Sudan: Bush, Mbeki Urge Quick Deployment in Darfur

U.S. President George W. Bush and South African President Thabo Mbeki are pushing for an urgent increase in the number of peacekeepers in Darfur. In talks at the White House on… 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 »

Africa: Adjustment Problems of African Students at Public Universities in America

The basis and rationale for this book is great. It is mean to be a tool for African students wishing to study in the United States. The book begins with steps to take after one… Read more »

Chad: Bringing Chad Back from the Brink - A Humanitarian Imperative that Serves U.S. National Interests

With all eyes on the horrifying genocide in Darfur, we must not ignore the growing instability next door in neighboring Chad, where the government is on the brink of complete… Read more »

Somalia: Getting It Wrong, Again

Already notorious as the world’s only state without a functioning government, Somalia may be about to deteriorate even further. The country is rapidly sliding back toward… Read more »

Sudan: President Blasts UN, Asserts Sovereignty

Sudan's President Umar el-Bashir reiterated Monday in Khartoum his agreement to an international force in Darfur. Such a force could be composed of African Union (AU) troops or… Read more »

Sudan: U.S. Congressmen Urge State Governors to Divest

U.S. Congressional Representatives Frank Wolf (Republican), Donald Payne (Democrat), and Jim Moran (Democrat) today called for states to divest public funds from companies doing… Read more »

Africa: China-Africa Relations

At the recently concluded Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) in Beijing, 50 African heads of state attended, reaffirming the growing evidence that African countries are… Read more »

Ethiopia: New Film on the Plights of Ethiopian Coffee Growers is Creating a Buzz

Black Gold: Wake up and Smell the Coffee Read more »

Africa: Leadership Prize for Liberian President Is a Challenge to End Hunger

When she walked up the podium on Saturday evening, October 21, 2006 to receive the Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of… Read more »

Africa: Speech of William Jefferson Clinton Accepting the 2006 Africare Humanitarian Award

The following is a transcript of William Jefferson Clinton's Acceptance Speech for the 2006 Africare Humanitarian Award. Read more »

Africa: Calls for African Empowerment as Clinton Accepts Africare Award

Former U.S. president William J. Clinton on Wednesday night joined Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Colin L. Powell, and Graca Machel as recent recipients of the 2006 Africare Bishop… Read more »

Uganda: The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland Read more »

Africa: Violence Against Women Inherently Linked to HIV, Advocate Says

In August, the Global Aids Alliance released a report, Zero Tolerance, that outlines the impact of violence against women and girls on the fight against HIV/Aids. AllAfrica's… Read more »

Africa: 'New News' from Africa - Looking Beyond Death, Disease, Disaster and Despair

Charlayne Hunter-Gault, one of the best-known and most award-winning journalists in the United States, has focused her recent career on covering Africa. After nearly two decades as… Read more »

Cape Verde: Is Good Governance Rewarded?

At Independence in 1975, Cape Verde was one of the world's poorest countries whose index of economic vulnerability was one of the highest in the world. Yet today, many outsiders… Read more »

Sudan: We Saved Europeans. Why Not Africans?

With Darfur set to be hit by a second wave of genocide, world leaders are shifting into diplomatic high gear. The government of Sudan flatly rejects deployment of a 22,000-strong… Read more »

Africa: UN Trade Agency Aims to Bring the Poor into the Process

The Geneva-based International Trade Center (ITC) and the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation are hosting a forum in Berlin, focusing on how exports can reduce poverty in the… Read more »

Africa: 'Heritage Trail' to Link African, Caribbean, U.S. Tourist Effort

Hundreds of participants are expected at a 5-day 'African Diaspora Heritage Trail' (ADHT) conference opening today in Hamilton, Bermuda. Read more »

Africa: International Migration: Globalization's Last Frontier

International Migration has become a hot issue, especially among Africans in the wake of the problems West Africans have been having in the Canary Islands and Spain. A new book… Read more »

Liberia: President Johnson Sirleaf Honored with Freedom Award

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was honored Thursday night in Washington with the 2006 Freedom Award, a distinction she shared with U.S. First Lady Laura Bush. Read more »

Ghana: Kufuor Says Millennium Challenge Compact Provides Boost to Country's Economic Progress

The following is a transcription of the press briefing by Ghana President John Agyekum Kufuor on August 4, 2006 at the Wyndham Hotel, Washington, DC. At the briefing, which was… Read more »

Africa: Aggressive 'Tourist Offensive' Planned

African government officials, tour operators and service providers from all over the world and representatives from international organizations began the first of a week-long… Read more »

Africa: Building on AGOA for African Agricultural Trade Expansion

On the final day of the annual forum on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) last month, the United States and Rwanda signed a bilateral agreement aimed at increasing trade… Read more »