Africa: U.S. Celebrity Campaign Raises $25 Million

The RED Campaign, a celebrity-backed effort to raise money for for the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has recently reported that its partners have raised U.S.… Read more »

Africa: AU Launches Mission to the United States

The African Union launched its first-ever Permanent Mission to the United States in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, seeking to strengthen ties between the AU and the United States. Read more »

Africa: Governance Improved in Many Countries - World Bank

Governance has significantly improved in a number of African countries, according to a report released today by the World Bank. Read more »

Africa: Youssou N'Dour Promotes Pan-African Vision

Youssou N'Dour has been named by Time, the American news magazine, as one of 100 men and women whose talent is transforming the world. As the Senegalese superstar's fame… Read more »

Africa: Civil Society Discusses Darfur, Zimbabwe at Summit

African officials and members of civil society organizations across the continent have been debating the twin crises in Darfur, Sudan and Zimbabwe ahead of the African Union Summit… Read more »

Africa: Panel Urges More Help For Education in Conflict Areas

Activists, academics and authors have urged the United States Congress to put more attention on universal basic education for children in areas of conflict. Read more »

Africa: Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease Rise to Western Levels

Non-communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease are rising in poor countries, says the World Bank in a new report. Read more »

Africa: Crisis in World Trade Talks Upsets Continent

As the World Trade Organisation (WTO) scrambles to save the Doha Round of international trade negotiations from collapsing, a WTO spokesperson told allAfrica today that African… Read more »

Africa: Africom Can Help Governments Willing to Help Themselves - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Since the announcement of the creation of Africom, a new unified American combatant command responsible for Africa, there has been much skepticism over its intent and what it will… Read more »

Africa: A Guide to Reference Material on Africa South of the Sahara

Information about Africa is best accessible to scholars and journalists when available data is organized and widely distributed. The work under review is built upon a historical… Read more »

Africa: Aids Battle Makes Progress But More Work Needed, Says World Bank

Africa is making progress in the fight against HIV, according to a report just released by the World Bank. Read more »

Africa: Small-Scale Farming Key to Fighting Poverty, Says Annan

The key to ending poverty in Africa is the development of small-scale farming, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan told a session of the World Economic Forum on Africa on… Read more »

Africa: Continent Needs Good Policies, Investment, Says Report

Good government policies, better access to finance and more infrastructure are all needed if Africa is to expand its economy. Corruption and lack of skills, energy and transport… Read more »

Africa: 'Remarkable Turnaround,' but Aid, Trade Lacking - World Bank Economist

As the 2007 Group of Eight [G8] summit concludes, African countries are still looking for industrialized nations to follow through on aid promises from previous summits. G8… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopian, Zimbabwean Women Journalists Honored

The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) has honoured an Ethiopian publisher for her courage and a Zimbabwean reporter for her achievements in journalism over a period… Read more »

Africa: Bush Launches New Funding Plan for HIV/Aids

U.S President George W. Bush is asking Congress to follow up his Administration's current program to fight HIV/Aids around the world with a new plan doubling spending to $30… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »