October 25, 2018
Africa: 'Fragile Countries' Urge 'Trade for Peace' at WTO Forum
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The g7+ grouping of nations – a voluntary association of countries in transition from conflict to development – is not as well-known as the G7 group of leading… Read more »
Africa: Foreign Investment Key to Prosperity - U.S. Diplomat Nagy [press conference]
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The American administration's top diplomat for African affairs, Assistant Secretary of State Tibor P Nagy, Jr, will soon make his first trip to the continent since his appointment.… Read more »
October 24, 2018
Africa: Poor Vision Affects Billions, Costs Trillions a Feasible Fix [guest column]
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Try to imagine life – school, home, work – without eyeglasses. Then reflect that poor vision is the world's largest unaddressed disability, affecting an estimated 2.5… Read more »
South Africa: Motswako Pioneer and Rapper HHP Dies
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Jabulani Tsambo, better known as Hip Hop Pantsula or Jabba, has died aged 38, his wife and publicist Lerato Sengadi confirmed. Tributes have been pouring in from his fans and the… Read more »
Africa: We Need a Flexible World Order [guest column]
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A geopolitical transition is under way. The post-1945 liberal world order is fracturing and failing to deliver on critical global public goods such as climate stability and… Read more »
October 23, 2018
Africa: Advancing African Solutions to African Problems At the AU [guest column]
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Since its foundation in 2001, the African Union (AU) has established an ambitious interest in preventive diplomacy and conflict management and has had a significant effect on… Read more »
October 19, 2018
Uganda: Your Children Are No Longer Yours - Investigating International Adoptions
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How parents in Uganda lose their babies to adoptive families in America. Read more »
October 18, 2018
Ethiopia: 'Inclusiveness and Co-existence' Are Critical in Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed [guest column]
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali shares his predecessor Hailemariam Desalegn's view that democracy is key to Africa because of the urgent need to meet seismic demographic… Read more »
October 17, 2018
Africa: Africa Needs to Invest Much More in Its People [guest column]
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Progress in the fight against extreme poverty in Africa has been way too slow. Although the poverty rate has declined from 54 percent in 1990 to 41 percent in 2015, a rapid… Read more »
Uganda: Bobi Wine Calls Kanye West's Meeting With Museveni 'Immoral'
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Musician-turned-MP Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has slammed controversial rapper Kanye West's decision to meet Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. Read more »
Zimbabwe: The Eight Steps Needed to Achieve Full Democracy [guest column]
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Writing for AllAfrica, two former African leaders, a leading member of the United States Congress and top U.S. diplomats under both Democratic and Republican administrations record… Read more »
South Africa: How The Sunday Times Issue Shames All of Journalism [opinion]
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This last weekend, the editor of the Sunday Times Bongani Siqoko issued an apology for the reporting done by the newspaper on the Cato Manor death squads and the Zimbabwe rendition… Read more »
October 12, 2018
South Africa: The Designers Came Through, Honey! But Why So Many Empty Seats at Fashion Week?
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It's the third day of the African Fashion International Joburg Fashion Week at the Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. Local and international designers and models are not here to play,… Read more »
October 11, 2018
Gabon: Legislative and Municipal Elections - Another Bad Outing for Opposition
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While the electoral body has not yet published the results of last weekends legislative and local elections, trends from polling stations indicate a high absentee rate. A situation… Read more »
October 05, 2018
Congo-Kinshasa: Congolese Campaigner Against Sexual Violence Wins Nobel Peace Prize
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Dr. Denis Mukwege, the Congolese gynaecologist renowned for campaigning against the use of rape and sexualized violence as a weapon of war, has been named a joint winner of… Read more »
Nigeria: Who Will Emerge as Opposition Presidential Challenger? [guest column]
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There has never been a time in the history of her fragile democracy when Nigeria has needed true leadership more than now. As aspirants vie for the presidency, a few factors have… Read more »
October 04, 2018
Ethiopia: 'Good Time' to Visit Gateway to Africa - Airline Promotes Stopover Tourism [interview]
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Ethiopian Airlines, the oldest carrier in Africa, is stepping up promotion of tourism to its home country, while continuing to expand the number of destinations served across the… Read more »
October 02, 2018
Africa: A Eulogy for C. Payne Lucas, Sr. (1933-2018) [guest column]
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Eulogy delivered at the National Presbyterian Church during the funeral service on September 26, 2018 Read more »
September 27, 2018
Africa: What Can Ethiopia Learn From Zimbabwe's Election?
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Four members of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), led by Chairperson Samia Zekaria Gutu, is visiting the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) "to learn about sound… Read more »
South Africa: South African Actress Shoki Mokgapa Dies
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A representative for Shoki Mokgapa's management firm, Nashoda Billy, confirmed the 34-year-old award-winning actress died. Read more »
September 26, 2018
Africa: Family Remembrance C. Payne Lucas (1933 2018) [document]
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Following is the obituary issued by the family of C. Payne Lucas, c-founder and longtime president of Africare Read more »
September 25, 2018
Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea Deal a Reminder of The Last U.S-Brokered Peace [guest column]
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This month, Ethiopia reopened its embassy in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, capping a series of historic diplomatic breakthroughs between the neighboring countries, after nearly… Read more »
Africa: A Tribute to C. Payne Lucas [guest column]
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When members of the Peace Corps community recall the various leaders who propelled the agency forward in its infancy, one of the names regularly referenced is C. Payne Lucas, who… Read more »
September 23, 2018
Africa: C Payne Lucas - Funeral Arrangements [announcement]
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C. PAYNE LUCAS (Age 85) peacefully passed Saturday, September 15,2018, of advanced dementia in Hospice care at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland. Read more »
September 21, 2018
South Africa: Ramaphosa Unveils $3.5 Billion Stimulus for Recession-Hit Economy [document]
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President Cyril Ramaphosa, who inherited a contracting economy from his scandal-ridden predecessor, today announced an economic stimulus and recovery plan for the country. The plan… Read more »
