Africa: Pre-Primary Education for Children Benefits Everyone

Scholars across Africa are linking conflict prevention and peacebuilding to reducing economic, social and environmental stresses. The African Union's declaration of 2024 as the… Read more »

Sudan: Catastrophic Hunger Amid Conflict Creates a Crisis of Instability Across Northeast Africa

This guest column is among a series of articles that look at such critical issues as food security, which are essential for keeping and building a peaceful world. Peacebuilding… Read more »

South Africa: Rise Mzansi, The New Broom For South Africa's Electorate?

South Africans are days away from voting in what many agree is a defining election 30 years after the first time all citizens won the right to vote. Three decades later, not even a… Read more »

Africa: Genetically Modified 'Friendly' Mosquitoes Released in Fight Against Malaria

Djibouti is feeling a new buzz - mosquitoes fighting other mosquitoes - in their fight against malaria Read more »

Kenya: President Ruto's U.S. State Visit - A Perfect Backdrop for Spreading Good News on Kenya and Africa

The fourth edition of the American Chamber of Commerce Kenya (AmCham) Business Summit provided a timely backdrop as Kenya's President William Ruto headed for his State Visit to the… Read more »

Tanzania: U.S. Embassy in Tanzania Closed Due to Regional Internet Outage

The U.S. Embassy in Tanzania was forced to close its doors to the public for two days due to a widespread internet outage affecting several East African countries, reports BBC… Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica Celebrates Media Leaders at Excellence Awards and Gala Dinner

On May 9th, AllAfrica hosted the AllAfrica Excellence Awards and Gala Dinner at the Glee Hotel in Nairobi. "It is important to recognize and celebrate greatness. This is specially… Read more »

Africa: Media Must Dig Deep into Root Causes of Africa's Conflicts - AU Special Envoy Bineta Diop

Africa continues to grapple with the harsh realities of conflict. From long-running struggles in places like the Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia to the recent eruption of… Read more »

Rwanda: UN Leaders Warn of Harm from UK-Rwanda Asylum Law

The heads of two UN agencies have again rung the alarm on the harmful impact the passage of the "Safety of Rwanda" Bill by the UK Parliament will have on global… Read more »

Africa: Innovations at the AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit

AllAfrica Global Media is launching the AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit from May 8-10 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Summit will feature innovations to leverage the ever-changing media… Read more »

Sudan: Urgent Need to Avert a Worse Catastrophe after a Year of War in Sudan

Today marks one year since conflict between rival military leaders broke out in Sudan. Many Sudanese have fled across the border into Chad, including those from Darfur –… Read more »

Tanzania: Mabinti Centre - Place of Hope Offers Dignity After Fistula

Anastasia Majasho's journey with obstetric fistula began during her second pregnancy. Prolonged labor led to complications, and despite a previous cesarean scar, a vaginal delivery… Read more »

Sudan: MSF Urges More Help, More Eyes on Sudan's Suffering

It's almost 12 months since Ramadan fighting broke out in Sudan on April 15, 2023, and MSF is calling on the world not to turn its back on the devastated country. The level of… Read more »

Tanzania: Meet Zuhura Ahmed, A Young Leader in Climate Action

The fight against climate change is seeing women emerge as powerful leaders around the globe, and Tanzania is no different. At the WomenLift Health conference in Dar es Salaam,… Read more »

Africa: Can We End Cervical Cancer in South Sudan by 2030?

In South Sudan, young Keji* experienced a life of hardships and tragedies that ultimately led to her untimely death at the age of 20. Born in an… Read more »

Africa: WomenLift Health Conference Aims to Break Down Barriers for Women in Global Leadership

The vibrant city of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania becomes a focal point for a global revolution this weekend. An international global movement for women in health leadership converges… Read more »

Ethiopia: Power Restored in Ethiopia

The power cut affecting Ethiopia "except Bahir Dar and surroundings" is over, the Ethiopian Electric Power announced. "Due to a problem in our system, the power has been… Read more »

Sudan: 'Hell on Earth, Imminent Death' - Sudanese Survivors Speak With US Envoy Periello

The U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Tom Periello called for "formal" talks to help bring an end to the escalating violence in war-torn Sudan, following repeated warnings by UN… Read more »

Africa: DR Congo, Nigeria, Ethiopia Join Global Push to Stop Most Preventable Cancer

Every two minutes, a woman dies from cervical cancer, despite the existence of effective tools, like vaccinating against the major cause of HPV to prevent the majority of… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Women Aren't Safe and Will No Longer Be Quiet

The Kenya government needs to listen to its people and take all necessary measures to prevent and address femicide. It is unacceptable that men kill hundreds of women each year… Read more »

Africa: OCP Champions Soil Health at UN

This week in Nairobi, Kenya, the world’s preeminent forum on environmental issues – the UN Environment Assembly is holding its sixth biennial meeting to set the global… Read more »

Ethiopia: 'We Thought They Would Fight With Those They Came To Fight'

Amnesty International reports that Ethiopia's National Defense Forces (ENDF) is engaged in extrajudicial executions in Bahir Dar, Amhara, and denying families the right to bury… Read more »

Sudan: South Sudan Refugees Among Those Killed in Sudan Army Strike

Darfur24 reports that a Sudanese army air strike left five cilivians dead and injuring several in  Tadamon and the old Zariba in the city of El Daein, the capital of East… Read more »

Tanzania: President Suluhu's Condolence Message After Former PM Lowassa's Death

Former Tanzania PM Lowassa died in Dar es Salaam on February 10. Read more »

Africa: African Great Lakes Annual Meeting Shows Why Intercontinental Collaboration Is Essential

As the snow and frost and ice and seemingly inhumane levels of cold continue to plague North America in the midst of their 'arctic' winter, here in Kenya we… Read more »