South Africa: Govt Presses Major Powers on Darfur Force

South Africa has urged Russia, China, the United States and European Union countries to provide the heavy military equipment necessary to deploy Darfur's new hybrid… Read more »

Liberia: Armed Robbery On the Rise

Liberia's fragile peace continues to come under attack from armed men who roam about the streets mainly at night, breaking into homes and businesses, and sometimes beating and… Read more »

Liberia: Govt Calls for Tough Action on Crime

The Liberian government called Sunday for the use of "maximum force" against armed crime after two separate incidents in which a Belgian employee of the Liberian… Read more »

Sudan: Meet Our Demands, Says Southern President

President Salva Kiir Mayardit of the Government of Southern Sudan said in Washington, DC on Wednesday that the south’s boycott of the country’s Government of National… Read more »

Sudan: South Africa to Boost Darfur Peacekeepers

South Africa will consider contributing helicopters and ground transport to the new hybrid African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force for Darfur, President Thabo Mbeki said… Read more »

Sudan: Darfur Peacekeeper Warns of High Expectations

When the new African Union-United Nations hybrid force for Darfur (Unamid) deploys at the end of the year, its commander expects to have only half the 20,000 troops planned for.… Read more »

Ethiopia: Analysts Warn of New War With Eritrea

There is a growing danger of renewed war between Ethiopia and Eritrea in the coming weeks, and both the United Nations and the United States must act quickly to head it off, the… Read more »

Liberia: Johnson Sirleaf Tapped for Top U.S. Civilian Award

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been selected by President George W. Bush as one of eight recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S.civilian honor. Read more »

Sudan: Britain Threatens Sanctions as Darfur Talks Falter

As talks aimed at peace in Darfur got off to a faltering start in Libya at the weekend, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown threatened new sanctions against Sudan if the talks did… 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 »

Sudan: Africa to Supply Most Darfur Peacekeepers

Africa is likely to contribute up to four-fifths of the troops making up the planned United Nations-African Union hybrid peacekeeping force to be deployed in Sudan's… 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 »

Liberia: An Entrepreneur Makes Rebuilding a Successful Business

Five years ago, Justin Zigbuo left a comfortable life in the United States to return to his native Liberia to start a business making building blocks out of pressed and cured earth… Read more »

Liberia: A 'Lost Generation' Ready to Make Its Mark

When AllAfrica opened its bureau in Liberia in September and launched its continent-wide HealthAfrica.org project, which will be headquartered in Monrovia, we needed someone… Read more »

Liberia: Profiles - Deputy Minister of Health Tornorlah Varpilah

Deputy Minister of Health for planning, research and development, Tornorlah Varpilah, stayed in Liberia through the decades of conflict, doing humanitarian work. He was often on… Read more »

Liberia: Profile - Willa Reaves

Willa Reaves fled Liberia as a child of eleven, with her family, after the coup of 1980 ushered in a worsening period of instability and conflict. Among the early groups to leave,… Read more »

Liberia: The Children Are Smiling But There's So Much More to Do - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told AllAfrica in a 1986 interview, shortly after being arrested and fleeing the country, that her goal in life was to "bring good… Read more »

Sudan: Food Delivery Drivers Killed in Darfur

Three truck drivers for the World Food Programme (WFP) have been shot dead while working for the United Nations food agency in Darfur, according to a WFP news release issued today. Read more »

Africa: War Costs Continent U.S. $18 Billion Annually

A new study shows that conflicts in Africa cost the continent over 300 billion U.S. dollars between 1990 and 2005 – an amount equivalent to all the international aid received… Read more »

Ethiopia: U.S. Congress Acts on Human Rights

The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill supporting human rights and democracy in Ethiopia. Read more »

Sudan: Elders Visit Darfur For First Mission

A group of world-renowned humanitarians is visiting Sudan to address the “immense human suffering” in the Darfur’s ongoing crisis, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the… Read more »

Liberia: Governance Ranking Expected to Improve in Next Ibrahim Survey

The business tycoon whose foundation this week published a new survey ranking Africa''s governments,– in which Liberia scored poorly,– has stressed that the… Read more »

Africa: New Governance Index Is 'An African Effort' for Development

The "Ibrahim Index of African Governance" announced in London and Cape Town on Tuesday is a project of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, which was established as part of the vision of… Read more »

Africa: New Survey Picks Continent's Best, Worst-Governed Nations

Mauritius is sub-Saharan Africa's best-governed, and Somalia its worst-governed country. Seychelles, Botswana, Cape Verde and South Africa are also in the top five best-governed… 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 »