February 06, 2008
Africa: Ten Journalists Killed in Deadly Year
Ten journalists were killed in Africa in 2007, making it the deadliest year for journalists working in Africa since 1999, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Read more »
February 04, 2008
Africa: Europe Trade Pacts Offer New Challenges, Opportunities
New trade agreements with Europe have raised legitimate fears for the future of African industry but offer new potential for two-way trade, buttressed by aid and "aid for… Read more »
January 28, 2008
Africa: Frontrunners Emerge in Group D
In Group D, Angola and Tunisia emerged as the clear frontrunners to qualify for the quarterfinals by defeating Senegal and South Africa respectively. Read more »
January 29, 2008
Africa: Bush Proposes More Funds for Aids Fight
United States President George W. Bush has asked Congress to vote an extra U.S. $30 billion for the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) over the next five years. Read more »
January 25, 2008
Africa: Full Results of the 2008 Nations Cup
The full results of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Ghana. Read more »
Africa: President Bush to Visit Five Countries
The White House announced Friday that United States President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush will visit five countries in a one-week tour of Africa next month. Read more »
January 22, 2008
Africa: Child Deaths Drop, But Continent Still Struggles
Although deaths among children are dropping worldwide, 38 of the 40 countries with the highest child mortality rates in the world are in Africa. Read more »
January 11, 2008
Africa: An Admiral Wages War on Malaria
Every day, 3,000 African mothers bury children killed by malaria. It is the leading cause of death for children under five in the continent and last year an estimated 1.2 million… Read more »
December 14, 2007
Africa: Leaders Divided on Rights, Says Amnesty Chief
A group of international figures gathered in Cape Town this week to launch a new global campaign for human rights. One of them was Irene Khan, who as secretary-general of Amnesty… Read more »
December 11, 2007
Africa: 'Elders' Condemn Human Rights Abuses
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has joined leading international figures in appealing to the global community to fight human rights abuses in countries including Sudan, Zimbabwe and Chad. Read more »
December 10, 2007
Africa: Our Tradition Upholds Free Speech, Democracy
To suggest that Africans do not care about free speech, electoral fairness or misappropriation of public funds is to misread African traditional culture, write Kwaku Asante-Darko… Read more »
December 08, 2007
Africa: Baroness Amos of Brondesbury, Valerie Ann Amos
Leaders of over 70 African and European countries have arrived in Lisbon for this weekend's African Union/European Union summit. Refusing to attend, in protest at the inclusion of… Read more »
December 05, 2007
Africa: UN Chief Calls for Arrests of War Crimes Suspects
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the international community to do more to help arrest leaders indicted on war crimes charges. Six Sudanese and Ugandan… Read more »
December 03, 2007
Africa: U.S. Secretary of State Heading to Ethiopia
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will attend a meeting of leaders from the Great Lakes Region on Wednesday, December 5 in Addis Abba, Ethiopia, the State… Read more »
November 27, 2007
Africa: Climate Change Threatens Continent
The carbon emissions of developed countries threaten to devastate sub-Saharan Africa in the coming decades, says a major United Nations report issued today. Read more »
November 26, 2007
Africa: World Cup, African Nations Cup Draw Revealed
Durban hosted on Sunday the draw ceremony for Fifa’s 2010 World Cup, for which a record 204 countries had chosen to participate. Read more »
November 25, 2007
Africa: 2010 Draw Sets Stage for World Cup Soccer
The stage was set for 30 months of exciting football on Sunday when Africa's nations learned who their teams have to beat to get to the 2010 World Cup finals. Read more »
November 23, 2007
Africa: Despite New Figures, Aids Funding Doesn't Meet Needs - Stephen Lewis
Excerpt from a speech by Stephen Lewis, Co-Director, AIDS-Free World to the World Health Editors Network, Imperial College, London, UK Friday, November 23, 2007, 11:00 am. Read more »
November 21, 2007
West Africa: New Film Looks at West Africans in America
Informative, interesting, and humorous are three adjectives that can be used to describe this documentary. Taking place in the concrete jungle of New York, this documentary… Read more »
November 16, 2007
Africa: Why China Beats Its Competitors
Low costs give Chinese investors in Africa a competitive advantage over their counterparts from other countries, a Chinese analyst told the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Cape… Read more »
November 15, 2007
Africa: Lonrho Plans Comeback
Among international companies operating in Africa, Lonrho has long enjoyed a high profile. Built up by colorful businessman Roland 'Tiny' Rowland, it was an early business… Read more »
November 14, 2007
Africa: Major Reforms Boosting Growth, Says World Bank
Africa’s prospects for economic growth are improving as a result of reforms in macro-economic management and trade policy, as well as better governance, the World Bank… Read more »
November 08, 2007
Africa: 'Recognize Our Heroes and Sheroes' - Zambian Ambassador Mbikusita-Lewanika
The Zambian ambassador to the United States, Dr. Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, 64, has had a wide-ranging and high-powered career. She studied at California Polytechnic University and… Read more »
November 06, 2007
Africa: TransAfrica Calls for Just Policies Towards Continent
TransAfrica Forum, the oldest and largest African American human rights advocacy organization for the African world in the United States, commemorates its 30th anniversary with a… Read more »
October 22, 2007
Africa: Former President of Mozambique Wins Leadership Prize
Joaquim Chissano, the former president of Mozambique, is the first recipient of a new, high-profile prize to reward exemplary leadership by recently-retired African heads of… Read more »