December 22, 2013
Kenya: Train Derails, Crashes in Kibera
A cargo train has derailed and crashed into homes in Kibera, where about one million people live. Read more »
Madagascar: Both Presidential Candidates Claim Victory in Run-Off
AFP reports that Madagascar election results are slowly coming in, as both presidential candidates claim victory in run-off polls. Read more »
December 20, 2013
Uganda: Parliamentarians Pass Anti-Gay Bill
Uganda's parliament has adopted an anti-homosexuality bill that will see repeat offenders jailed for life, AFP reports. Read more »
December 13, 2013
Madagascar: Plague Claims More Than 30 Lives
An outbreak of plague more vicious than the bubonic strain called the Black Death has killed 39 people in Madagascar, the government said, according to an AFP report. Read more »
December 09, 2013
Africa: Ethiopian Airlines Grows Seven-Fold in Seven Years
Ethiopian Airlines began operations in 1946 as a joint operation managed by the American carrier TWA, using World War II aircraft acquired from the U.S. military to transport… Read more »
November 21, 2013
Africa: Senegal, Kenya Lead Africa's Internet Surge
Senegal and Kenya are the African countries where the internet is having the biggest economic impact, according to a new report. Read more »
November 14, 2013
Africa: Africa Set for Final World Cup Knockout Games
Africans will know in the next five days who will represent them at the 2014 World Cup. Read more »
November 12, 2013
Kenya: Nairobi Reports Family Planning Gains
Kenyan health officials say there has been a significant increase in the number of clients using family planning services in Nairobi county. Read more »
November 11, 2013
Ethiopia: Journalist's Plight Evokes Apartheid 'Terrorism' Law
The continued detention of Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega, who is serving an 18-year sentence as a convicted terrorist in Kaliti prison outside Addis Ababa, is emblematic of… Read more »
November 05, 2013
Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels, Govt Close to Peace Deal
If the M23 movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo publicly renounces its rebellion, Kinshasa will accept the announcement and a peace deal will be signed five days later, say… Read more »
October 29, 2013
Africa: For GE, Africa's Infrastructural Needs Represent Business Opportunity - Jay Ireland
General Electric, a well-known American brand with longstanding engagement in Africa, is "expanding its footprint" across the African continent (see GE in Africa brochure). The… Read more »
October 24, 2013
Africa: Advances and Setbacks in Polio Fight
As the global community marks World Polio Day on Thursday, recent events show there is both cause for celebration and concern. Read more »
October 22, 2013
Africa: Ethiopia Proclaims Right to Family Planning
"Unmet need", in the context of family planning, is a rather mundane term that masks an urgent social justice and human rights issue. An estimated 220 million women in the world… Read more »
October 21, 2013
Uganda: Corruption Report Fingers Museveni
A new report on corruption in Uganda names President Yoweri Museveni as one of those responsible for what it calls widespread "bribery, nepotism, and misuse of official positions… Read more »
October 14, 2013
Africa: Africa Chooses to Stay Inside the Law On Kenya
African leaders have opted to adhere to the law which set up the International Criminal Court in pursuing efforts to keep Kenyan political leaders out of the court. Read more »
October 07, 2013
Africa: Kofi Annan Defends Hague Court
Five days before crucial talks on whether African nations should pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC), former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has come out… Read more »
Africa: Failed Raid Follows Disagreements in U.S. Govt - Report
United States special forces failed in their objective of seizing a senior planner of al Shabaab operations in a "snatch-and-grab" raid on the coastal town of Barawe, American… Read more »
October 04, 2013
Sudan: Abyei Dispute 'Troublesome, Problematic' – Mbeki
The “troublesome, problematic” issue of whether the Abyei region belongs in South Sudan or Sudan is the most important issue still to be resolved between the two… Read more »
September 30, 2013
Africa: Standing with Kenya and Somalia
Last weekend’s attack by al Shabaab militants on Westgate shopping mall in Kenya should be a wake-up call that more work is needed to stabilize Somalia and prevent it from… Read more »
September 25, 2013
Rwanda: President Kagame Address to the 68th UN General Assembly
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September 24, 2013
Kenya: President Announces Three Days of Mourning
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced three days of mourning, in response to the attack on Westgate Mall in Nairobi. Read more »
September 23, 2013
Kenya: Forces in 'Full Control' After Action to End Mall Siege
Kenya's security forces have freed most of the hostages in Westgate Mall, and are in "full control" of all the floors in the building, according to the cabinet secretary of the… Read more »
September 21, 2013
Kenya: Nairobi Shoot-Out at Westgate Mall
Kenyan Tweeters have been cooperating with authorities to warn people away from the Westgate area west of downtown Nairobi, where gunfire, reports of hostages and rumours of deaths… Read more »
September 17, 2013
Kenya: Youths See Opportunity in Digital Outsourcing
When David Otieno graduated from the Kenya Institute of Management five years ago he joined the estimated 50,000 other new graduates searching for employment. But luck was never on… Read more »
September 11, 2013
Africa: The Western Media and Rwanda
Yolande Makolo, the communications director at the Presidency in Rwanda, reflects on Western coverage of Africa, with particular reference to a recent New York Times interview with… Read more »