May 20, 2014
Africa: 'We Can Save Newborns' - Melinda Gates [interview]
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Amid a renewed push by a coalition of organizations to reduce high death rates among newborns, the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation answered questions from… Read more »
Africa: 'Insist to the World that Every Baby Born Will be a Promise Kept' [document]
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Mr. President, Director-General Dr. Chan, First Lady Dr. Christine Kaseba-Sata, Excellencies, ladies, and gentlemen. Read more »
May 19, 2014
Africa: 'No Excuse' for Newborn Death Rate
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A series of papers published on Tuesday is laying the ground for concerted international action to reduce deaths among newborn babies - which reach their highest levels in… Read more »
Africa: 'No Child Anywhere in the World Should be Born to Die' [opinion]
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By a host of metrics, women and their children have been getting healthier in recent years. Between 1990 and 2010, the annual number of maternal deaths dropped from more than… Read more »
Africa: Investing in Resilience of Smallholder Farming 'Essential'
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The world is home to 500 million smallholder family farms generating up to 80 percent of the food consumed by developing world, according to Dr. Kanayo F. Nwaze, President of the… Read more »
May 16, 2014
Mali: Most Malians Want a United Country - Survey
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Nine of every 10 people in Mali want the country to remain a single, united nation, and this desire is even stronger in much of the north than it is in the south, according to a… Read more »
Nigeria: Jonathan Cancels Visit to Chibok - Report
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According to Reuters, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his first visit to the village where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by militant group Boko Haram… Read more »
May 15, 2014
Africa: African Awakening Will Avert Future Food Crises [guest column]
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Thirty years on from a famine that claimed more than a million lives, Ethiopia is making great strides towards food security. And though progress across the continent is uneven,… Read more »
South Africa: Cities Generate Jobs, Says South African Study
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Effectively-managed cities can help provide jobs for South Africa's millions of unemployed young people, suggests a new report from one of the country's development think tanks. Read more »
South Africa: Remembering a Hero Who Fought for Non-Racialism in South Africa [guest column]
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Twenty-five years ago this month South African anti-apartheid activist David Webster was assassinated by an agent of the former regime's security branch. Read more »
May 14, 2014
Malawi: Elections 'Too Close to Call', Says Opinion Poll
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President Joyce Banda was not the front-running candidate in the run-up to this month's elections in Malawi, but the race was too close to call, according to a public opinion… Read more »
Africa: Most New Jobs Will Be Urban
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Excerpts from "Cities of Hope", published by the Centre for Development and Enterprise in Johannesburg: Read more »
May 08, 2014
Africa: World Economic Forum Africa - Not What You Imagine [blog]
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The official conference hasn't even started yet, except for an opening reception I missed last night because the Rockefeller Foundation – a Forum strategic partner –… Read more »
Africa: Mayors Seek Bigger Role In Climate Change
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Some of Africa's biggest cities are joining an international drive by city governments to respond to global climate change. Read more »
May 07, 2014
Africa: Urban Planners Skeptical of 'Smart Cities'
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Urban planning experts are anxious that what they call “fantasy designs” for new African “smart cities” will serve the interests of African elites and… Read more »
May 06, 2014
South Africa: City Women Generate Food & Income on Tiny Urban Plots
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"It's a lot of work", says Mama Lulama Jim as she takes respite from the wind in a makeshift container kitchen. She pauses to study her notes made during an early morning… Read more »
Africa: Africa Focuses on Building Resilient Cities
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Developing viable, livable and resilient cities is increasingly seen as being of critical importance to giving opportunities to Africans to improve their lives. Read more »
May 05, 2014
Congo-Kinshasa: Hope for Kids in Kinshasa [guest column]
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Despite horrific abuses perpetrated on women and children, the atrocities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) rarely make international headlines. Read more »
May 04, 2014
Africa: It's Not Just About Growth, Its About the Right Kind Of Growth [guest column]
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Around this time every year, I often get asked the same question; isn't the World Economic Forum just one big talking shop? It's a fair one. Once every twelve months, leaders from… Read more »
May 03, 2014
Nigeria: Agriculture is 'Game Changer' for Growth and Curbing Conflict - Minister [interview]
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Dr. Akin Adesina, Minister of Agriculture for the Republic of Nigeria, is an agricultural economist with decades of experience working to make agriculture productive and… Read more »
Ethiopia: Kerry Backs Journalists Ahead of World Press Freedom Day
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United States Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken out publicly against the Ethiopian government's use of anti-terrorism laws "as mechanisms to be able to curb the free… Read more »
April 30, 2014
Africa: Kerry Pledges to Promote Democracy, Rights & Peace [interview]
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United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Addis Ababa today on the first stop of a visit to east and central Africa. As his trip began, he responded by email to… Read more »
South Africa: Minister's Comment Over Kenya Swimmers Sparks Twitter Storm
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South African Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has sparked controversy over comments made about Kenyan athletes, the Mail and Guardian reports. Read more »
April 26, 2014
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai 'Suspended' in Party Infighting
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Infighting within the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) intensified on Saturday when some party officials announced the suspension of the party leader, Morgan… Read more »
April 23, 2014
Africa: Africans Want Democracy But Are They Getting It?
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Popular support for democracy and against one-party rule in Africa has risen substantially in the past decade, but most Africans don't think they are actually experiencing… Read more »
