January 22, 2021
Zimbabwe: Abductions, Torture, Arbitrary Arrests Continued in 2020
An excerpt on Zimbabwe from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
Rwanda: Govt Continues to Target Critics, Flout Human Rights - Report
An excerpt on Rwanda from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
South Africa: Xenophobic Attacks Continued in 2020 - Rights Report
An excerpt on South Africa from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
January 13, 2021
Madagascar: Food Crisis Looms in 'Breadbasket' of Madagascar
Five years of drought have bludgeoned a "breadbasket" region of Madagascar and, along with the coronavirus, have disrupted local labour patterns in the south, resulting in a… Read more »
November 24, 2020
Africa: Coronavirus Pandemic Hurting Small-Scale Miners, Says Report
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit small-scale mining hard, slashing incomes, exposing miners to greater risks and even increasing the use of child labour, says a new report issued on… Read more »
October 21, 2020
Nigeria: My Heart Is Broken - a Leader Weeps for Her Country and Its Fallen Children
I am heartbroken, along with millions of Nigerian mothers, grandmothers, and women, to have borne witness to the killing of a still uncounted number of our nation's children,… Read more »
October 11, 2020
Africa: Raise the Voices of Millions of Girls Who Hope and Dream of a Gender-Equal World
The story of 12-year-old Amanda in Zambia, who has large dreams, is the story of millions of girls across Africa. She sees a hopeful future ahead - one in which her voice is heard,… Read more »
August 14, 2020
Namibia: First Lady Monica Geingos Urges Youth to Study Power to Gain Influence
"Watch how your political allies fight their enemies. Be careful of your allies, who use dirty tactics and de-campaign others. One day, when they disagree with you, they will use… Read more »
August 13, 2020
Namibia: So You Want to Be a Politician? Learn From Namibia's First Lady Monica Geingos
Namibia's First Lady Monica Geingos gave the keynote address at the African Leadership Institute's virtual conference for International Youth Day, which coincided with the launch… Read more »
August 09, 2020
Africa: Progress for Women and Girls Is Essential Amid Covid-19 – Dr. Senait Fisseha
Women and girls are hardest hit by social and economic circumstances stemming from the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19, according to analyses by multiple international… Read more »
July 15, 2020
Uganda: Clean Cooking - Mother's Illness Inspires Young Engineer's Business
Arthur Woniala was in his last year of university, studying mechanical engineering, when his mother developed severe respiratory disease, after years of being exposed to smoke from… Read more »
July 22, 2020
Uganda: Small Clean-Fuel Business Is Surviving Covid-19 through Adaptation - Founder Arthur Woniala
Ugandan engineer and innovator Arthur Woniala is passionate about people, entrepreneurship and sustainable solutions to everyday challenges. In 2007 with the help of two friends,… Read more »
April 01, 2020
Africa: 'There Can Be No Empowerment Without Peace; and No Peace Without Gender Equality'
The women and young peacebuilders' agenda cannot be siloed from the gender equality agenda. Read more »
July 02, 2020
Africa: Using the Demographic Dividend as Anchor to Fight COVID-19
The Year 2020 will be remembered as the year that heralded great global changes in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. This debilitating contagion has forced the entire world to… Read more »
July 01, 2020
Kenya: Natiira Ateni - Greening The Desert in Turkana County
Natiira Ateni Self Help group is located at Natira village, Turkana west sub county, Turkana county along Lodwar- Lokichogio highway which is about 150 kilometres away from Lodwar… Read more »
June 30, 2020
Africa: How Young Africans Find Innovative Solutions to Challenges Posed By COVID-19 Pandemic
June is Youth Month in South Africa, built around commemorations of the brave students in Soweto on 16 June 1976 who rose up against the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of… Read more »
June 16, 2020
Africa: Tap Into Young People's Talents for a Post-Pandemic World
According to UN World Population Prospects, the world's youngest countries are in Africa. Overall, almost 60 percent of Africa's population is under the age of 25. The booming… Read more »
Africa: COVID-19 Jeopardises Gains Made Towards Protecting Women and Girls from Violence
The passing of laws to end child marriage resulted in blocking thousands of child marriages and enabling second chance education for girls. However, these gains made over the years… Read more »
June 02, 2020
Africa: Preserving the Independence of the African Development Bank - Young Friends of AfDB
Young Leaders Friends of AfDB Read more »
June 12, 2020
East Africa: Mastercard Foundation Mounts Aggressive Response to COVID-19 - Daniel Hailu
AllAfrica Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Amadou Mahtar Ba speaks with Daniel Hailu, the Regional Head for Mastercard Foundation based in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of the… Read more »
June 11, 2020
Africa: From Shame to Pride - Repositioning Agriculture for Africa's Youth
The COVID-19 pandemic has set off the first recession in Sub-Saharan Africa in 25 years; the economy is predicted to contract by between -2.1 and -5.1 percent in 2020—with a… Read more »
May 27, 2020
Africa: Women and Children Will Pay For This Pandemic – Unless We Act
Wherever COVID-19 strikes, it magnifies unfairness and inequality. In every nation and every community touched by the virus, hard-won progress for women, newborns and young people… Read more »
April 08, 2020
Africa: Virtual Learning During COVID-19, Who is Left Behind?
On March 23rd, at the height of concerns of COVID-19 in Kenya, the Kenyan Government directed the closure of schools and recommended online learning through radio, television and… Read more »
March 27, 2020
Sierra Leone: 'Radical Inclusion' Approach to Education an Extraordinary Victory for Pregnant Girls
Mariatu Sesay was still a schoolgirl in Sierra Leone when she fell pregnant. Had it not been for her principal and class teacher, she would not have been able to finish her… Read more »
March 09, 2020
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 »
