Africa: Ebola Cases Now Exceed 10,000

An overview of the current state of Ebola infections is provided by excerpts from the October 25 situation report of the World Health Organization's Ebola Response Roadmap: Read more »

Africa: Woman Attacked in Rome Over Ebola Fears

A woman from Guinea has reportedly been attacked by angry bus passengers who told her she was infected by Ebola and had to get off, according to media reports. Read more »

West Africa: Journalists Must Avoid Mass Hysteria Over Ebola

Journalists need to up their game in the way they report the impact of Ebola on Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, says Bernadette Paolo, writing for AllAfrica. Arguing against the… Read more »

West Africa: Companies Fill Gaps in Ebola Response

When United States Ambassador to Liberia Deborah Malac needed help last month to support the arrival of international health workers, she turned to a private-sector group that had… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Exports to Europe Now Face Tariffs

Since October 1, Kenya has lost its free access to the European market due to the East African Community (EAC) failing to negotiate a free trade deal with the European Union (EU). Read more »

Africa: Need to Create Jobs? Try Agriculture

The agriculture sector is more effective than the oil and gas sectors not only at creating jobs but boosting growth says, the Africa Progress Panel and Sipho Moyo of One during a… Read more »

Liberia: Taylor in Bid to Transfer to Rwandan Prison

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has launched a bid to serve his prison sentence for war crimes in Rwanda instead of Britain. Read more »

Africa: Europe and Africa - Crocodiles With One Stomach

Two heads, one stomach? This is how a former minister described Africa-Europe relations last month, using the West African metaphor of an Adinkra crocodile to say both continents… Read more »

Africa: Stolen Funds Dwarf Development Aid - Mbeki

The illicit flow of money out of Africa is at least double what the continent receives from development assistance, according to conservative estimates. Large corporations are… Read more »

South Africa: 'Boy, Did They Blow It' - Mandela's Soccer City Memorial

Never, never and never again will South Africa receive in one day anything like the number of global leaders that turned up for Nelson Mandela's memorial service at the FNB stadium… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Former British PM Denies Zimbabwe Coup Plot Claim

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has released a statement denying that he put pressure on South Africa while he was in office to help remove Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe… Read more »

Mali: After Inauguration a Chance to Change Military Paradigm

Mali on Thursday, September 19, inaugurates Ibrahim Boubacar Keita as president in a return to democratically-elected government. The country's rebound demonstrates what can happen… Read more »

Africa: Nutrition On the Global Agenda - a Conversation With Jamie Cooper-Hohn

It may not sound like a compelling topic - and it certainly hasn't grabbed headlines or dominated policy dialogues. Read more »

Africa: Hidden Hunger in the Spotlight

Can a scarcely reported health condition unite the global community against what many medical professionals say is the leading cause of death worldwide? Read more »

Africa: France-Afrique: Breaking The Ties

The French army's recent intervention in Mali has sparked fresh debate about the relationship between France and Africa. Some detractors passionately advocate for the abandonment… Read more »

Somalia: 'The Tears of Somalia': Turkey's 'Moral' Foreign Policy

'The tears that are now running from Somalia's golden sands into the Indian Ocean must stop' declared Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2011, following a highly charged visit to Mogadishu at… Read more »

Central Africa: Regional Body Finds it 'Impossible' to Recognise Michel Djotodia as Central African President

Members of the Economic Community of Central African States met in an extraordinary meeting in Djamena, Chad, under the auspices of Idriss Derby, the current chairman and president… Read more »

Chad: Special Court On Hissene Habre Opens

The special court that will try former Chadian President Hissene Habré was officially inaugurated on Friday in Dakar. Read more »

Mali: No Quick Fixes for a Complex Crisis

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has agreed on a revised concept of operations for the deployment of an international military force of 3,300 soldiers to help… Read more »

Rwanda: Govt Wants African Solutions, Not Tribal Alliances, Says Foreign Minister

The verified Twitter account of the Rwandan president, @PaulKagame, suddenly came to life on October 10 after a five-month silence. The 15 late-night posts were a mixture of… Read more »

Kenya: Mau Mau War Victims Win Right to Sue Britain

Three Kenyans who say they were victims of torture and sexual abuse at the hands of British colonial rulers during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising have been granted the right to sue… Read more »

Africa: Europe Should Emulate U.S. to Fight Corruption

It is not often that we see political leadership act courageously to uphold principles of good corporate governance, which makes a recent decision taken in the United States - one… Read more »

Rwanda: Europe Suspends Aid to Kagame Govt

A growing number of European governments is joining an international diplomatic drive to press President Paul Kagame's government into ending support for rebels in the eastern… Read more »

Chad: Court to Decide On Belgium's Case Vs. Senegal Over Habre Trial

An excerpt from a statement of the International Court of Justice on the case in which Belgium seeks either to have Senegal ordered to try former President Hissène… Read more »

South Africa: African Freedom and Shakespeare's World

As the focus of the world turns to London for the 2012 Olympic Games, one of the most remarkable stories of South Africa's freedom… Read more »