Africa: How Continent's Olympians are Faring

AllAfrica's Aliou Goloko rounds up the African action at the Olympics in Beijing. Read more »

Africa: Top Soccer Teams Aim for Gold

African teams aimed high in the second round of Olympics soccer matches. Read more »

Africa: Athletes Will Go Faster, Higher, Stronger in Beijing

The 29th Olympic Games of modern times, now under way in China, give Africa's athletes a chance to surprise the world with their performances and achievements. Read more »

Africa: Youssou N'Dour, Other Top Talent Appear in U.S. Capital

African superstar Youssou N'Dour joined some of Africa's finest musical and fashion talent and African-American stars for a celebration of the continent's achievements at the… Read more »

Africa: The Politics of Combating Aids

As this year's International Aids Conference begins in Mexico City, AllAfrica guest columnist George Katito says African governments and civil society will need to assert… Read more »

Africa: Bush Commits U.S. $48 Billion to HIV/Aids

President George W. Bush at a White House ceremony Wednesday signed into law a bill to reauthorize and expand his HIV/Aids aid program, viewed by many as one of the major… Read more »

Africa: Editors Support Continent's Detained Journalists

South African editors have expressed their concern at the detention of Eritrean journalists and the harassment of Zimbabwean and Somali journalists. Read more »

Africa: Countries Must Plan Road Map for eHealth

Developing countries in the Global South, which have already introduced innovative technology such as mobile banking, need to drive the development of "eHealth" –… Read more »

Africa: Internet Technology Can Boost Healthcare

AllAfrica's Boakai Fofana, based in Monrovia, is one of a few media professionals brought to Bellagio, Italy by the Rockefeller Foundation to attend an invitation-only… Read more »

Africa: eHealth - Boosting Healthcare Via the Internet

From Bellagio, Italy, AllAfrica's Boakai Fofana blogs on a Rockefeller Foundation conference on how to use information technology to improve access to health care. Read more »

Africa: World Trade Talks Reach Crunch Point

Negotiations to free up international trade culminate after seven years in a round of talks this week which will be crucial for Africa. Success would be in African countries'… Read more »

Africa: G8 Leaders Must Pinpoint Aid Bottlenecks

The recent report of a high-level aid watchdog says the G8 group of industrialized nations has fallen short of its aid promises to Africa by U.S. $40 billion. Although the report… Read more »

Africa: Obama 'Reframes the Black Question'

Does this week's intervention by U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama in the debate over Zimbabwe's election signal that Africa will play a more central role in the foreign… Read more »

Africa: Continent Needs Effective Human Rights Court

Just as efforts to build a pan-African human rights system appear set to culminate in the establishment of a human rights court for the continent, a proposal has been made which… Read more »

Africa: National Soccer Teams Look for Revenge

A great wind of revenge and score-settling is blowing across soccer fields this weekend as teams play return matches in the second round of the combined 2010 Cup of Nations and… Read more »

Africa: Trade Reforms Can Cut Food Prices

An international panel set up to review whether economically-developed countries are keeping their promises to Africa said this week that progress in talks on a new global trade… Read more »

Africa: History Can Be Cruel for Eritrea, Ethiopia

A decade ago Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki launched a border war in the Horn of Africa that killed 80,000 people. Read more »

Africa: Rising Food Prices Will Kill Children, Says Panel

There will be a "sharp increase" in deaths among young children in Africa unless the international community finds a way of stopping the current rise in food prices,… Read more »

Africa: Running Where Others Walked

“We must run while they walk!” This was the rallying cry first evoked by Julius Nyerere of Tanzania decades ago. It captured both the euphoria and ambition of a newly… Read more »

Africa: No Room For Error in Soccer Qualifiers

Many of the continent’s national soccer teams have no room for error as they enter this weekend’s round of combined qualifiers for the 2010 Cup of Nations and World Cup… Read more »

Africa: Would President Obama be Good for the Continent?

If Barack Obama is elected President of the United States, becoming the world’s most powerful leader, what difference would it make to America’s engagement with Africa?… Read more »

Africa: Soccer Fans See Comebacks, Surprises and Family Affairs

The last two weekends of qualifiers for the next African Cup of Nations and World Cup 2010 tournaments were characterized by a number of themes: a North African comeback, the… Read more »

Africa: Things Go Worse With Oppression, Says Coke

Economies can grow in countries which do not meet Western standards for democracy, says Neville Isdell, the world-wide head of The Coca-Cola Company. But once they are growing,… Read more »

Africa: Kenyan PM Attacks Continent's Leaders

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga launched a slashing attack on Africa's leaders at the World Economic Forum for Africa on Wednesday. Read more »

Africa: Yar'Adua Explains Stand on Africom

President Umaru Yar'Adua reiterated in South Africa Tuesday that he had asked the United States to give military assistance to groupings of African nations, but that he had… Read more »