Africa: U.S. Can Invest in Africa On Bipartisan Basis

President Barack Obama's recent visit to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania was written off as a "guilt trip" by some and a "last chance" to salvage an Africa policy legacy by… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: New Urgency to Talks With M23 Rebels

There is a new urgency to the latest round of talks in Kampala between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its foes in the M23 rebel group. Read more »

Africa: U.S. to Invite African Heads of State to Summit in 2014

An excerpt from President Obama's speech at the University of Cape Town: Read more »

West Africa: Call for U.S. to Back 'Sahel Freedom Fund'

The Sahel region of Africa, a wide expanse that spreads from Mauritania on the west coast to Somalia on the east - gets very little attention, except when the threat of Islamic… Read more »

Nigeria: More Than Good Luck Needed to Foster Democracy

If governing Nigeria were easy, the country's last president, Umaru Musa Yar'adua, might not have disappeared from public view and proceeded to die in office, evidently from its… Read more »

West Africa: U.S. Offers Bounties for Information on Terror Suspects

The United States this week announced that for the first time it is offering substantial rewards for information about leaders of West African terrorist organizations. Read more »

Liberia: From Stabilization to Transformation - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

A decade after the worst fighting of its long conflict, which killed an estimated 200,000 of a pre-war population of 2.8 million and forcibly displaced a majority - as many as 1.8… Read more »

Africa: France-Afrique: Breaking The Ties

The French army's recent intervention in Mali has sparked fresh debate about the relationship between France and Africa. Some detractors passionately advocate for the abandonment… Read more »

Zambia: Protesting Students Released

Zambia police have reportedly freed the university students detained on the president's orders after they protested against the government's decision to drop the maize and petrol… Read more »

Somalia: 'The Tears of Somalia': Turkey's 'Moral' Foreign Policy

'The tears that are now running from Somalia's golden sands into the Indian Ocean must stop' declared Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2011, following a highly charged visit to Mogadishu at… Read more »

Somalia: From Fear to Hope - Getting It Right in Somalia

It has been two decades of mayhem, chaos and bloodletting in Somalia. Read more »

Kenya: Award-Winning Activist Mwangi Arrested

The twittersphere in Kenya was abuzz after the arrest of political activist and award-winning photojournalist Boniface Mwangi during a protest at a Workers' Day event. Read more »

Rwanda: UN Security Council Presidency an 'Eye-opener' - Foreign Minister

The government of Rwanda is completing a busy month at the helm of the United Nations Security Council, a task that rotates among members - both the five nations with permanent… Read more »

Mozambique: Renamo, Govt in War of Words After Deadly Attacks

Mozambique's President Armando Guebuza has warned that he would respond firmly to the deadly weekend attacks against civilian vehicles blamed on armed members of the former rebel… Read more »

Central African Republic: Rebel Leader Accepts Transitional Council - Report

The Prime Minister of Central African Republic Nicolas Tiangaye has announced that rebel leader Michel Djotodia accepted the outcome of a regional summit on the country's crisis,… Read more »

Central Africa: Regional Body Finds it 'Impossible' to Recognise Michel Djotodia as Central African President

Members of the Economic Community of Central African States met in an extraordinary meeting in Djamena, Chad, under the auspices of Idriss Derby, the current chairman and president… Read more »

Africa: Leaders Refuse to Recognise Rebel Chief as CAR President

African leaders participating in a special summit on the conflict in Central African Republic have reportedly decided that it was impossible to recognise rebel chief Michel… Read more »

Africa: 'Enough' Fellows to Focus On Worst Cases

There is good news out of Africa. Some of the world's fastest growing economies are African. International investment is growing. Read more »

Sudan: President Announces Release of All Political Prisoners

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has said that he will release all political detainees in the country, AFP reported on Monday. Read more »

Africa: Elephants Under Grave Threat

Conservationists warn that unless action is taken soon, Africa's iconic herds of elephants could disappear from the landscape. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: 'Don't Write Off the Congo' - Chief U.S. Africa Policymaker

Despite headlines regularly highlighting conflict and crushing poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie… Read more »

South Africa: DRC Rebel Leader Related to Kabila?

South African police have arrested a suspect linked to an alleged plot to overthrow the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). Read more »

Nigeria: Nine Polio Health Workers Gunned Down

Unknown gunmen shot dead nine women involved in Nigeria's polio-vaccination campaign in the northern city of Kano on Friday in two separate attacks, press reports said on Friday. Read more »

Mali: Test of U.S. Will in Mali Conflict

Mali, only recently seen as a model African democracy, has crashed onto the stage of world attention, bringing formidable challenges for the international community. Whether to… Read more »

Somalia: U.S. Recognizes Somali Government

The United States has officially recognized Somalia's government in Mogadishu for the first time in 20 years, U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said after meeting with Somali… Read more »