Africa: Invest in Small Farmers, Says IFAD Chief

Kanayo F. Nwanze, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), recently spoke with AllAfrica about the future of international assistance and the role… Read more »

Africa: Clinton Visits Seven Countries to Highlight Africa as Policy Priority

Hillary Clinton, making her first journey to Africa as U.S. Secretary of State, begins a seven-nation visit Monday with a stop in Kenya to take part in a forum on trade and… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Visit Continent

The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, will begin a seven-nation trip next week during she will visit a range of key countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »

Africa: Uphold Continent's Contribution to Human Rights, Urges Top Diplomat

This week the United Nations General Assembly is to debate the responsibility of nations and the international community to protect people around the world from crimes such as… Read more »

Africa: Zimbabwe Has 'Potential for Change' - Says Top U.S. Congressman in Wide-Ranging Interview

Donald M. Payne, who has represented New Jersey's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives since 1989, chairs the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and… Read more »

Africa: Brother Barack Admonishes - and Encourages - Africa

Speaking to Africans with the intimacy of a brother, and citing the heritage he shared with them, President Barack Obama of the United States delivered an uncompromising message to… Read more »

Africa: Support Democracy, Africans Urge Obama

From across Africa, messages for President Barack Obama, submitted to allAfrica.com, have appealed for government by the people. "WE NEED DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA," insisted a… Read more »

Africa: G8 Nations Pledge U.S. $20 Billion for Agriculture

Nations represented at the G8 Summit of the world's major industrial powers have promised to raise U.S. $20 billion to promote sustainable agricultural development in developing… Read more »

Africa: Obama Explains Food Security Initiative

During a news conference after the G8 Summit ended in L'Aquila, Italy, on July 10, President Barack Obama explained and answered questions on the summit's announcement on food… Read more »

Africa: Obama's Trip to Ghana - Special Report and Interview

Obama Visits Ghana - Special Report Read more »

Africa: G8 Leaders Pledge to Meet Promises to Continent

Leaders of the world’s eight biggest industrialized nations have promised to boost development assistance to Africa by U.S. $25 billion a year over 2004 levels by 2010. Read more »

Africa: What the G8 Leaders Say On Africa

Leaders of the world's eight major industrialized countries meeting in L'Aquila, Italy, have devoted about one-third of their declaration to African issues. The verbatim text of… Read more »

Africa: G8 Offers Nothing New, Say Campaigners

Robert Fox, the executive director of Oxfam Canada, writes on the G8 meetings in Italy: Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Threatens Food Supply, G8 Warned

Sub-Saharan Africa is set to lose U.S. $2 billion a year as the viability of its maize crops declines as a result of changes in global weather patterns. Cash crops such as tea and… Read more »

Africa: Beating the Effects of Climate Change

An excerpt from the Oxfam report “Suffering the Science: Climate Change, People and Poverty”: Read more »

Africa: Losing Homes and Eating Ants - Floods in Zambia and Uganda

An excerpt from the Oxfam report “Suffering the Science: Climate Change, People and Poverty”: Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Threatens Crop Yields

Excerpts from the Oxfam report “Suffering the Science: Climate Change, People and Poverty”: Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »