March 26, 2021
Rwanda: Call to Action from the Advocacy Network on Africa
Following is a statement from the Advocacy Network on Africa (AdNA) Rwanda Working Group Read more »
April 07, 2021
Uganda: Let's Save Ugandan Lives with Abortion Law Clarity
Until I witnessed a death from complications of an unsafe abortion, I never felt comfortable talking about abortion services. Joan (not her real name) was an intelligent and… Read more »
Southern Africa: Tanzania is Reportedly Turning Mozambican Refugees Away - UN
United Nations agencies say they do not have access to Palma in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province. Read more »
April 06, 2021
Africa: Drawing The Line On Malaria
A recent survey conducted by the RBM Partnership to End Malaria and Gallup International shows that African youth are determined to end malaria. Conducted across six countries -… Read more »
April 02, 2021
Ethiopia: Federal Troops Massacred Tigray Captives in Cold Blood - Reports
International media stations have traced video footage of uniformed soldiers, allegedly Ethiopian federal troops, executing civilians in cold blood, as having been recorded near… Read more »
March 26, 2021
Africa: U.S. Anti-Abortionists Tell African Women Dangerous 'Abortion Pill Reversal' Works
An investigation into the practice of telling women that about 'Abortion pill reversal' (APR) - a controversial treatment first developed by a California-based family physician -… Read more »
March 08, 2021
Africa: African Nation Still Leads the World With Woman MPs
Rwanda still leads the world with the number of women in a lower chamber of parliament, says the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Sixty-one percent of members of the country's… Read more »
March 04, 2021
Africa: Key Actors Commit to Smart Nutrition, Ensuring Faster Progress to Ending Malnutrition
In the world, 1 in 9 people are hungry or undernourished, and 1 in 3 adults are overweight or obese. Progress towards nutrition target is too slow, progress in Eastern and Southern… Read more »
February 24, 2021
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Crisis Needs Urgent Solution – Five Former U.S. Ambassadors Raise Alarm
This statement was provided to AllAfrica by five former American ambassadors, all career diplomats, who led U.S. representation in Ethiopia for 13 of the past 25 years. They call… Read more »
Ethiopia: 'The Govt Themselves Don't Have a Clear Picture' - EU Envoy on Tigray Conflict
Finland's foreign minister Pekka Haavisto has warned of a "new refugee drama" in the EU after visiting the Um Rakuba refugee camp in Sudan, near the Ethiopian border. Hundreds of… Read more »
February 05, 2021
Ethiopia: Three Months Into Tigray Conflict, Hunger is a Problem, Says UN
Three months into the conflict in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region, the humanitarian response remains severely constrained, and the biggest problem facing those seeking to provide… Read more »
January 22, 2021
Mozambique: Coastal City of Beira Braces for Another Hit
The Mozambican city of Beira and the region around it are bracing for the impact of tropical storm Eloise, expected to make landfall soon. Read more »
Somalia: Little Progress With Security, Judicial Reforms
An excerpt on Somalia from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
Burundi: Rights Abuses Continue Despite Transition
An excerpt on Burundi from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
Rwanda: Govt Continues to Target Critics, Flout Human Rights - Report
An excerpt on Rwanda from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
Ethiopia: Human Rights, Security Erode as Govt Struggles to Keep Order
An excerpt on Ethiopia from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
Sudan: Transition to Democracy Challenged by Economy, Protests, Covid-19
An excerpt on Sudan from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
Kenya: Electoral Reforms Still Needed, Says New Report
An excerpt on Kenya from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
January 19, 2021
Africa: Outgoing U.S State Department's Top Africa Official Cites 'Significant' Achievements
At the end of his tenure as the top Africa policymaker in the State Department, Assistant Secretary Tibor Nagy says the legacy of the outgoing administration includes a number… Read more »
January 13, 2021
Madagascar: Food Crisis Looms in 'Breadbasket' of Madagascar
Five years of drought have bludgeoned a "breadbasket" region of Madagascar and, along with the coronavirus, have disrupted local labour patterns in the south, resulting in a… Read more »
December 23, 2020
Africa: Chemical Industry Targets Kenya for Dumping Plastic, Chemical Waste
Kenya has been a beacon for global efforts to reduce plastics. The country’s 2017 plastic bag ban reduced environmental degradation that comes from plastic waste and… Read more »
December 14, 2020
Africa: Civic Rights Were Eroded Across Africa in 2020
CIVICUS , the global civil society alliance, rates civic space in six Sub-Saharan African states as " closed", in 21 as "repressed" and in 14 as "obstructed". … Read more »
Africa: People Power Under Attack 2020 - Africa
An excerpt from the CIVICUS Monitor report: Read more »
December 09, 2020
Ethiopia: Prime Minister's Battle for Control Comes at Huge Cost to Country
A day after Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali announced that federal government forces had taken full control of Mekelle, the capital of Tigray Regional State, following… Read more »
December 03, 2020
Africa: Women's Voices 'Locked Out' in Covid-19 Reporting
Due to the political nature of the crisis, the marginalization of women in decision-making roles in the countries analyzed "locks in" the suppression of women's voices, the… Read more »
