July 07, 2009
Africa: Climate Change Threatens Crop Yields
Excerpts from the Oxfam report “Suffering the Science: Climate Change, People and Poverty”: Read more »
July 03, 2009
Africa: Good Governance Drive Makes Progress
A day ahead of this year’s African Union summit in Libya, the 11th meeting of the forum of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) took place in the sweltering seaside town… Read more »
June 24, 2009
Africa: Business Engagement Critical to Global Health, Says Obama Adviser Gayle Smith
Gayle Smith, a senior foreign policy adviser to President Obama and senior director for relief, stabilization and development at the National Security Council, addressed the… Read more »
July 03, 2009
Africa: Ghana Visit to Highlight Effective Governance, Says Obama
"Lifting up successful models" of democracy in Africa encourages more democracy on the continent, President Barack Obama told AllAfrica Thursday, explaining why he chose the West… Read more »
July 02, 2009
Africa: U.S. Wants to Spotlight 'Successful Models' And Be An 'Effective Partner' - Obama
Barack Obama makes his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president of the United States next week, following a trip to Russia as well as to Italy, where he will participate in a… Read more »
July 01, 2009
Africa: Obama Administration Tackling Wide Range of African Issues - Johnnie Carson
After a slow start on Africa, the Obama administration is picking up the pace. President Barack Obama will make his first stopover in a sub-Saharan African country next week when… Read more »
June 29, 2009
Africa: Zuma is Out of Step With History
Just ahead of this week’s African Union summit in Libya, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has advocated an old and discredited approach for dealing with African… Read more »
June 24, 2009
Africa: Carson Outlines Four Key Areas of Obama Africa Policy
The United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, promised Tuesday that he will "remember to listen and not forget to learn." Read more »
June 21, 2009
Africa: Egypt, South Africa Hold Their Own in Confeds Cup
Africa's two contenders in the Confederations Cup - the curtain-raiser to next year's World Cup - are riding high after doing relatively well in the first part of the tournament. Read more »
June 17, 2009
Africa: Continent's Soccer Teams Put Up Good Show
Although South Africa and Egypt, Africa's representatives at the Confederations Cup, failed to win maximum points in their first games, they are still very much in the tournament… Read more »
June 11, 2009
Africa: Campaigners Attack Italy, France Over Aid
A global anti-poverty advocacy group attacked Italy and France on Thursday for failing to live up to their promises to help Africans improve their education and fight hunger and… Read more »
June 10, 2009
Africa: Global Crisis Set to Drive Millions Into Poverty, Predicts Report
The global financial crisis is set to drive millions more people into poverty, to slash radically capital flows to Africa and to deprive sub-Saharan Africa of at least U.S. $50… Read more »
Africa: Continent Makes Unsteady But Remarkable Progress, Says Report
The annual report of the Africa Progress Report says that despite authoritarian and corrupt leaders, wars and coups, the overall trend in Africa is towards less conflict, more… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change Threatens Instability in 37 Nations, Says Report
Climate change threatens to spark violent conflict in 23 African countries and political instability in another 14, a top-level international review panel says in a report… Read more »
June 05, 2009
Africa: U.S. Abruptly Cancels New Flights
Kenyan government officials have reacted angrily to the abrupt cancellation this week of a new direct flight from Atlanta, Georgia in the United States to Nairobi. Read more »
June 04, 2009
Africa: Continent's Leaders Should Stand Up For Justice
Next week representatives of the 30 African countries which are parties to the Rome Statute, which set up the International Criminal Court (ICC), will meet in Addis Ababa. Read more »
June 03, 2009
Africa: Petty Bribery Plagues Continent, Says Study
Africans are among the most likely of the world's citizens to be forced to pay bribes - but they are also the most confident that their governments are trying to stop the practice,… Read more »
May 29, 2009
Africa: How Michelle Obama Can Help Africa
When Michelle Obama, the first lady of the United States, visits Ghana with President Barack Obama in July, the powerful voice she has used to empower disadvantaged girls at home… Read more »
May 28, 2009
Africa: Human Rights Group Links Violations to Food Price Hikes
A leading advocacy group has linked escalating food prices and the sharp rise in living costs across Africa to violations of human rights across the continent in the last year. Read more »
May 26, 2009
Africa: Diamond Magnate Calls for 'African Way' of Doing Business
A South African businessman whose name is synonymous with the international diamond trade has told an African Union (AU) audience that the global economic crisis was caused by… Read more »
May 25, 2009
Africa: More Political Freedom Brings More Wealth, Says Study
African nations which expand their political freedoms also reduce poverty, according to a major new study published today. Read more »
May 18, 2009
Africa: Why Obama Chose Ghana
The question of why Barack Obama has chosen Ghana rather than Kenya, his father's homeland, or Nigeria, Africa's giant, for his first trip to Africa as President of the United… Read more »
May 16, 2009
Africa: Obama to Visit Accra in July, Egypt in June
U.S. President Barrack Obama will visit Ghana July 10 and 11 at the conclusion of a trip that will also take him to Russia and Italy, the White House announced Saturday. Read more »
May 09, 2009
Africa: Global Crisis Cuts Trade, Undermines Gains
The global financial crisis will overshadow this year's annual meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB), which begin Sunday in Dakar, Senegal. Read more »
May 08, 2009
Africa: Continent Needs Infrastructure, Integration, Says AU Leader
Africa has taken "a major hit" from the global economic recession but it can weather the storm, says Erastus Mwencha, deputy chairperson of the African Union Commission. Mwencha… Read more »