Africa: Young Climate Activist - How Locusts, Climate Crisis Threaten Peace

Africa's young people are at the forefront by climate change action sweeping the world as climate change activists take charge where global leadership has failed. Makenna Muigai,… Read more »

Africa: Anzisha Prize - Developing Entrepreneurship Into a Career

"The most important thing we can all do when it comes to very young entrepreneurship is realising that we're all potential supporters of this work. If you're a parent you can… Read more »

East Africa: Is There Trouble in Tanasha and Diamond's Paradise?

Tanasha Donna and Diamond Platinumz's relationship now seems to have hit rock bottom! Read more »

Rwanda: Singer Kizito Mihigo Dead - Report

Kizito Mihigo has allegedly died by suicide, according to a tweet from Rwanda Times. Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Can Set the Stage for Violent Conflict - Expert

Levels of poverty, economic opportunities, and unemployment are key factors increasing the likelihood of conflict, and there has been strong agreement that climate change, is a… Read more »

Tanzania: Govt Should Change Its Tune on LGBTIQ Health and Rights

"In short, we are dying," Victor, a 25-year-old gay man in Tanzania, summed up his story when we spoke in mid-2018. He had just outlined the litany of measures Tanzania's… Read more »

Africa: From London to Kigali - We Must Embrace Change to Beat NTDs

True watershed moments are rare. Personally and professionally, our lives changed when we became Minister of Health for Rwanda and Director of Neglected Tropical Diseases for the… Read more »

Africa: Why Ending FGM Is 'Actually Not Hard', Says Activist Jaha Dukureh

Jaha Dukureh and her organisation Safe Hands for Girls have set themselves a date to end a war that has been going on for 15 years - ending female genital mutilation (FGM).… Read more »

Africa: Is the African Union Capable of 'Silencing the Guns in Africa'?

This year's African Union (AU) summit, which draws the continent's heads of state and government together in Addis Ababa in the coming days, is being held under the theme,… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Military in Africa Under Spotlight

Amid rising attacks by Islamic supremacists, the American military presence in Africa has come under scrutiny in U.S. policy circles, as well as among African analysts. Read more »

Africa: Punching Back against Al-Shabaab

An attack this month on a Kenyan military base, which killed one American service member and two U.S. Department of Defense contractors, before being repelled by Kenyan and… Read more »

Africa: 'Conflict is Like a Cough, If You Don't Treat the Root Cause, It Comes Back'

With the ongoing conflicts in Cameroon, Somalia, Nigeria, the Sahel and Mozambique, peace on the continent may seem elusive, but Nigerian-based Joy Ada Onyesoh, president of the… Read more »

South Sudan: Announcement of Peace Agreement Concluded in Rome

Following is the statement issued by the Community of Sant'Egidio,  a lay Catholic association in Rome that has been mediating the conflict among parties in South Sudan: Read more »

South Africa: Yvonne Chaka Chaka Denies Being Deported from Uganda

The popular South African music legend has dismissed reports that she was deported from Uganda, where she was scheduled to perform at a New Year's Eve concert. Read more »

Africa: UN Agency Pinpoints African Nations As World's Worst 2020 Hunger Spots

Zimbabwe, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central Sahel region dominate the demand for food aid as the world enters 2020, says the United Nations World Food… Read more »

South Sudan: Pope and Anglican Archbishop Join in Urgent Appeal to South Sudan

An Christmas Day appeal for peace addressed to leaders in South Sudan has been issued by Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of… Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan Leaders Agree on Unity Govt

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir said he and former vice president Riek Machar have reached a deal on Tuesday to form a long-delayed unity government, reports Reuters.The deal… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's House Divided Poses Challenge to Successful Revolution

For decades Sudan has been a tale of two countries. Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »