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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: Carson Assumes Top U.S. Africa Policy Post, Departs for Zuma Inauguration

Ambassador Johnnie Carson was sworn in Wednesday as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, the administration's senior Africa policymaking position. Read more »

Africa: Three Presidents Probed Over French Properties

A French judge has cleared the way for probes into how three African heads of state came to possess multiple bank accounts, properties and cars in France, newspapers in Francophone… Read more »

Africa: Press Freedom Declines in Eight Countries

Ghana, Mali, and Mauritius had the highest press freedom ranking in Africa in Freedom House's annual Freedom of the Press Report released in Washington, DC. Read more »

Africa: Carson Outlines Obama Administration's Policy Priorities

On President Barack Obama's 100th day in office - his nominee to be the administration's top Africa policy official - Ambassador Johnnie Carson, told the Senate Committee on… Read more »

Africa: Adopting an Integrated Approach to Malaria Control

Some public health workers say dealing effectively with malaria requires an integrated approach. As an example of this, the Carter Center used the same community-based networks… Read more »

Africa: No Magic Bullet For Malaria Control

Dr. Brian Greenwood of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discusses the prospects for success in the campaign to eradicate malaria with AllAfrica's Cindy Shiner.… Read more »

Africa: Battling Malaria - Choosing a Corner

A hot debate among scientists, health workers and donors used to center on the question of whether malaria could be eradicated or if it was more feasible to devote time and… Read more »

Africa: How a Sports Writer Unleashed a New Wave of Philanthropy

Elizabeth McKee Gore is director of Nothing But Nets, one of the most successful campaigns to distribute insecticide-treated bed nets to malaria-endemic countries. The global Roll… Read more »

Africa: Malaria Fighters Join in Race Against Time

In the midst of the second concerted effort to eliminate malaria from the world, scientists and health workers are increasingly hopeful that significant progress can be made in the… Read more »