Africa: Frontrunners Emerge in Group D

In Group D, Angola and Tunisia emerged as the clear frontrunners to qualify for the quarterfinals by defeating Senegal and South Africa respectively. Read more »

Cameroon/Zambia: Indomitable Lions Restore Order

Cameroon's Indomitable Lions on Saturday displayed their conquering spirit with a 5-1 win against Zambia. Read more »

Africa: President Bush to Visit Five Countries

The White House announced Friday that United States President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush will visit five countries in a one-week tour of Africa next month. Read more »

Gabon: Uncertainty Looms as Bongo Marks 40 Years of Power

Gabon faces an uncertain economic and political future after marking the 40th anniversary of President Omar Bongo Ondimba’s accession to power on Sunday. Read more »

Chad: Film Tells of One Boy's Struggle for Revenge and Honor

A movie full of action and suspense.   A movie full of violence and entertainment.   A very well put together sequence of action and emotion.   This is what comes to… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Preventing Backslide Into War

Joseph Kabila, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, visits the White House today to discuss challenges to his country's fragile democracy. The last time a… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Rights Group Accuses Forces of Abuses

Human rights group Amnesty International accused Democratic Republic of the Congo security forces of serious human rights violations, including extra-judicial executions, in a… Read more »

Eritrea: Country Ranks Last in Press Freedom Index

Eritrea has been ranked last in an annual index measuring press freedom around the world. The index was released Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders, an organization that defends… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Children Caught in Crossfire in DRC

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned in recent days that fighting in the eastern Congo is placing children in an increasingly vulnerable position –… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Taking Pity on a Teenage Mother

Amidst stories of terror and suffering from people fleeing fighting in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Unicef correspondent Sarah Crowe heard an… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: End Sexual Violence in Eastern Region

In this statement, former UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa and current Co-Director of AIDS-Free World Stephen Lewis calls for a new UN initiative to end sexual violence in the… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: New Democracy Must Build on Local Leaders

With conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo cooling, and warriors aspiring to become democrats, the country’s new constitution is coming under increased scrutiny. Read more »

Congo-Brazzaville: President's Son Loses Graft Court Case

The High Court in London has dismissed an attempt by Denis Christel Sassou-Nguesso, son of the president of the Republic of Congo, to have documents linking him to allegations of… Read more »

Rwanda: Can Art Bring Peace?

Simon Bikindi is currently standing trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), facing charges for war crimes committed during the country's 1994… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Secretary of State Postpones Visit

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has postponed a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The visit was originally scheduled for next week. Read more »

Chad: No Special Court for Habré, Says Senegal

The Senegalese government on Thursday announced that the trial of former Chadian President Hissene Habré will not take place in a special court as initially suggested. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Secretary of State to Visit Next Week

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will stop in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as part of a trip next week to the Middle East,… Read more »

Congo-Brazzaville: Electoral Fiasco Upsets Voters

Major voting irregularities marred the first round of parliamentary elections in Congo-Brazzaville Sunday. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: New Government Disappoints

Voters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) voted last year in their first multiparty elections since 1965. Incumbent Joseph Kabila, who had assumed the presidency in 2001… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Opposition Leader's Fate Not in My Hands, Says Kabila

President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo says the future of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, who left the country for Portugal two months ago, is in the… Read more »

Rwanda: Former President Pardoned

Pasteur Bizimungu, the former president of Rwanda, has been released from prison after receiving a pardon from current President Paul Kagame. Read more »

Africa: Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC

The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. officially unveils the Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection this month.  The collection features… Read more »

South Africa: Army Offers to Train Somali Troops

South Africa's defence minister, Mosiuoa Lekota said today that although the deployment of the country's troops as peacekeepers in Somalia was "improbable," the armed… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Review of Mobutu's Totalitarian Political System - An Afrocentric Analysis

In this short book, Peta Ikambana attempts to offer an Afro-centric analysis of the Mobutu regime, which ruled over Zaire (today's DRC) from 1965 to 1997. The book's premise holds… Read more »

Central Africa: Review of Roots of Rumba Rock - Congo Classics

This 40-track, multi-artist compilation takes us to the origins of African rumba, a musical genre that was developed during the 1930s-40 and later gained continent-wide acceptance. Read more »