January 14, 2022
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 »
June 01, 2021
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 »
May 09, 2021
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 »
October 09, 2020
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 »
September 28, 2020
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 »
April 14, 2020
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 »
February 12, 2020
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 »
June 25, 2019
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 »
June 22, 2019
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 »
May 20, 2019
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 »
May 16, 2019
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 »
February 28, 2019
Congo-Kinshasa: U.S.$80 Million Raised to Fight Ebola, More Needed
The World Bank, supported by Japan, Germany and Australia, has allocated up to U.S. $80 million in grants over the next six months to help fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of… Read more »
January 08, 2019
South Africa: Springbok Rugby Captain Takes Flak for Quota Comments
South African rugby captain Siya Kolisi has been the subject of heated discussion on Twitter for saying that Nelson Mandela would have not supported quotas. Read more »
November 22, 2018
Africa: U.S. Missionary Killed During Protected Tribe Visit Worked in South Africa
An American missionary with ties to South Africa has been killed by a remote Indian tribe after he illegally ventured onto their island home. John Allen Chau, 27, was met with a… Read more »
October 25, 2018
Africa: 'We Were Never Meant to Struggle' - Samia Nkrumah Speaks on Why Africa Needs to Unite
In an exclusive interview, Samia Yaba Nkrumah explains why a more profound African unity is needed to achieve the benefits of democracy - economic growth and prosperity for all. Read more »
Africa: Foreign Investment Key to Prosperity - U.S. Diplomat Nagy
The American administration's top diplomat for African affairs, Assistant Secretary of State Tibor P Nagy, Jr, will soon make his first trip to the continent since his appointment.… Read more »
July 24, 2018
Africa: South Africa Punches Above Its Weight in BRICS Grouping
South Africa's inclusion in the BRICS grouping of nations - whose 10th summit it will host from July 25 to 27 - has long been questioned, since by most indicators – economic,… Read more »
May 25, 2018
Africa: Corruption Undermines "the Africa We Want" – Ramaphosa
Addressing an Africa Day celebration for the first time since taking office, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa spelled out his administration's foreign policy concerns on… Read more »
Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou Cuts Ties With Taipei
The Burkina Faso government has announced it is cutting ties with Taiwan. Read more »
April 10, 2018
Cote d'Ivoire: Will Ivorians Take a Stand for Syria's Victims?
A United Nations Security Council vote on Syria last month offers fresh evidence that China is using its growing influence to curtail the UN's role in protecting human rights, in… Read more »
April 05, 2018
Africa: Ghanaians Fail Australia Sports Quiz, Sent Home
More than 50 Ghanaians trying to gain entry to Australia have been deported from the country. Read more »
March 07, 2018
Africa: U.S. Secretary Tillerson's Visit Unlikely to Cut Much Ice With African Leaders
The visit to Africa by United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, his first since taking office 14 months ago, will do little to shore up the Trump administration's relations… Read more »
December 26, 2017
Africa: Exclusive - Turkey's President Erdoğan on Africa's Importance
In his first interview with an African news organization, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed his government’s interests and priorities with AllAfrica’s… Read more »
December 06, 2017
Africa: Addis Talks Focus on How Chinese Model Can Build Industry
The African Economic Conference has come to a close in the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa, with a call for the continent to improve its infrastructure and labor force. Read more »