June 23, 2022
Africa: IMF Calls for Good Governance, Stronger Anti-Corruption Measures on the Continent
The African Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) convened a two-day meeting on good governance and corruption in Botswana to discuss how Africa can reap the benefits of… Read more »
Africa: IMF's Antoinette Sayeh Speaks on Good Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa - Opportunities and Lessons
AllAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo spoke to the International Monetary Fund's Deputy Managing Director Antoinette Sayeh who recently attended a high level conference co-organised with… Read more »
June 20, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Lumumba's Tooth Handed Over to Family
The government of Belgium has handed over a tooth of Democratic Republic of the Congo's first Prime Minister Patrice Emery Lumumba to his children and an official delegation in… Read more »
June 17, 2022
South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - June 17, 2022
Nelson Mandela Bay Races to Avoid Day Zero Water Crisis Read more »
June 14, 2022
Africa: A United Africa Can Address Climate, Covid and Conflict - Ukraine Shows Why It Matters
Africa should be under no illusion about Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. It is the equivalent of France deciding it would like to have Algeria back or Portugal seeking to… Read more »
June 10, 2022
Cote d'Ivoire: President Biden Nominates Jessica Davis Ba to be Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire
Jessica Davis Ba, a career diplomat with extensive Africa experience, has been selected by President Biden to be the U.S. ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire. Formerly known as Ivory… Read more »
Mozambique: Cabo Delgado Insurgents Still Move Around 'With Apparent Freedom'
The insurgents who are waging a low-intensity civil war in northern Mozambique are able to move around with apparent freedom, despite the successes of a multi-national military… Read more »
June 08, 2022
Africa: The War in Ukraine Through an African Lens
From the ‘with us or against us’ frame to the disproportionate fallout of the commodities crisis, these countries are non-aligned for a reason. Read more »
June 07, 2022
Africa: Health and Wellbeing - The Bedrock to Safety, Peace and Security #WHA75
The WHO's member states agree that for peace to prevail in conflict affected places, good medical assistance and health resources should be available for all. Some suggested… Read more »
June 03, 2022
Africa: Anglo-Swiss Firm Glencore Pleads Guilty to Massive Bribery in Africa
On May 24, 2022 Swiss oil trading giant Glencore admitted to American justice that it had paid nearly one hundred million dollars in bribes to officials and public agents in eight… Read more »
May 28, 2022
Malawi: Poor Pushed to Brink of Hunger in Malawi, UN Agency Warns
Soaring food prices, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, are pushing poor people to the brink of hunger in Malawi, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. Read more »
May 27, 2022
Africa: E-cigarettes and Youth: Turning Scientific Evidence into Efficient Communication
The 6th annual US e-cigarette summit, 2022 took place on May 17th in Washington DC and virtually. The stated objective of this hybrid event was “facilitating dialogue and… Read more »
May 26, 2022
Africa: U.S. Senate Committee Hears from Six Nominees for Key Africa Ambassadorial Posts
The U.S. Senate moved a bit closer to confirmation of President Biden’s nominees for six key ambassadorial posts in Africa with a hearing on Tuesday. [Watch] Read more »
May 25, 2022
Africa: Thousands Sit on Death Row Across The Continent, But Few Are Executed
The number of prisoners executed in sub-Saharan Africa more than doubled in 2021, largely a result of death sentences passed on al-Shabaab militants in Somalia, reports Amnesty… Read more »
May 23, 2022
Africa: Fix Broken Financing to Ensure a #StrongWHO – Appeal from 80 Organizations
Following is a letter from 80 organizations around the world to delegates attending the World Health Assembly #WHA75 calling on Member States to strengthen the World Health… Read more »
May 19, 2022
Africa: AU Sets Sights on Terrorism and Unconstitutional Regime Change
The African Union (AU) will hold an Extraordinary Summit focusing on the challenges of terrorism and violent extremism in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, from the May 28, 2022, with a… Read more »
May 12, 2022
Mali: French Foreign Minister Ordered to Appear in Bamako Court
The French minister of foreign affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian is expected at a courthouse in Bamako on June 20 over charges of awarding a public contract for the production of… Read more »
Africa: Tobacco - Are Sustainability and Profit Compatible?
The Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF) organized a virtual In Focus meeting on the topic of sustainability on the 5th of May. Read more »
May 10, 2022
Mali: Malian Army Reacts to Talks of German Forces Withdrawal
After nine years with the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM), Germany has announced its withdrawal. Some 300 German soldiers have so far been involved in training the… Read more »
April 22, 2022
Africa: Transformative Leadership: The Solution to Global Health and Climate Crises #AfricaClimateCrisis
As the world tentatively moves toward recovery from what we hope is the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are reminded that an even larger threat remains: climate change. Read more »
April 18, 2022
Africa: Russia and China and Biden's Security Policy toward Africa
Just weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in March, General Stephen J. Townsend - commander of the U.S. Africa Command, known as Africom - testified before the House and… Read more »
April 10, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Statement by Former U.S. Ambassadors
We, former U.S. ambassadors and charges d’affaires to Ethiopia, were heartened by the humanitarian truce announced by the Ethiopian Federal Government and subsequently… Read more »
April 05, 2022
Africa: Bolloré Africa Logistics Group Pulls Plug on Business on the Continent
The Bolloré Africa Logistics group has confirmed the sale of its activities in Africa to Franco-Swiss shipowner MSC for a record amount of € 5.7 billion. In addition to… Read more »
April 04, 2022
Africa: 28 Years Later, the African Union Remembers Rwanda
April 7 marks the start of Kwibuka, the commemoration period of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, a cataclysmic event which saw one million killed in barely 100 days. Read more »
April 01, 2022
Africa: Don't Turn the Page on Covid - It's Not Through with Us Yet
As Special Envoys of the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General on Covid-19, we have watched in dismay as the world attempts – too soon, in our opinion – to… Read more »
