Africa: Building Human Capacity Key to Africa's Future, Says AAI President

Since its founding in 1953, the Africa-America Institute (formerly the African-American Institute) has developed and administered programs to educate and train Africans and to… Read more »

Africa: Frazer Succeeds Newman In Top State Department Africa Post

Her Return to Policymaking Raises Hopes for Increased High-Level Focus Read more »

Africa: 'Africa Open for Business' - Stories That Deserve to Be Reported

Business activity is a subject that is sometimes missed in international reporting about Africa. Despite that, Africa produces some impressive economic statistics: a 144 percent… Read more »

Africa: UN Report Urges Global Leaders to Avoid 'One More Empty Promise'

An annual report released today by the United Nations Development Programme takes a critical look at the failure of the international community to make progress toward the 2015… Read more »

Africa: Nepad Honors AllAfrica with 'African Developer Award'

The Africa Centre for Investment Analysis has presented AllAfrica Global Media with an 'Africa Economic Developer Award' on behalf of the New Partnership for Africa's Development… Read more »

Africa: An All Too Familiar Story

The recent coup that ousted Mauritanian despot Maaouya Ould Taya has elicited the usual hue and cry: condemnations from the international community and calls for the soldiers to… Read more »

Africa: Engineer Pushes for Science Education to Create 'Brain Gain'

Supporters of an initiative to improve the quality of science and engineering in Africa say the creation of the Nelson Mandela Institute for Knowledge Building and the Advancement… Read more »

Africa: Femi Kuti - the Man Behind the Music

Agile, humorous and a bit out of this world, Femi Kuti is a wonder to behold on stage. If you are not arrested by his sporadic dancing or intense multi-instrument playing, his… Read more »

Africa: Nepad's Peer Review Mechanism a 'Serious' Process, Officials Say

The African Union's peer review mechanism is a serious process that may usher in a new era of good governance in Africa, said representatives from the U.S. State Department, UN… Read more »

Africa: Japan Announces New Aid, 'Marshall Plan' for Africa

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has pledged to increase his country's aid to Africa to $5 billion over the next three years, according to the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese… Read more »

Africa: At Least 9 Africans Missing, 8 Injured in London Attacks

Updated: July 14, 2005 9:34 AM Read more »

Africa: New Book Exposes New and Old Attitudes Towards Gender in Africa

Readings in Gender in Africa Read more »

Africa: Aid Should be Tied to Needs, Goals, Says U.S. Official

However distracted by Thursday's bombings in London, the G8 meetings in Gleneagles, Scotland continued with consideration of global climate change and a working lunch that South… Read more »

Africa: African Leaders and Policy Makers Speak out on Peace and Security in Africa

Demilitarizing the Mind: African Agendas for Peace and Security. Edited by Alex de Waal Read more »

Africa: G8 Should Focus on HIV, Women's Empowerment

When the leaders of the world's largest industrial nations meet next month in Scotland, they will debate how to address the HIV/Aids crisis and whether to significantly increase… Read more »

Africa: Bush Promises US$1.2 Billion to Africa Malaria Fight, Says Results Count

President defends Africa record in interview and says Laura Bush to visit South Africa, Tanzania and Rwanda Read more »

Africa: Summit Had Good Attendance and Deals Got Done, Says Corporate Council Leader

Addresses by World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Constance Newman and Paul Applegarth from the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation highlighted… Read more »

Africa: World Bank Chief Sees Africa as Continent of Hope

Saying that Africa must be sold on the merits of its potential and not just on the basis of its needs, the World Bank's new president told an international group of business… Read more »

Africa: Business Summit Aimed at Boosting U.S. Investment in Africa, Says CCA President

The fifth U.S. Africa Business Summit, sponsored by the Washington, DC-based Corporate Council on Africa, opened in Baltimore, Maryland Tuesday night with a gala awards dinner.… Read more »

Africa: Bush Meeting with Five Presidents Meant to Emphasize Democracy Not Deliver Results

Five African presidents met at the White House on June 13 with President George Bush to talk on issues relating to democracy and economic development. Taking part were John Kufuor… Read more »

Africa: G8 Debt Agreement to Benefit 23 African Countries; Separate Deal for Nigeria Mooted

The agreement on 100% debt relief for developing countries announced by finance ministers from the eight largest industrial nations on Saturday initially benefits 14 nations in… Read more »

Africa: New Book Examines Yoruba Religion in Nigeria and the Diaspora

In August 2002, Nigerian National Television broadcasted live coverage of the second Black Heritage Festival, which the Nigerian state organized to "reconcile Africans in diaspora… Read more »

Africa: Mandela's Powerful Message - 'Africa's Time Has Come'

As people begin to line up in movie theaters to visit galaxies far, far away in the final chapter of Star Wars, Nelson Mandela comes to America to remind us of a continent right… Read more »

Africa: Powell Defends Obasanjo on Taylor and Calls for Greater Support for Africa

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo should not be asked "to be unfaithful to the commitment he made" to provide asylum to former… Read more »

Africa: Life After the Presidency

"What does an African head of state do when he leaves office?" said Professor Loyiso Nongxa, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa during an African… Read more »