January 20, 2012
Equatorial Guinea/Libya: Soccer Protagonists Face Emotional Opening Match
Co-hosts Equatorial Guinea will open the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals when they entertain Libya at the newly-renovated Estadio de Bata on Saturday evening (kick-off 18h30… Read more »
January 18, 2012
Africa: Exciting Air of Uncertainty Hangs Over Africa's Premier Soccer Festival
Bereft of some of the continent's top performing teams, the latest edition of the African Nations Cup finals has an exciting air of uncertainty about it. Read more »
January 05, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: Rwandan Rebels Kill Dozens of Civilians
The Rwandan rebel group, Forces démocratiques pour la libération du Rwanda (FDLR), killed 39 people on Monday and Tuesday in the Shabunda region of South Kivu, human… Read more »
November 14, 2011
Angola: Criminal Complaint Lodged Charging Generals With Crimes Against Humanity
Angolan anti-corruption campaigner Rafael Marques de Morais has filed a criminal complaint with the attorney-general of Angola against two diamond mining companies and their… Read more »
November 05, 2011
South Africa: Polio-Fighting Breakdancer Defies Gravity to Awe Crowds
In moves dance festival organisers in this seaside city described as "verging on impossible", the hip-hop dancer's feet rarely touched the floor, as he used his hands, push-up… Read more »
October 28, 2011
Africa: Remembering Howard Wolpe, the Tireless Peacemaker
I have known Howard Wolpe for over 30 years. When he took over as Chairman of the Africa Subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1981, I had… Read more »
October 25, 2011
Congo-Kinshasa: Only a 'Team of Rivals' Can Defeat Kabila
The November 28 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the second since the ousting of President Mobutu Sese Seko 14 years ago, will be a key milestone for the… Read more »
October 12, 2011
Gabon: Local Voices Spread Conservation Message
Although Gabon is a poster child for globalization's accelerated reach for resources, its president says he is committed to increasing support for national parks. Taking on the… Read more »
September 29, 2011
Equatorial Guinea: Unesco Should Reject Obiang's Prize
Over the past year, the world has watched, with great interest, the Arab Spring dissolve decades of repression as citizens weary of injustice have stood up and demanded control of… Read more »
August 18, 2011
Cameroon: Samuel Eto'o - Between Money And Fame
As Europe's big soccer leagues get under way, the news making headlines on the continent's sports pages is the potential transfer of Cameroonian national team captain Samuel… Read more »
August 12, 2011
Africa: Continent's New Middle Class Lures Investment
For too long, the story of Africa has been about government corruption, war and disease. Economic news was also bad. From 1975 to 1995, the continent was mired in negative growth,… Read more »
July 22, 2011
Africa: Leapfrogging to the 'Mobile Phone' of Sanitation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been a major role-player at AfricaSan 3 in Rwanda, using the gathering to announce its new sanitation-focused global development… Read more »
July 21, 2011
Africa: Campaign Against Polio at Risk
The effort to eradicate polio is on "knife's edge". Read more »
July 15, 2011
Africa: AfricaSan3 - Less About Goals Than Getting There
The 3rd African Conference on Sanitation Hygiene is set for 19-21 July in Kigali, Rwanda. AllAfrica's Julie Frederikse looks at what to expect from this important event. Read more »
July 12, 2011
South Africa: Award-Winning Sanitation Team Keen to Link to Fellow African Researchers
Chris Buckley, head of the Pollution Research Group at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, spoke to Julie Frederikse about the upcoming sanitation conference… Read more »
South Africa: Turning Human Waste into Fertilizer Pellet by Pellet
Recycling is increasingly popular in today's ecologically aware world, but in the field of sanitation the "yuk factor" tends to get in the way. Most people recoil from the notion… Read more »
July 11, 2011
Chad: Senegal Backtracks on Habre Extradition
Eleven years after being indicted on charges arising out of the torture and killing of his political opponents, Chad's former dictator, Hissan Habré, is set to stay in… Read more »
June 10, 2011
Congo-Kinshasa: In Memory of Floribert Chebeya
The lifeless body of Floribert Chebeya Bahizire was found in the back seat of his car on June 2 in a neighborhood not far from his home in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic… Read more »
June 09, 2011
Gabon: Obama Aide Defends Meeting With Bongo
President Barack Obama's spokesman has defended a decision to invite President Ali Bongo for a White House meeting on Thursday on the grounds that Gabon is an "important ally" of… Read more »
May 18, 2011
Africa: West Has Taken Sides in Libyan 'Civil War,' Says Annan
Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan believes the Western coalition fighting Libya's Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi has "crossed a line" and is now "fighting on one side… Read more »
May 10, 2011
Chad: Deby Wins Disputed Election by Landslide
Chad's incumbent president, Idriss Deby, has been returned to power in an election boycotted by the opposition, according to preliminary results published by the country's election… Read more »
April 11, 2011
Libya: African Leaders to Hold Talks with Opposition
A delegation of African presidents is heading to the stronghold of Muammar al-Gaddafi's opponents on Monday for the next round of African Union (AU) shuttle diplomacy aimed at… Read more »
February 21, 2011
Central African Republic: The Dark Side of Diamonds
The international watchdog which seeks to prevent diamonds from fuelling conflict, the Kimberley Process, should take a very close look at the situation in the Central African… Read more »
February 03, 2011
Central African Republic: Bozize Re-Elected, Opposition Rejects Results
President François Bozize of the Central African Republic has been re-elected with 66 percent of the vote, while his nearest rival won only 20 percent, according to results… Read more »
February 02, 2011
Equatorial Guinea: Rights Group Appeals to Obiang to Uphold AU Principles
The African Union's choice of Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang as its new chairperson challenges his government to fulfill the organization's standards for democracy… Read more »