Africa: Big or Small, Soccer Teams Race for World Cup

More than 40 soccer teams from across Africa this weekend join the race for one of the prize slots in the 2010 World Cup and in the African Cup of Nations finals. Read more »

Africa: Soccer Teams Compete for 2010 Places

Most of Africa's national soccer teams are heading for stadia around the continent this weekend, only four months after the Cup of Nations ended in Ghana with Egypt pocketing a… Read more »

Africa: The Meaning of Africa Day

Oh, that sunset on the beach of Sali, south of Dakar… the peace and quiet of the mountains of Lesotho… the beat of Mozambican, Cape Verdean and Angolan music…… Read more »

Africa: Food Crisis Threatens Democracy

More than half the nations of the world in which riots have broken out over food prices are in Africa, says Julius E. Coles, president of Africare, a U.S.-based organization which… Read more »

Africa: Putting Human Faces on HIV/Aids

The widely acclaimed book, 28: Stories of Aids in Africa, has been highly praised for humanizing the story of HIV and Aids in Africa for readers around the world. The book tells… Read more »

Africa: Economic Integration Requires New Strategies

The long-held dream of integrating Africa economically remains elusive, and new strategies are required for realising it, writes guest columnist Nkululeko Khumalo ahead of an… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Senators Block Key HIV/Aids Legislation

A group of United States senators is blocking a bill that would help HIV/Aids patients in Africa and around the world, and could postpone the bill's passage until next year. Read more »

Africa: Scientists Seek Continent's 'Einstein'

Physicist Steven Hawking, who has been described as "the most famous living scientist on the planet," gave his first public lecture in Africa in Muizenberg, Cape Town, on… Read more »

Africa: Nine New U.S. Ambassadors Nominated

Nine nominees to serve as U.S. ambassadors in Africa appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday for confirmation. Read more »

Africa: Grannies Help Grannies Cope with Aids

In the last of a three-part series interviews with AllAfrica, Stephen Lewis, formerly special envoy for HIV/Aids in Africa for United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, tells… Read more »

Africa: Press Freedom Declines Across Continent

Press freedom in Africa declined in 2007 due to a misuse of libel laws and an increase in political conflict, Freedom House, a United States-based organization, wrote in its annual… Read more »

Africa: Fight Food Prices by Freeing Up Trade

Barriers to free trade are exacerbating the current global food crisis, making the conclusion of the Doha round of global trade talks being conducted by the World Trade… Read more »

Africa: Activist Praises Europe, Slams U.S. on Aids

Stephen Lewis is a renowned and vigorously outspoken Canadian diplomat who has worked extensively to reduce the impact of HIV/Aids in Africa and to advocate for those living with… Read more »

Africa: 'Pay for Publicity' Industry is Alive and Well

The cause of press freedom, vital to building democracy in Africa, is being damaged by journalists who accept payment from their sources for covering the news. AllAfrica guest… Read more »

Africa: Making Partnerships Work Against Malaria

Kent Campbell is program director for Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa (MACEPA). The organization was launched in 2005 to partner with the government of Zambia… Read more »

Africa: Hopes Rise for Global Trade Deal

The current round of international trade talks, the "Doha Round," which many Africans hope will open new markets for them in developed countries, enter a crucial few… Read more »

Africa: Corporate Coalitions Band Together to Fight Aids

One of the aims of the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) – an organization representing about 200 American companies investing in Africa – is to help its members… Read more »

Africa: Program Sends Mobile Clinics to Continent

U.S. Doctors for Africa (USDFA), a non-profit humanitarian organization founded 11 years ago, has several ongoing projects on the continent, including sending mobile clinics to… Read more »

Africa: Rolling Back Malaria

One of the goals of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership – launched in 1998 by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), the UN… Read more »

Africa: New Effort to Promote Health Insurance

In Africa, most people pay for health care out of their own pockets, and few can afford it. But new efforts are underway that enable the cost burden to be shared. Read more »

Africa: Business Promotes Health Partnerships

Although the health challenges facing Africa are enormous, unique efforts are underway to help diminish the human toll that illnesses exact and to ease the related economic cost. Read more »

Africa: New Advocacy Group Vows Tough Stance on HIV/Aids

Stephen Lewis is a renowned Canadian diplomat who has worked extensively to reduce the impact of HIV/Aids in Africa and to advocate for those living with the disease. An… Read more »

Africa: On a Roll Against Malaria

Malaria claims at least one million African lives each year – 90 percent of all malaria deaths worldwide – and incapacitates millions of more people who fall sick. An… Read more »

Africa: Taking From the Poor, Giving to the Rich

Sub-Saharan Africa has 24 percent of the global disease burden but only three percent of the world's health workers, according to the World Health Organization. Dorothy Ngoma,… Read more »

Africa: Developed Countries Can Help Cut Mothers' Deaths

Countries in Africa have among the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Read more »