November 29, 2019
Kenya: Sexual and Reproductive Health Services That Connects At-Risk Persons to PrEP in Kenya
In June 2017 the World Health Organization (WHO) updated their list of medicines deemed essential, these are drugs that every person should have access to, should they need it, no… Read more »
Kenya: How Self-Care Interventions are Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health in Kenya
In June 2019 the World Health Organisation published consolidated guidelines on self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health. It defines self-care as the ability of… Read more »
November 22, 2019
Africa: Reclaiming our Power - Reimagining the Global Agenda for Women and Girls
Last week, world leaders gathered in Nairobi for ICPD+25 to celebrate 25 years since the 1994 launch of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) , a… Read more »
November 14, 2019
Africa: Artists, Advocates and Phenoms - Africans Honoured on Time's 100 Next List
The inaugural Time 100 Next list has revealed the rising stars who are revolutionising their respective fields and industries. Six Africans were among the prestigious lineup,… Read more »
November 11, 2019
East Africa: Pope Wants to Visit South Sudan in 2020
Pope Francis has invited the faithful to pray for South Sudan - and says he wants to visit the country in 2020. Read more »
November 10, 2019
Mauritius: Incumbent PM Wins Five-Year Mandate in Mauritian Election
The ruling Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) has won more than half of the seats in parliament, securing incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth a five-year term, Reuters… Read more »
August 30, 2019
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 »
October 30, 2019
Kenya: How Kenyans Are Part of 2022 World Cup
A Kenyan university worker has started his country's own football team in Qatar with the help of the next World Cup hosts. Read more »
October 24, 2019
Uganda: How Anzisha Prize Helped Young Ugandan Grow Her Mosquito-Repellent Soap Business
allAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo spoke to Joan Nalubega, 22, who was 2018's Anzisha Prize second-runner up. She is the co-founder of Uganics, which produces mosquito-repellent soap to… Read more »
Ethiopia: Untold Story Of Ethiopian Women Warriors During WWII to Come to Big Screen
Atlas Entertainment, an American film financing and production company, has acquired the rights to Ethiopian-American Maaza Mengiste's historical novel The Shadow King and plans to… Read more »
October 23, 2019
Kenya: Plan to Build an Expressway Through Uhuru Park Angers Kenyans
Kenyans from all walks of life have come out in their numbers on Twitter under the hashtag #UhuruPark, to express their disgust at the government's insatiable hunger for… Read more »
October 11, 2019
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Prime Minister Wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
Ethiopia's President Abiy Ahmed has won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, primarily for his groundbreaking work on the peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea after a decades-long… Read more »
October 10, 2019
Uganda: Jessica Nabongo - First Documented Black Woman to Visit Every Country
Jessica Nabongo is officially the first black woman to have visited every single country in the world, writes Africanews. Nabongo was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan in the… Read more »
September 19, 2019
Africa: Rwanda's Lessons on Universal Health Coverage
Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills, is clean, orderly and blessed with great weather. It also has achieved universal health coverage. During a recent visit there as part of my… Read more »
September 12, 2019
Africa: Fighting Climate Change One Tree at a Time - Why We Need Reforestation
It's Arbor Month in South Africa and the government has encouraged its citizens to get their hands dirty and plant trees. Dedicating a month to tree-planting may seem a laudable… Read more »
September 03, 2019
Africa: Uganda's Dr. Emma Naluyima and Senegal's Baba Dioum Share 2019 Africa Food Prize
Uganda's Dr. Emma Naluyima and Senegal's Baba Dioum have been honoured with the prestigious 2019 Africa Food Prize for their commendable effort in demonstrating and promoting… Read more »
August 29, 2019
Rwanda: Gospel Singer Comes Out of the Closet
Singer Albert Nabonibo has caused a stir on social media after revealing that he is gay. Read more »
August 26, 2019
South Sudan: Adut Akech Fuming After Australian Magazine Gets its Black Models Wrong
South Sudanese-Australian model Adut Akech is fuming after Australia's WHO Magazine used the photo of model Flavia Lazarus for an interview with Akech. Read more »
August 23, 2019
Africa: Reversing the Growing Unemployment among Trained Graduates
Recently, I watched the heartbreaking story of a 24-year-old Kevin Ochieng, a first class honors degree graduate, whose excellent academic performance did not secure him a decent… Read more »
East Africa: Two Days After Burying Hatchet, Rwanda and Uganda at it Again
The soured diplomatic relations between Uganda and Rwanda have now sucked in media houses - with each country blocking what they regard as the other government's mouthpiece media… Read more »
August 22, 2019
South Sudan: More Black Gold Struck - 300 Million Barrels, and Counting
300 million barrels of recoverable oil has been discovered in South Sudan's northeastern Upper Nile state, by a consortium comprising the Dar Petroleum Operating Company (DOPC),… Read more »
August 20, 2019
Sudan: Ousted President Bashir 'Got Millions From Saudi Royals'
Sudan's ousted president Omar Hassan al-Bashir says he received millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a police detective told a Khartoum court on Monday, Reuters reports. Read more »
August 19, 2019
Sudan: Opposition Names Five People as Members of Sovereign Council
Sudan’s opposition coalition has named five people as civilian members of the country’s Sovereign Council, Reuters reports. Read more »
August 15, 2019
Kenya: Is Uhuru Kenyatta the Coolest President Ever?
On August 5 President Uhuru Kenyatta flew to Jamaica for a historic state visit where he also graced that country's 57th Independence Day celebrations in Kingston, as a special… Read more »
Africa: Why AfCFTA's Success Depends on Including Informal, Women-Run Enterprises
There is renewed optimism that Africa’s small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) could be big winners with the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)… Read more »