Nigeria: Donors Dither As Bureaucrats Exploit Nigeria's Humanitarian Crisis

Even as we rejoice over the release of 21 of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted two years ago, it bears remembering that north-eastern Nigeria is mired in a grave humanitarian crisis. Read more »

Africa: 22000 CODESRIA books to African institutions of higher education

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) has donated 21,771 books to seven African institutions of higher education and research and five… Read more »

Africa: We Can End Global Hunger - Kofi Annan

For the first time in human history, the end of hunger is within our reach. Read more »

Africa: Africa's Top Public Opinion Survey Under Threat

The consortium which runs Africa's most authoritative public opinion surveys faces funding difficulties. Writing for AllAfrica, Johnnie Carson says that coming at a time when… Read more »

Africa: Africa Must Use New Bank to Bridge $100 Billion Infrastructure Gap

Africa's infrastructure financing deficit, estimated to be U.S. $100 billion a year, remains persistently large. The resulting lack of investment in energy, transport and water… Read more »

Africa: Indian PM Modi's African Safari

Nearly nine months ago the third India-Africa Forum Summit, and the first that included all African states, was held with much fanfare in Delhi. Read more »

Senegal: About 200 Billion CFA F Received from the Kuwait Fund Since the 1970s

Senegal is the first recipient of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) in West Africa. From the 1970s to the present day, Kuwait grant to Senegal is estimated at… Read more »

West Africa: Late, Slow and Wholly Inadequate – the Global Ebola Response

Dr. Samuel Kargbo and his colleagues in Sierra Leone's health ministry were in despair. Read more »

Africa: We Can Defeat Poverty - Melinda Gates

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls the efforts to achieve 'Millennium Development Goals' over the last 15 years "the most successful anti-poverty movement in… Read more »

Africa: Data Has Critical Role in Driving Inclusive Development - Bisa Williams

The Obama administration supports a three-track approach to financing development, according to U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bisa Williams. Interviewed by AllAfrica's… Read more »

Nigeria: Misread U.S. Law Can Help Buhari

In a well-received speech that largely focused on his desire to address impunity and corruption in his country and to create a “responsive, inclusive, transparent… Read more »

Africa: Leahy Amendment to the Foreign Assistant Act of 1961

Following is the text of the 'Leahy Law' - Section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, a permanent standing law that governs all State Department funded aid. Read more »

Africa: 'New, Proud Africa' at Addis Confab - ECA's Carlos Lopes

For four days, government, business and organizational representatives are gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss how to fund the future for "people and the planet". The… Read more »

Africa: Addis Talks On Finance Crucial for Development, Says UN Chief

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged delegates attending the Third International Conference on Financing for Development to put aside what divides them and work… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: 'New Dawn' in Land of Rape and Child Soldiers

Since Jeanine Mabunda Lioko Mudiayi became the Advisor on Sexual Violence and Child Recruitment to DRC President Joseph Kabila last year, she has become a high-profile advocate for… Read more »

Africa: 'Multi-sided' Partnership Required to Finance Inclusive Development - IMF Chief

A "once in a generation opportunity" – that's how Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), described the chance to assemble the… Read more »

Africa: Gates Foundation Changes Focus to 'Last Mile' of Delivery

AllAfrica's Juanita Williams and Melissa Britz interviewed Dr Ayo Ajayi, the director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Africa Team, about the foundation's new… Read more »

West Africa: Presidents Appeal for Post-Ebola Aid Ahead of Obama Talks

The leaders of the West African countries hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak of the past year have called on the international community to support a recovery plan which will… Read more »

West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea Presidents Call for Post-Ebola Recovery Plan

Presidents Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Alpha Conde of Guinea and Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone appeal for international support in five key areas for a common economic… Read more »

Africa: Finance Own Development, Addis Talks Told

Africa has been urged at high-level talks in Addis Ababa to mobilize its own resources to achieve its development goals. Read more »

Nigeria: 'Real TV' Fights Violence with Glitz & Glamor - Nollywood's Jeta Amata

Conflict related to Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria captures headlines, but another region of Africa's most populous nation also grapples with unrest. Since the 1990s, violence… Read more »

Liberia: Journalists Pile On to Bash Ebola-Fighting Doctor

This is a story about an American physician many in Liberia regard as a hero. It is about his volunteer group, called Heartt – Health Education and Relief through Teaching… Read more »

Africa: Tackle Malnutrition Head On

Eight hundred and five million of the world's people are chronically hungry, according to estimates by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Read more »

Africa: New Development Financing Models for Africa - A Look Back at ADF9

If Africa's growth and dynamism is to be sustained, the continent's ability to finance future infrastructure development cannot be left to vagaries of foreign aid allocations but… Read more »

West Africa: Top U.S. Official Visits Ebola-Hit Nations

The highest-ranking American government official yet to visit Ebola-hit nations has criticised the international response to the crisis and moved to encourage Americans to… Read more »