Cameroon: Legendary Singer, Saxophonist Manu Dibango Dies from COVID-19

The veteran jazz singer and saxophone player has died after contracting the new coronavirus. Read more »

Cameroon: Will Speaker Yeguie Be Fired After Ignoring Govt's Coronavirus Instruction?

The Speaker of the National Assembly of Cameroon tested positive for coronavirus, according to reports via hospital sources. Read more »

Africa: Coronavirus and Upcoming Elections - What Are the Options?

At the rapid rate at which the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been spreading, it was only a matter of time before Africa was affected. At the time of writing, cases of COVID-19… Read more »

Africa: Anzisha Prize - Developing Entrepreneurship Into a Career

"The most important thing we can all do when it comes to very young entrepreneurship is realising that we're all potential supporters of this work. If you're a parent you can… Read more »

Rwanda: Singer Kizito Mihigo Dead - Report

Kizito Mihigo has allegedly died by suicide, according to a tweet from Rwanda Times. Read more »

Africa: From London to Kigali - We Must Embrace Change to Beat NTDs

True watershed moments are rare. Personally and professionally, our lives changed when we became Minister of Health for Rwanda and Director of Neglected Tropical Diseases for the… Read more »

Cameroon: Young Cameroonians Have A Message For Biya On Youth Day

Although Africa has a leadership disconnect when it concerns the age of leaders and citizens, some governments have cottoned on to the best plan to change their countries' fortunes… Read more »

Africa: Is the African Union Capable of 'Silencing the Guns in Africa'?

This year's African Union (AU) summit, which draws the continent's heads of state and government together in Addis Ababa in the coming days, is being held under the theme,… Read more »

Africa: 'Conflict is Like a Cough, If You Don't Treat the Root Cause, It Comes Back'

With the ongoing conflicts in Cameroon, Somalia, Nigeria, the Sahel and Mozambique, peace on the continent may seem elusive, but Nigerian-based Joy Ada Onyesoh, president of the… Read more »

Angola: Africa's Richest Woman Isabel Dos Santos Charged With Fraud

A court in Luanda has charged Isabel dos Santos with money laundering and mismanagement during her time as chairwoman of state oil firm Sonangol, reports France 24. Read more »

Africa: CAF Drops AFCON 2021 Bombshell

The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations will start months earlier on January 9 after its dates were moved, hosts Cameroon have announced. Read more »

Africa: Breakthrough Device Revolutionises Ebola Patient Treatment During Outbreaks

A Congolese clinician's frustration at being unable to give Ebola patients the quality of care they deserved has led to a ground-breaking innovation which revolutionises the… Read more »

Africa: UN Agency Pinpoints African Nations As World's Worst 2020 Hunger Spots

Zimbabwe, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central Sahel region dominate the demand for food aid as the world enters 2020, says the United Nations World Food… Read more »

Angola: Court Orders Asset Freeze of Former President's Daughter Over Graft Claims

All assets of Isabel dos Santos, her husband Sindika Dokolo and Mário Filipe Moreira Leite da Silva, CEO of the Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA), have been frozen following an… Read more »

West Africa: In 20 Years, Will Five Arid Nations Be a Sahelistan or a Desert Rose?

Five countries in west Africa's Sahel region – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – are facing crises across multiple fronts, including the accelerated… Read more »

West Africa: African Youth Network Dedicates Award to UNFPA's Mabingué Ngom

The  African Youth Adolescents Network on Population and Development ( AfriYAN ) network, was honoured for their leadership and commitment, and realizing the rights and making… Read more »

Africa: Hold Your Govts To Account! - Plan International CEO After Nairobi Summit

AllAfrica.com’s Bacary Dabo spoke with Plan International’s CEO Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, while attending the International Conference on Population and Development… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Why South Africa's Parliament Must Cut Off Funding to Grand Inga Dam Project

The South African parliament has heard a submission from two leading civil society organisations, calling for them to play their oversight role and stop government funding to the… Read more »

Rwanda: Bringing Peace and Healing to Rwandans Through Community-Based Sociotheraphy

AllAfrica speaks to a senior researcher for Community Based Sociotherapy in Rwanda and a lecturer at the University of Rwanda, Dr Chantal Ingabire. Ingabire has done extensive and… Read more »

Cameroon: Consider Yaounde Gathering a Step Not a Solution - Christopher Fomunyoh

AllAfrica's Michael Tantoh attended the Constitutional Term Limits Summit in Niamey, Niger, and spoke with the National Democratic Institute's Africa and Regional Director for… Read more »

Africa: How DR Congo's Yannick Kimanuka Feels After Winning 2019 Anzisha Prize

allAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo caught up with Yannick Kimanuka, who was named the 2019 Anzisha prize winner at the Anzisha Prize Forum awards in South Africa. The 21-year-old… Read more »

Africa: Young African Entrepreneurs Shine at the 2019 Anzisha Prize Awards

Previously known as the Anzisha Gala, this year's Anzisha Prize Forum awards ceremony took place in South Africa where 20 young entrepreneurs got a chance to showcase their… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: 10 Ways the Diaspora Can Help Bring Peace & Prosperity to #DRCongo

Based on remarks as closing speaker at the Congolese Diaspora Impact Summit in New York in September 2019. Read more »

West Africa: We Are Paying a Heavy Price for What's Happening in Libya - President Issoufou

The security threat to the Sahel region has been amplified by the Libyan crisis, said the President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou. In his forthright assessment of the conflict,… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: President's Staff Killed in Cargo Plane Crash

A cargo plane carrying presidential staff crashed in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing all eight passengers and crew, a presidential advisor told Reuters on Friday. Read more »