January 14, 2008
Liberia: Cross-Examination of Sherif Continues
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org Read more »
January 13, 2008
South Africa: Police Chief Suspended, Quits Interpol
South Africa's national police chief, Jackie Selebi, has been suspended from duty and has resigned his post as president of the international police agency, Interpol. Read more »
January 12, 2008
South Africa: Interpol Watching Police Chief's Case
The international police liaison agency, Interpol, says it is "carefully monitoring" the position of its president, South African national police commissioner Jackie… Read more »
January 11, 2008
Africa: An Admiral Wages War on Malaria
Every day, 3,000 African mothers bury children killed by malaria. It is the leading cause of death for children under five in the continent and last year an estimated 1.2 million… Read more »
Liberia: Cross-Examination of Prosecution Linkage Witness Begins
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org Read more »
January 10, 2008
Liberia: Taylor Insider Testifies on Links to Sierra Leone Rebels
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org on Wednesday's evidence. Read more »
January 09, 2008
Kenya: Latest Moves Set Back Efforts to End Crisis
The events on Monday were a definite step forward in the effort to end Kenya's political crisis, but Tuesday's events quickly became a major step backward. Read more »
Liberia: Sierra Leonean Crime Base Witness Called as Prosecution's Second Witness
Expert legal monitors blogging for the website www.charlestaylortrial.org report on the second day of the war crimes trial. Read more »
January 08, 2008
Nigeria: Farmers Turn to Science to Boost Crop Yields
Late last June, farmers in Sabon Gari Ganu village in northern Nigeria's Katsina state divided their plots of land into 56 rows. Using seeds from 16 African countries, the farmers… Read more »
January 07, 2008
Liberia: Charles Taylor Trial Gets Under Way
The war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor finally got under way at The Hague in the Netherlands on Monday. Read more »
Liberia: Citizens Lose Interest in Taylor Trial
The trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, is set to resume on Monday. But Boakai Fofana of allAfrica's Monrovia… Read more »
January 04, 2008
Kenya: U.S. Sends Top Diplomat to Help Resolve Crisis
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is sending her top diplomat for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, to Kenya to talk to both opposition leader Raila Odinga and President Mwai… Read more »
December 24, 2007
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 »
December 19, 2007
Mali: A Navy Admiral Fights Malaria
In the latest entry in his blog about a massive health drive, Steven Phillips tells of us about the unlikely presence of a navy admiral in landlocked Mali. Read more »
December 18, 2007
Mali: U.S. Sports Stars Suit Up Against Malaria
Steven Phillips tells of the impact that American sports stars have on the campaign to make take life-saving health interventions to the children of Mali. Read more »
December 17, 2007
Mali: Mothers Form Long Lines For Children's Health
The latest instalment in the reflections of Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, on the huge campaign to reach millions of children… Read more »
South Africa: Two ANCs Emerge Amid Unprecedented Tensions
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who reports on the ANC conference principally for National Public Radio in the United States, continues her personal reflections on the process. Read more »
December 14, 2007
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 »
December 12, 2007
Nigeria: Yar'Adua Visit to U.S. Launches New Era
Nigeria, apart from being the fifth-largest source of American oil imports, is a key partner of the United States in containing a range of emerging transnational threats, writes… Read more »
Mali: Health Groups Rally to Improve Children's Health
Through this blog, Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, will share his observations from the Republic of Mali, where he is part of the… Read more »
December 11, 2007
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 »
December 08, 2007
Africa: Baroness Amos of Brondesbury, Valerie Ann Amos
Leaders of over 70 African and European countries have arrived in Lisbon for this weekend's African Union/European Union summit. Refusing to attend, in protest at the inclusion of… Read more »
December 05, 2007
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 »
December 04, 2007
Zimbabwe: U.S. Tightens Sanctions Screw
The United States is to bar the children of some Zimbabwean officials from studying in the United States. Read more »
December 03, 2007
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 »
