Ghana: Youth Vital for Ghana and Africa's Future, says Kufuor

Pride and a tough recognition of his nation's still-difficult road colored Ghana President John Kufuor's speech to a crowd numbering in the tens of thousands in Accra's… Read more »

Lesotho: Victory Secured for Ruling Party

The ruling Lesotho Congress Party has retained power in the kingdom's elections, but with a reduced majority. Read more »

Lesotho: Civil Society Monitors Endorse Election

Civil society monitors from southern Africa have declared that Lesotho's elections allowed the Basotho people to express their will freely, in spite of problems with voters rolls… Read more »

Lesotho: Counting of Votes Under Way in Election

Vote counting began soon after the closure of polling stations in Lesotho's elections on Saturday. But in some rural areas, voting hours were extended after ballot papers arrived… Read more »

Ghana: Cocoa Farmers Get a Sweeter Deal With U.S. Chocolate Launch

Divine Chocolate, a fair-trade enterprise partially owned by cocoa farmers in Ghana, launched a new company in the United States on a snowy Valentine’s Day. Read more »

Lesotho: Country Ready for Elections, But Response to Results Crucial

Lesotho is set for peaceful elections on February 17 and a smooth counting process afterwards, but the crucial test will be the electorate's response to the outcome, the head of a… Read more »

Liberia: Shorten Road Between Commitment and Cash, Sirleaf Says

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Monday called for debt cancellation and increased development assistance for the country. Read more »

Liberia: Private Sector Forum Sells Out As Sirleaf Arrives in Washington Seeking Debt Relief

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is making a return visit to Washington this week with an urgent agenda. To deliver the jobs and services she sees as essential to building… Read more »

South Africa: From Potable Water to the Internet - Challenges for Mbeki

President Mbeki addressed a wide range of issues in his annual address on the state of South Africa, ranging from the supply of drinking water and sewage systems to the development… Read more »

Guinea: A National Unity Government to Save the Nation

On December 16th, President Lansana Conté's entourage made its way towards the central prison of Conakry. The Guinean head of state attended in person to obtain the release… Read more »

Africa: First Ladies Call for New HIV/Aids Initiatives

Three African first ladies, Azeb Mesfin of Ethiopia, Jeanette Kagame of Rwanda, and Maureen Mwanawasa of Zambia, have called for new and further-reaching approaches to combating… Read more »

Africa: Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference (TED) to Convene in East Africa

In the shadow of one of the world's most iconic mountains, several hundred people will gather in Tanzania this June in a global version of the annual gathering in Monterey,… Read more »

Botswana: Community Wins Right to Ancestral Land

A community of Basarwa or San people of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana today won the right to live and hunt on their ancestral land. Read more »

Africa: 'Blood Diamond' Entertains, Educates

In the early days of Master Sergeant Samuel Doe's 1980 coup in Liberia, I was entering a hotel in Monrovia with my five-year-old son when soldiers lounging in the lobby started… Read more »

Africa: Senator Brownback and Representative Lee Say Continent Deserves More Focus

Republican Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Democratic Representative Barbara Lee from California were honored by the Africa Society of Washington, D.C. on Thursday for their… Read more »

South Africa: Government Takes Lead in Tackling HIV-AIDS Crisis

The South African government has moved to end the years-long controversy over its policies on HIV and AIDS by unveiling the outline of a four-year national strategic plan to cut… Read more »

Nigeria: Media Coverage Critical for Emerging Business Climate

The media has only just begun to play a significant role in the development of the Nigerian economy, or rather in the expansion of the business environment. For many years,… Read more »

Africa: Free Media a Barometer of Democracy in Africa

Sometime last year, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo’s aides began testing the third-term debate, lobbying for an amendment to the constitution to do away with term… Read more »

Africa: Time for a New Story to Be Told

Average economic growth of more than five percent, record flows of foreign direct investment and stock markets that routinely outperform London, New York and Tokyo. This is Africa… Read more »

South Africa: More Action Needed by Business on Poverty

Futhi Mtoba, Chairman of Deloitte Southern Africa, provides a look at where the corporate responsibility movement stands in South Africa, particularly as it relates to poverty… Read more »

Guinea: Country Finds Hope in Alumina Refinery

In the dry season, a pervasive red dust wafts from the crushers at the bauxite operations that have dominated economic activity for over three decades in Guinea – home to a… Read more »

Africa: 'The Most Effective Vaccine against Child Death in Africa is a Glass of Clean Water'

Kevin Watkins, the lead author of the UN Human Development Report and head of the office that produces it, visited AllAfrica recently to discuss this year's document. Released on… Read more »

Angola: A New Diamond War

The upcoming Hollywood feature movie "Blood Diamond," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, promises to cast a spotlight on the role of so-called conflict diamonds in fueling… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Debate

Climate change is slowing development across Africa, and affecting the daily lives of millions of Africans. According to a new report, Africa - Up in Smoke 2, the international… Read more »

Africa: Governance Index Is a Work in Progress, Rotberg Says

Dr. Robert Rotberg, professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, told AllAfrica about the index he is working on that will be used, among other purposes, to guide the… Read more »