April 14, 2015
Nigeria: Boko Haram Has Abducted 2,000 Girls - Report
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Boko Haram militants have abducted upwards of 2,000 girls in the past two years, some of whom have been forced to become child soldiers alongside abducted boys, reports the human… Read more »
South Africa: Xenophobic Attacks Spread to Durban City Centre
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The violence against foreign migrants living in South Africa spread to the centre of a major South African city on Tuesday as crowds reportedly numbering thousands gathered on the… Read more »
South Africa: Security Ministries Promise Crackdown On Violence, Foreign Criminals [document]
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Attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa were a symptom of "Afrophobia" in South Africa, the police minister, Nathi Nhleko, told a parliamentary briefing on Tuesday. Read more »
Nigeria: Rape and Forced Marriage By Boko Haram [document]
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An excerpt from the Amnesty report on Boko Haram atrocities, on rape and forced marriage: Read more »
Nigeria: Aisha's Story of Abduction [document]
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The Amnesty International report on atrocities committed by Boko Haram included the following account from a 19-year old girl: Read more »
Nigeria: 'Our Job Is to Shoot, Slaughter and Kill' - Boko Haram's Reign of Terror in North-East Nigeria [document]
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The Executive Summary of the Amnesty International report released on April 14: Read more »
South Africa: Rape Rumours After Big Brother Housemate Removed
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According to MyTVNews, people on the different social media platforms are going reacting to an alleged rape in the Big Brother Mzansi house. Read more »
April 13, 2015
Africa: Honoring Africa in Washington DC [press release]
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AllAfrica Global Media is marking its 15-year anniversary with the launch of the AllAfrica Awards on Friday April 17th, 2015 in Washington DC. Read more »
South Africa: How Pretoria Needs to Fix Its Electricity Crisis [guest column]
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South Africans have in recent years joined the ranks of those on the continent suffering from regular power cuts. While the government has accepted responsibility for failing to… Read more »
April 03, 2015
Nigeria: Dancing Soldiers Celebrate Election
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Soldiers, doing their own line dance, celebrated Nigeria's successful democratic election, in which some 30 million people cast ballots, with a spirited moves to the music of… Read more »
April 02, 2015
Nigeria: Why the Opposition Won in Nigeria and What to Expect Now [guest column]
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History is likely to regard Nigeria's just-concluded election as the defining one that finally put the country on an irreversible course of democratic maturation. Read more »
April 01, 2015
Nigeria: Outgoing President Jonathan's Concession Speech [document]
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Fellow Nigerians, Read more »
March 31, 2015
Africa: Let's Chart Our Own Plan, Says Kagame at Addis Finance Confab
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External support should not be the determiner of Africa's development priorities, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told a gathering of finance and planning ministers and governors of… Read more »
March 30, 2015
Africa: Lights, Roads, Water, ICT - Invest! Addis Forum Call
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Africa needs huge financial investments to achieve its development goals, UN Under Secretary General Carlos Lopes told delegates at a finance conference in Addis Ababa. Read more »
South Africa: Comedian Trevor Noah Lands Top U.S. Television Job
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South African comedian Trevor Noah has reportedly been given a big promotion - following in American television host Jon Stewarts's footsteps, according to the New York Times. Read more »
March 27, 2015
Africa: Finance Own Development, Addis Talks Told
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Africa has been urged at high-level talks in Addis Ababa to mobilize its own resources to achieve its development goals. Read more »
March 25, 2015
Africa: African Leadership Transitions Tracker Assessing How Change Impacts Development [blog]
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On March 28, Nigerians voters will go to the polls to participate in their nation's fifth election since the military handed over power to civilians in 1999. As Africa's largest… Read more »
March 24, 2015
Africa: Addis Hustle Bustle Precedes Top-Level Confab on Africa's Future
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The sprawling headquarters for the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is bustling with activities as participants arrive for week-long discussions of Africa's development… Read more »
South Africa: Zulu King's Comments On Foreigners Causes Alarm
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Comments by the Zulu king that foreigners should go back to their home countries because they are changing the nature of South African society with their amanikiniki or goods and… Read more »
March 20, 2015
Namibia: ?Namibia's Liberation Struggle and the 2014 Elections [analysis]
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“What do you think will be happening with the Namibian elections next week?” we asked Henning Melber at his Indianapolis hotel bar; we were all attending the Annual… Read more »
Ghana: AngloGold Ashanti Replies to Report On Retrenchments
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AllAfrica has received the following letter from AngloGold Ashanti in response to a report on retrenchments at a mine in Ghana - The Editors Read more »
March 18, 2015
Africa: New Development Goals 'Unprecedented' Opportunity for Families [guest column]
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The two of us met for the first time more than a decade ago, in the small rural village of Momemo, an hour's drive and a world away from the urban bustle of Maputo, Mozambique's… Read more »
Sierra Leone: President Koroma Fires Vice President
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President Ernest Bai Koroma has sacked his vice president, Samuel Sam-Samana, after he sought asylum in the U.S. embassy in Freetown, according to a statement from the presidency. Read more »
March 16, 2015
Lesotho: PM Mosisili Steps Onto Lesotho's Merry-Go-Round
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Long-serving Basotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili returns to power on Tuesday, faced with an array of challenges including holding together a coalition government, handling… Read more »
March 10, 2015
Africa: Call to Fight Diabetes in Pregnancy
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Diabetes in expectant mothers is a widespread but little-recognised threat which could be fought relatively easily and cheaply, according to a new study just published. Read more »
