July 27, 2015
Nigeria: Misread U.S. Law Can Help Buhari [guest column]
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In a well-received speech that largely focused on his desire to address impunity and corruption in his country and to create a “responsive, inclusive, transparent… Read more »
July 25, 2015
Kenya: Exporting Innovation to the World [guest column]
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Kenya now may well be on its way to becoming a "silicon savannah," a hub of excellence and innovation in technology. Read more »
Kenya: Obama's 'Homecoming' Connects Continents - and Colleagues [blog]
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The day of President Barack Obama's arrival in Kenya, I was hunched in front of a computer monitor in AllAfrica's Washington, DC offices scanning our diverse sources for updates. Read more »
July 24, 2015
Africa: Leahy Amendment to the Foreign Assistant Act of 1961 [document]
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Following is the text of the 'Leahy Law' - Section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, a permanent standing law that governs all State Department funded aid. Read more »
July 23, 2015
Kenya: A Kenyan Mother's Fight to Save Her Community from Lead Poisoning
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As environmental activist Phyllis Omido ascended the stage at the San Francisco Opera House to accept a prize for her efforts to close down a dangerous lead smelter, the crowd… Read more »
July 21, 2015
Congo-Kinshasa: Mobile Courts Tackle Sexual Violence in DRC
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman. According to a 2011 American Journal of Public Health report, more than… Read more »
July 20, 2015
Nigeria: Dark Country to Lead in Lighting the World [interview]
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Clean, cheap, inexhaustible sources of electricity - every country needs it. But existing investments in power grids built on fossil fuels keeps most countries tied to costly,… Read more »
July 17, 2015
Africa: Addis Conference Leaders Call for Industrial Growth
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Ethiopia's decade-long record of double-digit economic growth was often cited as a model for other developing countries by speakers at the Third International Conference on… Read more »
July 15, 2015
Africa: 'New, Proud Africa' at Addis Confab - ECA's Carlos Lopes [interview]
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For four days, government, business and organizational representatives are gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss how to fund the future for "people and the planet". The… Read more »
Africa: Good Governance and Democracy Make for Better Land Use - Expert
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On the sidelines of the recent meeting on climate science in Paris, AllAfrica spoke with Ephraim Nkonya, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research… Read more »
July 14, 2015
Africa: Addis Talks On Finance Crucial for Development, Says UN Chief
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged delegates attending the Third International Conference on Financing for Development to put aside what divides them and work… Read more »
July 13, 2015
Congo-Kinshasa: 'New Dawn' in Land of Rape and Child Soldiers [interview]
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Since Jeanine Mabunda Lioko Mudiayi became the Advisor on Sexual Violence and Child Recruitment to DRC President Joseph Kabila last year, she has become a high-profile advocate for… Read more »
Nigeria: Replace NNPC, Make Oil Transactions Transparent - El Rufai [document]
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The 2015 Wole Soyinka Centre Annual Media Lecture, delivered by Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, OFR Governor of Kaduna State - as posted on the NasirElRufai Facebook page Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: 'New Dawn' in Land of Rape and Child Soldiers [interview]
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Since Jeanine Mabunda Lioko Mudiayi became the Advisor on Sexual Violence and Child Recruitment to DRC President Joseph Kabila last year, she has become a high-profile advocate for… Read more »
July 11, 2015
Africa: 'Multi-sided' Partnership Required to Finance Inclusive Development - IMF Chief [interview]
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A "once in a generation opportunity" – that's how Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), described the chance to assemble the… Read more »
July 09, 2015
Africa: African Scientists Promote Solutions to Mitigate Climate Change [interview]
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Leading African experts at the scientific conference in Paris which is preparing for the next round of global climate change talks in December have been discussing their work with… Read more »
July 08, 2015
Africa: Looking Beyond Money and Aid for Africa's Development [guest column]
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The Mediterranean has become a graveyard for Africa's youth. Every day we see images of people risking and often losing their lives in attempts to flee what would appear to be a… Read more »
Africa: Will Africa Be Heard At Climate Science Talks?
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The global scientific community is meeting at a conference in Paris this week to strengthen the consensus on the science which explains changes to the planetary climate system in… Read more »
June 29, 2015
Lesotho: Former Army Chief 'Assassinated', Says Family
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The killing of a former Lesotho army chief and the torture of detained soldiers has focused new attention on demands for security sector reforms to end abuses of power by the… Read more »
June 26, 2015
South Africa: Commission Makes 'Devastating' Findings Against Police
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The commission which delved into the killings of striking miners on South Africa's platinum mining belt in 2012 has made a range of strongly critical findings against the police,… Read more »
June 25, 2015
South Africa: Report Into Killings of Miners at Marikana - FULL TEXT
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South Africa's President Jacob Zuma tonight released the full report of the commission he appointed to investigate the events culminating in the police killings of 34 striking… Read more »
June 24, 2015
South Africa: Bashir Court Warns of 'Chaos' If Govt Defies Law [document]
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Excerpts from the full text of the judgement of three judges of the South African High Court on the obligation of South Africa under international and domestic law to arrest Omar… Read more »
June 23, 2015
Rwanda: Britain Arrests Rwandan Intelligence Chief
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British police arrested Rwanda's intelligence chief as he was about to leave the country at the weekend, London news organisations report. Read more »
June 18, 2015
Liberia: New Disease Control Center to Develop Ebola Response Model
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"By this time last year we were down in the trenches", recalled Winnie Scott-McDonald, the Administrator of Liberia's largest referral hospital, the John F. Kennedy Medical Center.… Read more »
June 17, 2015
Nigeria: Amid High Hopes, New Opening for Buhari at Home & Abroad Professor Gambari [interview]
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Ibrahim Gambari is one of Nigeria's most experienced diplomats, having served as the country's foreign minister – the youngest – under then-military leader Muhammadu… Read more »