December 15, 2006
Africa: White House Pushing Anti-Malaria Campaign
Africans are dying from another killer disease that rivals the devastating effect of HIV/AIDS; and Americans can play a major role in helping to prevent it, says the White House. Read more »
December 12, 2006
Africa: Textile Producers Get a Boost from Trade Bill Adopted in Pre-Adjournment Congressional Flurry
Legislation that has been credited with spurring expanded American trade with Africa received a late-hour extension from the United States Congress just before both houses… Read more »
December 11, 2006
Africa: Help Children by Empowering Women
One in every 16 women living in sub-Saharan Africa will die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth, as against one in 4,000 in industrialized countries. Read more »
December 08, 2006
Africa: 'Blood Diamond' Entertains, Educates
In the early days of Master Sergeant Samuel Doe's 1980 coup in Liberia, I was entering a hotel in Monrovia with my five-year-old son when soldiers lounging in the lobby started… Read more »
Africa: Senator Brownback and Representative Lee Say Continent Deserves More Focus
Republican Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Democratic Representative Barbara Lee from California were honored by the Africa Society of Washington, D.C. on Thursday for their… Read more »
December 06, 2006
Africa: Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives: Female Sex Practices in Africa
This book is a compilation of articles on the experiences of lesbian women in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland. The stories were born out of the… Read more »
Africa: Adjustment Problems of African Students at Public Universities in America
The basis and rationale for this book is great. It is mean to be a tool for African students wishing to study in the United States. The book begins with steps to take after one… Read more »
November 17, 2006
Africa: Free Media a Barometer of Democracy in Africa
Sometime last year, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo’s aides began testing the third-term debate, lobbying for an amendment to the constitution to do away with term… Read more »
Africa: Time for a New Story to Be Told
Average economic growth of more than five percent, record flows of foreign direct investment and stock markets that routinely outperform London, New York and Tokyo. This is Africa… Read more »
November 10, 2006
Africa: 'The Most Effective Vaccine against Child Death in Africa is a Glass of Clean Water'
Kevin Watkins, the lead author of the UN Human Development Report and head of the office that produces it, visited AllAfrica recently to discuss this year's document. Released on… Read more »
October 26, 2006
Africa: Leadership Prize for Liberian President Is a Challenge to End Hunger
When she walked up the podium on Saturday evening, October 21, 2006 to receive the Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of… Read more »
Africa: Governance Index Is a Work in Progress, Rotberg Says
Dr. Robert Rotberg, professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, told AllAfrica about the index he is working on that will be used, among other purposes, to guide the… Read more »
Africa: Celtel Founder Explains Reasons for Leadership Prize
Celtel founder Mo Ibrahim told AllAfrica about his groundbreaking $5 million prize for African leadership, the largest award in the world. Excerpts: Read more »
Africa: Record-Breaking Governance Prize Launched
After a professional career spent proving that investing in Africa can be profitable, telecommunications entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim has embarked on a new task: to improve the quality… Read more »
October 18, 2006
Africa: Speech of William Jefferson Clinton Accepting the 2006 Africare Humanitarian Award
The following is a transcript of William Jefferson Clinton's Acceptance Speech for the 2006 Africare Humanitarian Award. Read more »
October 19, 2006
Africa: Calls for African Empowerment as Clinton Accepts Africare Award
Former U.S. president William J. Clinton on Wednesday night joined Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Colin L. Powell, and Graca Machel as recent recipients of the 2006 Africare Bishop… Read more »
October 11, 2006
Africa: Violence Against Women Inherently Linked to HIV, Advocate Says
In August, the Global Aids Alliance released a report, Zero Tolerance, that outlines the impact of violence against women and girls on the fight against HIV/Aids. AllAfrica's… Read more »
October 06, 2006
Africa: 'New News' from Africa - Looking Beyond Death, Disease, Disaster and Despair
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, one of the best-known and most award-winning journalists in the United States, has focused her recent career on covering Africa. After nearly two decades as… Read more »
September 29, 2006
Africa: The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources
The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources Read more »
Africa: UN Trade Agency Aims to Bring the Poor into the Process
The Geneva-based International Trade Center (ITC) and the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation are hosting a forum in Berlin, focusing on how exports can reduce poverty in the… Read more »
September 27, 2006
Africa: 'Heritage Trail' to Link African, Caribbean, U.S. Tourist Effort
Hundreds of participants are expected at a 5-day 'African Diaspora Heritage Trail' (ADHT) conference opening today in Hamilton, Bermuda. Read more »
Africa: International Migration: Globalization's Last Frontier
International Migration has become a hot issue, especially among Africans in the wake of the problems West Africans have been having in the Canary Islands and Spain. A new book… Read more »
September 14, 2006
Africa: Future Lies With 'Community-Based Tourism' Says Kenyan Official
"Community-based tourism is opening up a new era," Dr. Dan Kagagi, CEO of Kenya's Tourism Trust Fund, told reporters Tuesday at the TourismAfrica 2006 meeting underway in… Read more »
September 12, 2006
Africa: Aggressive 'Tourist Offensive' Planned
African government officials, tour operators and service providers from all over the world and representatives from international organizations began the first of a week-long… Read more »
August 30, 2006
Africa: Women and Collective Action in Africa
Women and Collective Action in Africa Read more »