May 15, 2012
Somalia: European Military Launches Air Raid On Pirates
European Union military forces carried out an air raid on what they called "pirate equipment" on the coast of Somalia on Tuesday. Read more »
Africa: UN Hits Out at Rulers Over Lack of Food
Despite rapid economic growth in some African countries in recent years, no government across the continent can rightfully claim that all its citizens have access to enough… Read more »
May 07, 2012
Africa: Trade Talks Threaten Access to Aids Drugs
Humanitarian aid has come a long way in the last 40 years, says the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr. Unni Karunakara, but he warns that… Read more »
Africa: Raising 'Uncomfortable Questions' in a Changing World
Part 2 of a conversation with the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières. Read more »
Africa: Great Gains Against Killer Diseases At Risk
Part 1 of a conversation with the international president of Mèdecins Sans Frontières. Read more »
May 03, 2012
Africa: HIV Funding Boosts General Health Services - Study
The debate within the global health community about the impact of dedicated HIV/Aids funding on general public health services has been taken a step further with a study showing… Read more »
May 02, 2012
Africa: Two Countries Named in 10 Worst for Censorship
Eritrea experiences the worst censorship in the world, while Equatorial Guinea is among the five most heavily-censored countries, says the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Read more »
April 30, 2012
Central Africa: U.S.-Sponsored Visit to Anti-Kony Staging Camp Produces Flurry of News
An unusual dateline - Obo, Central African Republic - appeared in newspapers and on radio broadcasts across the globe Monday morning. Read more »
April 29, 2012
Africa: Fugitives Take Note - Justice Can Be Done
Liberia's "big man" surely thought he'd enjoy a comfortable retirement when he left power back in 2003. But on April 26 the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted Charles Taylor… Read more »
April 26, 2012
Liberia: Taylor Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has become the first African leader to be found guilty of war crimes by an international court. Read more »
Sudan: African Union Calls For End to Bombing, Troop Withdrawals
The African Union has called on Sudan to stop its aerial bombing of South Sudan and expressed "dismay and deep disappointment" with both countries for their involvement in the… Read more »
April 25, 2012
Africa: Malaria - a Mass Killer Under Fire
Malaria is in the bull's eye of a global campaign. The target is zero malaria deaths by 2015. The challenge is how to get there -- and stay there. Read more »
East Africa: Obama Extends U.S. Search for LRA's Kony
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced that American advisers helping with the mission to capture Joseph Kony will remain in East Africa to "bring this madman to justice.". Read more »
April 24, 2012
Africa: U.S. in Drive to Boost Africa's Energy Supply
As I fly over Africa at night - a regular occurrence in my job - the continent is an indelible image of sporadic pinpricks of light that identify the largest cities and towns, with… Read more »
April 23, 2012
Zimbabwe: Petition Requests UN to Supervise Polls
More than 200 singing and drum-beating demonstrators took to the streets of London in the hopes that their protest will push the United Nations (UN) to supervise the next general… Read more »
April 11, 2012
Africa: U.S. Congress Bill Calls On Obama to Engage African Markets
Brother, can you spare a dime? Read more »
April 05, 2012
Africa: Kickstarting Entrepreneurship and Progress
KickStart, a non-proft that promotes technology and entrepreneurism in Africa, was among those honoured at the first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls held… Read more »
Africa: Empowering Through Employment
In three years, Samasource has paid more than U.S.$1.5 million in real wages to over 2,000 trained workers in places where most people survive on less than $3 a day. The social… Read more »
Africa: Are Maternal Deaths a 'Right to Life' Issue?
Picture yourself in a room with 30 other women - knowing that one of you will die during pregnancy or childbirth. That's not a concept for a macabre TV show - unless it's reality… Read more »
March 30, 2012
Africa: Top African Banker Tells Europe to Get Behind Okonjo-Iweala
I am blessed to be approaching my four score birth year. Looking back over the transformation of Africa during my lifetime, I recognize my fortune to have been a participant… Read more »
Africa: Prestigious Publication Backs Okonjo-Iweala for World Bank
The reputable London-based weekly, The Economist, has backed the candidacy of Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as president of the World Bank and seriously questioned the suitability… Read more »
March 29, 2012
South Sudan: Nets for Relief as Refugees Flee
Against the backdrop of renewed hostilities between South Sudan and its northern neighbour, a fresh initiative aims to provide some relief from an ever-present threat that is… Read more »
March 23, 2012
Senegal: Voters Return to the Polls on Sunday
Senegalese voters return to the polls on Sunday for the second round of voting in the presidential election, after campaigning closes at midnight on Friday night. Read more »
March 20, 2012
Africa: U.S. Focuses on Energy, Infrastructure on Continent
"American influence and dominance in Africa has been significantly eroded by China, Brazil, India and others," Mwangi S. Kimenyi, director of the Africa Growth Initiative at The… Read more »
March 15, 2012
Africa: African Democracies 'Represent the Future,' Says U.S. Policymaker
Promoting democracy in Africa has been a policy focus for successive U.S. administrations in the post-Cold War era. Since President Barack Obama took office in 2009, the American… Read more »