October 26, 2015
Africa: How Africa Can Fix the International Criminal Court
The demand of South Africa's ruling African National Congress that the government should pull out of the International Criminal Court is defeatist, naïve and reactionary, says… Read more »
October 08, 2015
Africa: World Trade Talks Offer Historic Opportunity for Africa
As world leaders met at the recent United Nations summit to adopt global goals to end extreme poverty in 15 years, a determination to create broader and more participatory… Read more »
October 05, 2015
Africa: Africa's Governance Winners, Losers and Surprises
Zimbabwe is one of the African countries where governance has improved most in the four years up to 2014. Senegal just might surge ahead of its African counterparts in the future,… Read more »
September 28, 2015
Central Africa: U.S. Envoy Underlines Need to Respect Term Limits
As world leaders gather this week for the United Nations General Assembly, a crisis gaining little international attention may offer a big lesson on foreign policy. Read more »
July 25, 2015
Kenya: Obama's 'Homecoming' Connects Continents - and Colleagues
The day of President Barack Obama's arrival in Kenya, I was hunched in front of a computer monitor in AllAfrica's Washington, DC offices scanning our diverse sources for updates. Read more »
Kenya: Exporting Innovation to the World
Kenya now may well be on its way to becoming a "silicon savannah," a hub of excellence and innovation in technology. Read more »
July 23, 2015
Kenya: A Kenyan Mother's Fight to Save Her Community from Lead Poisoning
As environmental activist Phyllis Omido ascended the stage at the San Francisco Opera House to accept a prize for her efforts to close down a dangerous lead smelter, the crowd… Read more »
July 09, 2015
Africa: African Scientists Promote Solutions to Mitigate Climate Change
Leading African experts at the scientific conference in Paris which is preparing for the next round of global climate change talks in December have been discussing their work with… Read more »
June 24, 2015
South Africa: Bashir Court Warns of 'Chaos' If Govt Defies Law
Excerpts from the full text of the judgement of three judges of the South African High Court on the obligation of South Africa under international and domestic law to arrest Omar… Read more »
June 23, 2015
Rwanda: Britain Arrests Rwandan Intelligence Chief
British police arrested Rwanda's intelligence chief as he was about to leave the country at the weekend, London news organisations report. Read more »
June 16, 2015
South Africa: Govt to Face Contempt of Court Charges Over Bashir?
A South African legal NGO is "strongly considering" bringing contempt of court charges against government officials for allowing President Omar al-Bashir to leave the country on… Read more »
June 15, 2015
South Africa: Bashir Flees South Africa, Dodging Arrest
President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan flew out of South Africa on Monday, hours before a court ordered his arrest on the charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity he… Read more »
South Africa: Bashir Flees South Africa - Report
President Omar al-Bashir left the African Union summit early on Monday and flew out of South Africa from Pretoria's main air force base, a leading South African military… Read more »
June 14, 2015
Sudan: South Africa Went to Hague in Failed Bid to Avert Bashir Arrest
The South African government urgently approached the International Criminal Court last Friday in a bid to avoid having to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir. Read more »
Sudan: South African Court Asked to Order Bashir's Arrest On Genocide Charges
A human rights group today asked a South African court to order the arrest of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is reported to have arrived in the country for the African Union… Read more »
June 10, 2015
Eritrea: Asmara Lashes Out at UN's 'Vile Slanders'
The Eritrean foreign ministry has issued a scathing attack on the report of a United Nations inquiry into human rights in the country. Read more »
May 27, 2015
Madagascar: Malagasy Legislators Vote to Impeach President
Malagasy legislators have voted to impeach President Hery Rajaonarimampianina for "serious and repeated violations of the Constitution", reports L'Express de Madagascar, from the… Read more »
May 13, 2015
Burundi: General Declares Coup Against Nkurunziza
A column of armed troops, trailed by a crowd of jubilant protesters, was heading for downtown Bujumburu after an apparent coup attempt, a local news outlet reported from the city… Read more »
April 22, 2015
Africa: How Eritrea, Ethiopia Impose Censorship
Two of the 10 most censored countries in the world are African, says the Committee to Protect Journalists. Read more »
April 13, 2015
Africa: Honoring Africa in Washington DC
AllAfrica Global Media is marking its 15-year anniversary with the launch of the AllAfrica Awards on Friday April 17th, 2015 in Washington DC. Read more »
March 31, 2015
Africa: Let's Chart Our Own Plan, Says Kagame at Addis Finance Confab
External support should not be the determiner of Africa's development priorities, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told a gathering of finance and planning ministers and governors of… Read more »
March 24, 2015
South Africa: Zulu King's Comments On Foreigners Causes Alarm
Comments by the Zulu king that foreigners should go back to their home countries because they are changing the nature of South African society with their amanikiniki or goods and… Read more »
Africa: Addis Hustle Bustle Precedes Top-Level Confab on Africa's Future
The sprawling headquarters for the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is bustling with activities as participants arrive for week-long discussions of Africa's development… Read more »
September 27, 2014
Tanzania: Local Books Open Worlds for City Kids
Before leaving Tanzania - where she worked on an education project - Jennifer Brookland, a senior writer and editor for Creative Associates International, visited a bookshop in the… Read more »
January 03, 2015
Africa: AllAfrica's Most Read Stories of 2014 (Includes Sex)
The abuses of Nigeria's Boko Haram militants, especially the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, and the outbreak of Ebola in west Africa dominate the list of developing news… Read more »
