April 25, 2013
Africa: Malaria Care Improves With Cash
A question had been nagging at Ghanaian researcher Alexander Nartey. Read more »
April 24, 2013
Africa: Malaria - Keeping a Crafty Killer On the Run
Imagine that snake attacks were killing a person a minute. Or that it was dogs, or foxes or chickens that were killing three-quarters of a million people a year. Envision the… Read more »
Africa: United States Disengaging From Africa - Mo Ibrahim
Although Africa is moving forward, the United States is pulling back, says Mo Ibrahim, the billionaire entrepreneur and father of Africa's mobile phone revolution. Read more »
April 19, 2013
Africa: Invest in Water Storage to Secure the Future
Water and energy are fundamental to poverty reduction and economic transformation on the African continent. When experts, policymakers and high-level representatives met this week… Read more »
April 11, 2013
Africa: African Scientists Endorse New Polio Eradication Strategy
Nigerian and South African scientists have joined hundreds of other experts from more than 80 other countries to launch the Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication – a… Read more »
Africa: Poverty No Bar to Fighting Deadly Undernutrition
Some of the world’s poorest countries, including two in sub-Saharan Africa, are showing the greatest political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition, while some of… Read more »
April 10, 2013
Africa: African Short Films Series Inspires
This year's Pan African Film Festival featured an African Artists Shorts Series. There were four films: "African Cowboy", "Maffe Tiga", "Papa" and "Try". Two of the films are set… Read more »
April 09, 2013
Africa: Film Review: 'Mama C: Urban Warrior in the African Bush'
Mama C: Urban Warrior in the African Bush is produced by Joanne Hershfield. Read more »
April 08, 2013
Africa: Plutocrats Versus the People - Another World Is Possible
Every February, roughly 3,000 of the world's economic and political elite gather for the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the snowy ski town of Davos amidst the beautiful backdrop of… Read more »
April 05, 2013
Africa: AllAfrica - Celebrating 'We Are the World' - Today
Twenty-eight years ago this month, dozens of popular musicians "checked their egos at the door" of a Los Angeles studio to record 'We Are the World' (WATW) - generating over $75… Read more »
April 04, 2013
Africa: Leaders Refuse to Recognise Rebel Chief as CAR President
African leaders participating in a special summit on the conflict in Central African Republic have reportedly decided that it was impossible to recognise rebel chief Michel… Read more »
April 02, 2013
Africa: 'Enough' Fellows to Focus On Worst Cases
There is good news out of Africa. Some of the world's fastest growing economies are African. International investment is growing. Read more »
April 01, 2013
Africa: Landmark Ruling in Medicine Patent Court Battle
India's highest court has dismissed Swiss drug maker Novartis AG's petition seeking patent protection for a cancer drug, according to an Al Jazeera report. Read more »
March 25, 2013
Africa: The New Global Landscape and Your Role as Global Leaders
Following is the text of a FEEEDS series speech delivered by Ambassador (Dr.) Robin Renee Sanders at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri on March 21, 2013 Read more »
March 17, 2013
Africa: Will Africa's Candidate Win Top World Trade Post?
It's decision time for the 159 member countries in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which regulates global rules for trade and tariffs. The selection process for the next WTO… Read more »
Africa: Transforming the U.S.-Africa Commercial Relationship
This 113th session of the U.S. Congress has an opportunity to transform U.S. trade and investment relations with Africa. Read more »
March 08, 2013
Africa: Pension Funds Key Drivers of Growth
The rapid increase in the number and size of African pension funds arguably matters more than any other single trend in the continent's economic development. Read more »
February 28, 2013
Africa: What It Takes for a Successful Democracy - Mogae
After completing two terms as president of Botswana in 2008, Festus Mogae was awarded the $5 million Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The prize committee… Read more »
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February 27, 2013
Africa: Carson Feted for Policy Legacy
At a reception honoring outgoing Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson, members of Congress from both parties and leading Africanists paid tribute to the veteran diplomat's… Read more »
February 21, 2013
Africa: Closing the Gap - Meet Aims to End Extreme Poverty
When 17-year-old Sona Traore represented the Child Protection Network of Liberia at a civil society event organized in conjunction with a three-day United Nations meeting in this… Read more »
Africa: U.S. Official Flags Poaching As Security Threat
The number of elephants alive today is the smallest number ever recorded. A new surge of slaughter is, according to wildlife experts, worse than the mass killings of the 1970s and… Read more »
Africa: Elephants Under Grave Threat
Conservationists warn that unless action is taken soon, Africa's iconic herds of elephants could disappear from the landscape. Read more »
February 15, 2013
Africa: Six Nations Bid to Host 2019 Afcon
A total of six countries are bidding to the host the 2019 African Nations Cup finals but the Confederation of African Football are refusing to name them. Read more »
March 02, 2013
Africa: Kangaroo Care Boosts the Odds for Preterm Infants
In one world, Tabitha Wanjiku is shimmying under cars, tweaking transmissions and rewiring brake lights on her way to certification as a mechanic. In another, the soft-spoken,… Read more »