May 31, 2007
Africa: Aid Set to Drop, Warns Monitoring Group
Aid flows to Africa have remained static for two years and are set to drop, in spite of donor promises to increase giving, a monitoring group has found. Read more »
May 29, 2007
Africa: Growth Strong, But Not Enough to Meet Development Goals
Extracts relating to Africa from the United Nations report, World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007, produced by the UN's Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the… Read more »
May 24, 2007
Africa: Hundreds of Thousands Evicted Across Continent
Hundreds of thousands of Africans in many different countries were deliberately rendered homeless last year, Amnesty International has reported. Read more »
May 23, 2007
Africa: 1,500 to Gather for International Women and Aids Summit
Urgent action to cut rising HIV infection rates among women and girls will be planned at what is billed as the world's first international summit on women and Aids. Read more »
May 09, 2007
Africa: AU Chair Urges Zimbabwe to Respect Law
The African Union chairman, President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana, has reiterated his concern at the recent behaviour of the Zimbabwe government. Read more »
May 08, 2007
Africa: Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art
A new exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. features modern and contemporary African writing and graphic systems from around the… Read more »
Africa: 'Gigantic Steps Forward' in Fight Against Malaria
Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), an international non-profit organization involved in the research and development of anti-malarial medicines, is hosting its seventh annual… Read more »
Africa: Setting a Timetable to Defeat Malaria
For too many years, efforts to treat and bring malaria under control have been under-funded, under-researched and poorly coordinated. This is now changing. There is now hope on the… Read more »
April 25, 2007
Africa: Scaling Up Bed Net Production to Fight Malaria
As Africa Malaria Day 2007 approached, AllAfrica talked to Robin Slatter, business development manager for global vector control at Sumitomo Chemical, which is manufacturing… Read more »
Africa: Fake Drugs are 'Everyone's Problem'
When intellectual property rights protections fail, the results can be deadly. During a meningitis epidemic in Niger in 1995, more than 50,000 people were inoculated with fake… Read more »
Africa: New Hope for Rolling Back Malaria
Malaria kills an African child every 30 seconds and is one of the continent's leading causes of death - the leading cause in many countries. Africa accounts for as many as 90%… Read more »
April 02, 2007
Africa: Kofi Annan to Chair Judging of Leadership Prize
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is to head the judging panel which will select the winner of the new Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. Read more »
March 30, 2007
Africa: Tutu Reflects - We Live in a Moral Universe; Zimbabwe Tests Our Resolve, Our Judgment
Nobel Peace Prizewinner, cleric and champion of justice for the world's poor: retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu still moves at a blistering pace, leaving aides and admirers… Read more »
February 15, 2007
Africa: AllAfrica Announces News Center and Health Office in Monrovia
AllAfrica today announced plans to open an online international news processing center in Monrovia. The office will also be used by the AllAfrica Foundation as a hub for… Read more »
February 14, 2007
Africa: Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC
The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. officially unveils the Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection this month. The collection features… Read more »
January 31, 2007
Africa: WTO Head Sees Progress on Trade Issues, But Tough Bargaining Lies Ahead
The next six months will be crucial for the efforts of Africa and the rest of the developing world to secure easier access to markets for their products in the industrialized… Read more »
Africa: Blood Diamonds
Greg Campbell's Blood Diamonds is a detailed and long needed look at blood/conflict diamonds. The book inspired the film Blood Diamond, and research from the book was used in the… Read more »
January 24, 2007
Africa: Bush Includes Continent's Needs in Annual Address
In his 2007 State of the Union address, United States President George W. Bush urged Congress to increase funding for Aids relief, malaria, and development in Africa. Read more »
January 19, 2007
Africa: Global Experts Encourage Women as Peacekeepers
Experts in peace-building have called on African women to become involved with peacekeeping from the start of negotiations to end conflicts, and not to allow themselves to be… Read more »
January 18, 2007
Africa: U.S. Official Sees 'Credible and Serious Dialogue' As Key to Peace in Somalia
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer, who has been leading the Bush administration's peace efforts in Somalia and Sudan, discussed the situation in… Read more »
January 16, 2007
Africa: First Ladies Call for New HIV/Aids Initiatives
Three African first ladies, Azeb Mesfin of Ethiopia, Jeanette Kagame of Rwanda, and Maureen Mwanawasa of Zambia, have called for new and further-reaching approaches to combating… Read more »
Africa: Businesses Urged to Help Employees With HIV/Aids
Panelists at an Africa-wide conference on the critical role of women and girls on the continent have urged businesses to support them in addressing the HIV/Aids crisis. Read more »
January 10, 2007
Africa: Africa Plays On
Africa Plays On is a compilation of music and artists from all over Africa and the world, primarily those African countries who have played in the World Cup. The CD features… Read more »
December 21, 2006
Africa: Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference (TED) to Convene in East Africa
In the shadow of one of the world's most iconic mountains, several hundred people will gather in Tanzania this June in a global version of the annual gathering in Monterey,… Read more »
December 15, 2006
Africa: African Students in the Urban U.S. High School
The books talks of the social conflicts between African and African American students at an American high school. The authors of the book conducted studies and workshops with… Read more »