of pneumonia each year is staggering. In 2015, a child under five died every two minutes – 920,000 in all – and pneumonia is the leading… Read more »
November 10, 2017
Africa: Commonly Used Drug May Be Key to Stopping Thousands of Mothers Dying
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Roughly every six minutes, a woman somewhere in the world bleeds to death in child birth. But a new medical trial shows that there is a way of combating the problem. Read more »
Africa: Toyin Saraki Says Why Drug Trial for Women is Close to Her Heart [document]
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Toyin Saraki was speaking at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine to raise awareness of the issue of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), which kills around 100,000 women… Read more »
November 06, 2017
Africa: How to Sustain High Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa [analysis]
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After significant strides across sub-Saharan Africa over the past quarter-century, there is now a deterioration in the macroeconomic health of many countries, warns Abebe Aemro… Read more »
Nigeria: Examining The Untapped Power of Citizens in Governance [document]
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The role of active citizens in an effective democracy cannot be overemphasized. Nigeria is believed to have a population of over 180 million of which 120 million are said to be of… Read more »
November 03, 2017
Liberia: Sirleaf's Legacy and the New President's Challenge [guest column]
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In the second round of historical presidential elections, Liberians must ask themselves what they have to gain and what they stand to lose if they do not get this right. Here… Read more »
Egypt: TV Presenter Jailed for Talking About Sex Outside Marriage
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Doaa Salah, a presenter on Al-Nahar TV has been sentenced to three years in jail after she discussed ways of becoming pregnant outside a conventional marriage, reports news site… Read more »
November 02, 2017
Africa: What Africa Needs - Roads and Bridges, Cooking Oil and Cement
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Roads and railways, bridges and harbours - that's what we need to invest in if we are to grow Africa's economies and provide jobs for the millions of young people who want to… Read more »
November 01, 2017
Africa: The Role of African Media in Regional Integration [opinion]
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Most of the founding leaders of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), today's African Union (AU), are not remembered for their support of free press and democratic rule. Yet,… Read more »
Ghana: 'Most Business-Friendly' Investment Destination Is Our Goal Trade & Industry's Kyerematen [interview]
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Ghana received welcome news last week from the IMF: real GDP growth for the country is projected to reach 5.9 percent in 2017 and 8.9 percent in 2018, following three successive… Read more »
October 31, 2017
Africa: Experts Explore Infrastructure and Cooperation to Improve Lives
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African economies require structural transformation to attain sustained growth that trickles down to all its peoples, an official from the United Nations Economic Commission for… Read more »