June 13, 2018
Africa: 'Locally Rooted, Globally Connected - The Strength of Masimanyane'
Masimanyane Women's Rights International, working on the continent, has been granted more than a million dollars in funds for their work in ending violence against women and girls. Read more »
Africa: Morocco's World Cup Dreams Shattered as U.S., Canada, Mexico Win 2026 Bid
Morocco's bid to host the 2026 Fifa World Cup were dashed after the north African nation only received 33% of the vote while the joint bid from the U.S., Canada and Mexico received… Read more »
June 10, 2018
Africa: Migration Can Benefit Africa, Says New UN Body's Report
In an age of emerging populism in both the global north and south, migration often gets a bad rap. Read more »
May 25, 2018
Africa: Corruption Undermines "the Africa We Want" – Ramaphosa
Addressing an Africa Day celebration for the first time since taking office, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa spelled out his administration's foreign policy concerns on… Read more »
Senegal: Red Carpet Treatment - Sadio Mané Buys Liverpool F.C. Shirts for His Village
Liverpool forward Sadio Mané has donated 300 club jerseys to his home village of Bambali in preparation for the approaching Champions League final against Real Madrid,… Read more »
Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou Cuts Ties With Taipei
The Burkina Faso government has announced it is cutting ties with Taiwan. Read more »
May 22, 2018
Congo-Kinshasa: Tensions Run High at DRC Policy Breakfast on Capitol Hill
The ‘Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo’ panel convened by the Congressional Black Caucus on Capitol Hill last week was planned before the recent outbreak in… Read more »
May 21, 2018
Africa: What's Behind U.S. Secretary Pompeo's Calls to African Leaders?
Less then a month after taking office as U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo spoke by telephone last week to four African leaders. Announced on Twitter by State Department… Read more »
May 13, 2018
Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Chief Tedros Flies Into DR Congo to Direct Ebola Response
The World Health Organization's director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, flew into the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the weekend to visit an area hit by an outbreak… Read more »
May 11, 2018
Africa: South Africa's Ramaphosa to co-chair Global Commission on the Future of Work - ILO
President Cyril Ramaphosa is to join a top-level Commission on the Future of Work, set up by the International Labour Organization in 2017, the ILO has said. Read more »
May 07, 2018
Africa: Retired Ambassador Slated for Top U.S. State Department Post
A career diplomat who was U.S. ambassador to Guinea and Ethiopia under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush has been chosen for the top Africa policy post in the State… Read more »
May 02, 2018
Africa: Excuse Me Kanye West, Slavery Was a Choice For Who, How?
Kanye West, who has made extensive headlines recently with his support of President Donald Trump, sparked some serious backlash, and we thought it couldn't get much worse. Then he… Read more »
April 30, 2018
Nigeria: Ahead of White House Meeting, Abuja Touts Newly Agreed GE-Led Rail Project
A few hours before Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's White House meeting April 30 with President Trump, the Presidency in Abuja announced agreement to build a new rail network,… Read more »
Africa: U.S. to Punish Those Who Vote Against It?
Burundi, South Africa and Zimbabwe look set to be punished - or at least sent to the naughty corner - by the United States if the Trump administration acts on threats to penalise… Read more »
April 24, 2018
Africa: African Migrants to the U.S. Are the Cream of the Crop
The growing number African immigrants who settle in the United States are more highly educated than those who go to Europe, according to a new survey by a major American research… Read more »
April 23, 2018
Africa: 'You're Miserable. You're Beyond Miserable.' - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Having Malaria
For millions of Africans, malaria is a debilitating disease which repeatedly disrupts their lives and their productivity, leaving them "miserable, beyond miserable" every time it… Read more »
April 19, 2018
Africa: Malaria Summit Sees U.S.$4,1 Billion Committed to Fight Disease
More than a dozen heads of State and government, Bill Gates, ministers from 19 Commonwealth countries, scientists and private sector and international organisations have made… Read more »
April 17, 2018
Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Keeping a Close Eye on Kabila and Election Plans
The U.S. says it welcomes plans by the Democratic Republic of Congo to set up a special fund to manage all aid donations, said Elizabeth Jaffee, Senior DRC Desk Officer… Read more »
April 18, 2018
Africa: Now or Never - Quashing Malaria Before It Roars Back
A powerful international coalition of civil society organisations launches a new campaign in London today to fight back against the threatened resurgence of malaria. Read more »
April 16, 2018
Africa: U.S.-Africa Policy on the Skids - 10 Things Pompeo Can Do To Fix It Quickly
The Donald Trump Administration has largely ignored Africa during its first sixteen months in office. Secretary-of-State-nominee Mike Pompeo has an opportunity to change… Read more »
April 13, 2018
Africa: What's With Building All These High Walls?
When the Berlin wall finally came down in 1992, we thought: This was it, no more walls! Well, we might have celebrated too soon because in 1994 Israel constructed its own wall to… Read more »
Africa: Our Loyalty is to African Culture - New Director of Smithsonian's African Art Museum
Collaborating with African countries is a cornerstone of Augustus (Gus) Casely-Hayford's vision for the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Read more »
April 12, 2018
Africa: We Want English, Not Swahili, U.S. Senator Tells Facebook Chief
"I am going to suggest to you that you go back home and you rewrite it and tell your U.S.$1,200-an hour lawyers, no disrespect, they're good, but tell them that you want it written… Read more »
April 10, 2018
Cote d'Ivoire: Will Ivorians Take a Stand for Syria's Victims?
A United Nations Security Council vote on Syria last month offers fresh evidence that China is using its growing influence to curtail the UN's role in protecting human rights, in… Read more »
April 05, 2018
Africa: Ghanaians Fail Australia Sports Quiz, Sent Home
More than 50 Ghanaians trying to gain entry to Australia have been deported from the country. Read more »