Africa: Taking a Toll - Lessons from Nairobi's Expressway

A trip to Kenya's capital Nairobi is often associated with unproductive time spent in the city's tortuous traffic. It is to be expected in a city with over 5 million inhabitants,… Read more »

Africa: Why China's New Foreign Minister is Touring Africa

China's new Foreign Minister Qin Gang is heading to five African countries, the Foreign Ministry announced. Gang was appointed China's foreign minister on December 30th, replacing… Read more »

Africa: 'Even Though Loss and Damage is on the Table, It's Not Yet a Win for Africa' #AfricaClimateHope

A promise of U.S.$100 billion a year in climate funding is yet to be fulfilled despite being past its 2020 deadline Read more »

Africa: If Cities Are a Part of the Climate Crisis, They Should Also Be Part of the Solution #AfricaClimateHope

Cities around the world are some of the biggest polluters and drivers of planet-warming emissions. Despite this, they can also offer a part of the solution to reducing the… Read more »

South Africa: Govt Faces Renewed Strike Threat from Public Service Workers - South African News Briefs - November 14, 2022

Public Servants Renew Threats of National Sutdown Against GovtPublic service workers have reiterated their threat of a national shutdown following a a stay-away last Wednesday over… Read more »

East Africa: Multi-Billion Crude Oil Pipeline Bulldozing Ahead Despite Stiff Opposition #AfricaClimateCrisis

Africa is rich in clean energy sources, such as sun and wind, but despite this abundant sunshine, ideal for renewable energy production, the continent relies heavily on crude oil.… Read more »

Africa: Continent Now Has More Poor People Than South Asia

The number of people living in poverty in sub-Saharan Africa has overtaken that in South Asia, says a new study. Nearly 579 million Africans live in what the study calls "acute… Read more »

Africa: South Africa Leads the Charge in Nations Transitioning to Renewable Energy Plans

South Africa's journey towards decarbonisation via the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) has been described as one of the major achievements of the 2021 United Nations… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Delhi Court Won't Send African Elephant Gifted to India Back to Zimbabwe

African elephant named Shankar was taken from the African wilderness, gifted to India by the Zimbabwean government, then kept in the Delhi Zoo, India, for the past 24 years. The… Read more »

Africa: E-cigarettes and Youth: Turning Scientific Evidence into Efficient Communication

The 6th annual US e-cigarette summit, 2022 took place on May 17th in Washington DC and virtually. The stated objective of this hybrid event was “facilitating dialogue and… Read more »

Africa: Russia and China and Biden's Security Policy toward Africa

Just weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in March, General Stephen J. Townsend - commander of the U.S. Africa Command, known as Africom - testified before the House and… Read more »

Africa: NGOs and Drugmakers Slam Compromise Plan on Covid-19 Patents

The European Union, the U.S., India and South Africa have reached a provisional compromise on waiving Covid-19 vaccine intellectual property (IP) rights. Read more »

Equatorial Guinea: U.S.-Chinese Competition Escalates Cold War in Africa

China intends to establish a base at Bata, a port on the Atlantic coast of Equatorial Guinea, the Wall Street Journal reported in December, citing classified American… Read more »

South Africa: Another Seismic Survey Legal Battle Looms for South Africa #AfricaClimateCrisis

Environmental activists are preparing for another legal battle against a planned seismic survey. This comes less than a month after the Makhanda High Court granted an interdict… Read more »

Africa: Urgent Call-to-Action on Vaccine Equity from IMF, WHO, World Bank and WTO Heads

As preparations are made for the G7 Summit in the UK next week, top of the agenda is how to end the COVID-19 pandemic and secure the global recovery. Urgent challenges face… Read more »

South Africa: Health Dept Confirms Cases of Indian, UK Covid-19 Variants

The Department of Health has detected 4 cases of the B.1.617.2 coronavirus variant that emerged in India. Additionally, eleven cases of the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the UK… Read more »

Africa: China Joins Global Covid Vaccine Effort – U.S. Missing in Action

China's decision to join the group of more than 170 countries engaging in a massive international Covid-19 vaccine effort is a major boost to the prospect of equitable access to… Read more »

Africa: New Research Set to Produce More Productive, Sustainable Cattle

Geneticists believe that newly-published research on the resilience of African cattle can help breed new generations which yield more milk and meat than at present. Read more »

Africa: On the Current Situation in Guangzhou, China

Over the past few days I have been almost inundated with requests to comment on the current situation in Guangzhou, China. I propose a few thoughts. Read more »

Africa: Bobi Wine Offers to Rescue Africans 'Mistreated' in China

Ugandan musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has offered to help airlifts Africans allegedly being mistreated in China after reports… Read more »

Africa: Coronavirus - Govts Should Do More to Support Africans in China

The death toll from the mysterious new coronavirus that originated from China has topped 900, and infections have skyrocketed to 40 000. Many comparisons are being drawn to the… Read more »

Lesotho: Mohair Farmers Suffer Depression, Suicide Amid Trade Crisis

Lesotho Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso, chief of the royal village of Matsieng and co-patron of world renowned charity Sentebale alongside the United Kingdom's Prince Harry, has said… Read more »

Africa: 'With the Continental Free Trade Area, We Are Creating Our Own Future'

allAfrica sat down with Ambassador Albert M. Muchanga, African Union Commissioner for the Department of Trade and Industry, while at the Afreximbank meetings in Russia. Muchanga… Read more »

Africa: Huawei's Google Support Crippled After Trump Blacklist

Several technical services between Huawei and Google have been suspended following a decision by the Trump administration to blacklist the Chinese telecoms giant, Reuters reports. Read more »

South Africa: First Black African Woman Summits Mount Everest

South African Saray Khumalo has just reached the top of the world, becoming the first black South African to summit Mount Everest, EyeWitness News is reporting on Twitter. Read more »