September 30, 2009
Africa: Climate Change Will Hit Ten Million Children - Report
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Climate change will increase the number of malnourished children in Africa by 10 million to 52 million in the next 40 years, and the continent needs new agricultural… Read more »
September 29, 2009
Malawi: President 'Determined' to Lead Country Out of Poverty [interview]
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Bingu wa Mutharika, who was elected to a second term as president of Malawi in May, is an international economist with a PhD from Pacific Western University in Los Angeles in the… Read more »
September 28, 2009
South Africa: The Right to Know and Justice in Africa [guest column]
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Ironically, International Right to Know Day, which is celebrated today, has been one of the world’s best-kept secrets. Read more »
Sudan: Bashir Ends Pre-Publication Censorship
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Sudan's government has replaced pre-publication censorship with "self-censorship," reports the Sudan Tribune from Khartoum. Read more »
Liberia: Refugees Produce CD of Music With Canadian University
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A musical link has been formed between a Canadian university and Liberia in the form of an annotated CD produced by the University of Alberta and Liberian refugee musicians. Read more »
September 24, 2009
Gambia: Jammeh Threatens to Kill Human Rights Defenders - Report
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Activists have launched a campaign to have the headquarters of a top African human rights body moved from the Gambia after the country's president reportedly threatened to kill… Read more »
South Africa: Al-Qaeda Threatened U.S. Offices - Report
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United States government offices in South Africa are expected to reopen on Friday after being closed for two days, reportedly after a threat from an al-Qaeda splinter group. Read more »
Africa: U.S. Calls on Malagasy, Guinea Leaders to Step Down
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The United States has called on the leaders of the "unconstitutional governments" of Madagascar and Guinea to step down and hold elections. Read more »
September 23, 2009
Africa: Maathai Urges World Leaders to Act on Climate Change [document]
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World-renowned Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai has appealed to the world's leaders to agree on an "ambitious" and "binding" deal at the United… Read more »
South Africa: Security Threat Closes U.S. Diplomatic Offices
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All United States government facilities, including embassy premises and consulates throughout South Africa, remained closed for a second day Wednesday as a result of unspecified… Read more »
September 22, 2009
Congo-Kinshasa: End Resource War, Urge Congolese Activists [guest column]
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One hundred years ago, a global outrage surrounding the death of an estimated ten million Congolese resulted in the end the rule of King Leopold II of Belgium over the Congo.… Read more »
Africa: Singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka Campaigns Against Malaria [interview]
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The singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka visits New York this week to help campaign for the voices of Africa's women and children to be heard at the opening of the new session of the United… Read more »
Sudan: Scores Die in Attack in Fragile South
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Scores of people have been killed in a militia attack on a town in southern Sudan, focusing new attention on warnings that peace in the region remains fragile in spite of the 2005… Read more »
Africa: Continent's Leaders Hold Talks With Obama at UN
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African issues will be in the spotlight Tuesday when President Barack Obama hosts a luncheon for some two dozen African heads of state and government at the United Nations on the… Read more »
September 21, 2009
Cote d'Ivoire: Toxic Waste Claimants Offered Payouts
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A Dutch-based oil trading company has offered to pay more than 30 million Euros (U.S. $48 million) to up to 31,000 Ivorians who said toxic waste dumped in Abidjan made them ill in… Read more »
Africa: Don't Bemoan Our Fate, Earn Our Place at World Table [guest column]
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Ahead of this week's summit of the G20 group of nations in Pittsburgh in the United States, South African planning minister Trevor Manuel says if Africa is to have a greater say in… Read more »
September 18, 2009
Congo-Kinshasa: Peace Campaigners Turn up Heat on Apple, Intel Over Conflict Minerals [interview]
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The Enough Project, a leading Washington, DC-based advocacy group focusing on genocide and crimes against humanity, is stepping up efforts to end conflict in the Democratic… Read more »
September 17, 2009
Africa: Obama Administration Committed to Partnering with Africa - Johnnie Carson
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A month after accompanying Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to seven African countries, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Johnnie Carson, in a major policy presentation… Read more »
Senegal: Rap Group Da Brains Set to Release Fifth Album [interview]
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Since its self-titled debut album in the late 1990s the Senegalese group "Da Brains" has been a fixture on the local hip hop scene -- one of the biggest in Africa because of its… Read more »
September 15, 2009
Somalia: U.S. Conducted Raid on Militants, Say Reports
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Monday's raid on Al Shabaab militants in Somalia was carried out by United States Special Forces troops and killed a top al-Qaeda suspect, American newspapers reported Tuesday. Read more »
September 14, 2009
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Accuses Zanu-PF of Law-Breaking, Hate, Land Invasions [document]
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Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has accused President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party of breaking the law, spreading "the language of hate," invading productive farms,… Read more »
September 11, 2009
Sudan: Advocacy Groups Press Obama Administration for Tougher Approach [interview]
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U.S. advocacy groups concerned about Sudan are calling on President Obama to reverse course on his administration's strategy for dealing with the crisis in the Darfur region and… Read more »
September 09, 2009
Sudan: Obama Envoy On The Road Again
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President Barack Obama's special envoy to Sudan, Major-General Scott Gration, headed Wednesday for South Sudan, Darfur and Khartoum, where he will discuss issues ranging from… Read more »
Africa: Rwanda Named World's Top Business Reformer
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Rwanda was named today as the world's top business reformer, measured by the changes the country has made over the past year to make doing business there easier. And Mauritius… Read more »
September 08, 2009
Kenya: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence on Inequality [guest column]
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Kenya recently completed a controversial census that enquired into, among other things, the ethnicity of its citizens. For Kenya's Human Rights Commission and other organisations,… Read more »
