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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: 'Guptagate' Hits Businesses Across Africa, China, India

The corruption scandal engulfing South Africa's state-owned companies has triggered a ban by one of the world's leading software companies on the payment of commissions on… Read more »

Africa: Faster, Better and Together - the Road to Inclusive E-Commerce in Africa

“Small is beautiful, small is powerful”. This is the creed embedded in the foundation of a global e-commerce giant: Alibaba. But the creed not only defines the genesis… Read more »

Africa: Cote d'Ivoire Players Attend Cheick Tiote's Funeral in Abidjan

Former Ivory Coast team-mates of Cheick Tiote - including Kolo Toure, Wilfried Bony and Salomon Kalou - attended his funeral service in Abidjan at the weekend. Read more »

Africa: Tobacco Control Week Starts in India

It’s in the heavily polluted capital city of India, Delhi, that the 7th Conference of Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control starts… Read more »

Africa: 'China-Africa Cooperation Must be Mutually Beneficial'

A China-Africa Symposium was held on 11-12 August, 2016 in Mombasa, Kenya, on the theme "Win-Win Cooperation for Common Development". It was co-hosted by the Institute of African… Read more »

Africa: Japan-Africa Summit Gives Continent New Leverage

When the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was launched in 1993 by Japan in co-operation with the World Bank, the United Nations and the UN Development… 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 »

Africa: Helen Clark, former New Zealand PM, in race for UN Secretary General

Helen Clark has served as Prime Minister of New Zealand and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. Her support for putting into practice the ideals of the… Read more »

Africa: Rural E-Commerce Model Pitched for Africa

The operator of an e-commerce program which reaches deep into rural China believes that its business model could help Africans in areas far from cities. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Footballer Oniya Dies During Match

The sudden death of Nigerian football player David Faramola Oniya during a friendly football match between T-Team and Kelantan has shocked everyone, according The Star in Malaysia. Read more »

Africa: Africa Looks to G20 for Inclusive, Sustainable Growth

G20 summits are a magnet for expectations. Ever since the grouping was formed in the turbulent early days of the global financial crisis, major stakeholders have pinned many hopes… Read more »