Kenya: Foreign Press Out in Force at Polls

Journalists working for news organizations based outside Africa were up early at Kenya's polling stations on Thursday. allAfrica editor Brian Kennedy reviews their coverage on the… Read more »

Kenya: Western Media Focus on 'Media-Savvy' Election

allAfrica editor Brian Kennedy picks out some of the best American and British reporting on this week’s elections.  (Free registration may be required to read original… Read more »

Africa: Leaders Divided on Rights, Says Amnesty Chief

A group of international figures gathered in Cape Town this week to launch a new global campaign for human rights. One of them was Irene Khan, who as secretary-general of Amnesty… Read more »

Africa: 'Elders' Condemn Human Rights Abuses

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has joined leading international figures in appealing to the global community to fight human rights abuses in countries including Sudan, Zimbabwe and Chad. Read more »

Africa: UN Chief Calls for Arrests of War Crimes Suspects

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the international community to do more to help arrest leaders indicted on war crimes charges. Six Sudanese and Ugandan… Read more »

Sudan: Darfur Peace Efforts Must Embrace New Reality

Darfur has dropped out of Western headlines again for the moment, eclipsed by events in Pakistan, the Middle East and Iraq. But while the erratic attention of the international… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Secretary of State Heading to Ethiopia

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will attend a meeting of leaders from the Great Lakes Region on Wednesday, December 5 in Addis Abba, Ethiopia, the State… Read more »

Uganda: Judicial System Fails Women, Says Amnesty

Human rights group Amnesty International today accused the Ugandan judicial system of failing to act against the widespread rape and sexual abuse of women in the north of the… Read more »

Sudan: Rights Group Criticizes Firms Over Darfur

An anti-genocide group has strongly criticized major international companies sponsoring the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China for their silence on the ongoing crisis in the… Read more »

Sudan: Lobby Warns of New Darfur Insurgency

An international lobby group today called for the Darfur peace talks to be widened to include groups such as women and Arab tribal groups, in order to avoid more fragmentation… Read more »

South Africa: Govt Presses Major Powers on Darfur Force

South Africa has urged Russia, China, the United States and European Union countries to provide the heavy military equipment necessary to deploy Darfur's new hybrid… Read more »

Sudan: Meet Our Demands, Says Southern President

President Salva Kiir Mayardit of the Government of Southern Sudan said in Washington, DC on Wednesday that the south’s boycott of the country’s Government of National… Read more »

Sudan: South Africa to Boost Darfur Peacekeepers

South Africa will consider contributing helicopters and ground transport to the new hybrid African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force for Darfur, President Thabo Mbeki said… Read more »

Sudan: Darfur Peacekeeper Warns of High Expectations

When the new African Union-United Nations hybrid force for Darfur (Unamid) deploys at the end of the year, its commander expects to have only half the 20,000 troops planned for.… Read more »

Ethiopia: Analysts Warn of New War With Eritrea

There is a growing danger of renewed war between Ethiopia and Eritrea in the coming weeks, and both the United Nations and the United States must act quickly to head it off, the… Read more »

Uganda: Museveni and Bush Discuss Trade, HIV at Meeting

President George W. Bush on Tuesday welcomed Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to the White House, where the two heads of state discussed a variety of issues, including trade,… Read more »

Sudan: Britain Threatens Sanctions as Darfur Talks Falter

As talks aimed at peace in Darfur got off to a faltering start in Libya at the weekend, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown threatened new sanctions against Sudan if the talks did… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Preventing Backslide Into War

Joseph Kabila, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, visits the White House today to discuss challenges to his country's fragile democracy. The last time a… Read more »

Sudan: Africa to Supply Most Darfur Peacekeepers

Africa is likely to contribute up to four-fifths of the troops making up the planned United Nations-African Union hybrid peacekeeping force to be deployed in Sudan's… Read more »

Sudan: Food Delivery Drivers Killed in Darfur

Three truck drivers for the World Food Programme (WFP) have been shot dead while working for the United Nations food agency in Darfur, according to a WFP news release issued today. Read more »

Eritrea: Country Ranks Last in Press Freedom Index

Eritrea has been ranked last in an annual index measuring press freedom around the world. The index was released Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders, an organization that defends… Read more »

Ethiopia: Advocate Says Ogaden Crisis Strikingly Similar to Darfur

A human rights advocate has told the United States Congress that the current situation in the Ogaden region of eastern Ethiopia has striking similarities to Darfur in the run-up to… Read more »

Ethiopia: U.S. Congress Acts on Human Rights

The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill supporting human rights and democracy in Ethiopia. Read more »

Sudan: Elders Visit Darfur For First Mission

A group of world-renowned humanitarians is visiting Sudan to address the “immense human suffering” in the Darfur’s ongoing crisis, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the… Read more »

Africa: Kenya, Ghana Are Top Business Reformers

Kenya and Ghana are among the world's top 10 business reformers, and Mauritius is Africa's easiest place to do business, according to a new report from the World Bank… Read more »