May 27, 2010
Africa: Group Indicts Govt Failures to Act on Rights Violations
The failure of African states to hold violators of human rights accountable for their actions has been pin-pointed as a major problem across the continent by the respected advocacy… Read more »
May 26, 2010
Ethiopia: U.S., Europe Criticize Elections but Will Work with Meles
The United States and the European Union have held back from endorsing Ethiopia's elections on Sunday as free and fair, both criticizing the government of Prime Minister Meles… Read more »
Ethiopia: Election Marred by 'Narrowing of Political Space' - EU
The following is the executive summary of the preliminary statement of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) which observed the 23 May 2010 elections to the… Read more »
May 25, 2010
Africa: Advocacy Group ONE Assesses G7 Nations on Aid
Nearly five years after the G7 countries promised at their meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland, to increase development aid to Africa, the global anti-poverty advocacy group, ONE,… Read more »
Africa: Aid Campaigners Call for New Plans for Development Goals
Industrialized countries have delivered an historic increase in development aid to Africa in the past five years, but they have gone only three-fifths of the way towards meeting… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change, Financial Crisis Hurt Progress Towards Millennium Development Goals
The global economic crisis and climate change threaten to curtail already slow progress on meeting the social development targets of the Millennium Development Goals, says a new… Read more »
Africa: Annan Slams Leaders for 'Personal Enrichment', 'Authoritarian Behaviour'
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report issued on Tuesday that while a number of African leaders stand out as "champions of development," they are still… Read more »
Liberia: President Reports Progress Amid Problems to U.S. Backers
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is in Washington this week with a message that the country's post-conflict recovery, while still fragile, can become self-sustaining within… Read more »
May 13, 2010
Tanzania: Freelance Journalist Wins Top U.S. Award
A U.S.-based global media network is to award a Tanzanian freelance journalist, Vicky Ntetema, for her courage in exposing the brutal killings of albinos and their families. Read more »
May 05, 2010
Africa: Harnessing Continent's Potential Through Infrastructure Development and Entrepreneurship
The recent Fourth Annual Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference brought together industry leaders from all sectors and policymakers from the United… Read more »
May 04, 2010
Madagascar: Rajoelina Negotiates on Army Demands
Madagascar's ruler, Andry Rajoelina, is reported to be conducting talks with military leaders in an effort to meet their demands that he bring to an end the country's political… Read more »
Sudan: Clinton Defends U.S. Record on Khartoum
The United States Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, has defended the Obama administration's record on Sudan, saying although she is "certainly not satisfied" with what it has… Read more »
May 03, 2010
Somalia: UN Envoy Says Peace and Humanitarian Efforts Must Move to Mogadishu
Peace in Somalia is not only possible but is 'relatively easy' to achieve, according to Ambassador Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, a veteran diplomat who has served as Mauritania's foreign… Read more »
April 27, 2010
Madagascar: Leaders to Meet in New Bid to Resolve Political Deadlock
Four months after Madagascar's de facto leader Andry Rajoelina repudiated internationally-brokered mechanisms aimed at restoring constitutional rule, African leaders will make a… Read more »
April 17, 2010
South Africa: Religious Uproar Over Jewish Judge Who Criticized Israel
South Africa's Jewish community, the largest in Africa, is in an uproar over pressure brought to bear on one of its most eminent members by Zionists upset over his involvement in… Read more »
April 15, 2010
Nigeria: Electoral Reform, Energy Are Top Priorities for Acting President
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday called for a curb on the sale of small arms around the world and for the international community to support Nigeria's efforts to… Read more »
April 08, 2010
Nigeria: 'We Want Nation to Succeed' - U.S. Ambassador
The failed attempt on December 25, 2009 by the young Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, to detonate hidden explosives on a flight to Detroit created an additional layer of… Read more »
March 19, 2010
Africa: Rap Artists Join Forces on New Project
A new musical collaboration between artists representing Ghana, Uganda and the US has resulted in the creation of A.R.M., also known as African Rebel Movement or Artists… Read more »
Africa: The Lives of African Immigrants Explored in 'Soul Diaspora'
"Soul Diaspora," a new feature film by Nigerian filmmaker Odera Ozoka, recently won the Audience Favorite Narrative Feature Award at the annual Pan African Film Festival in Los… Read more »
March 24, 2010
South Africa: Oprah Winfrey Settles Lawsuit With School Principal
American talk show host Oprah Winfrey and Nomvuyo Mzamane, the South African teacher who previously headed Winfrey's school for girls near Johannesburg, have settled a lawsuit out… Read more »
Africa: Financing Green Technology Adoption
A controversial excerpt leaked from a 1991 World Bank memo signed by the U.S. administration’s current chief economic advisor, Lawrence Summers, outlined the… Read more »
March 17, 2010
Western Sahara: Controversial Film Exposes Slavery in Refugee Camps
One of the most controversial films shown at the recent Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) was “Stolen,” which had its U.S. premier at the festival. The… Read more »
March 12, 2010
Africa: Civil Society Must Hold Govt Accountable, Says IMF Chief
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this week made his third trip to Africa in a year, visiting Kenya, South Africa and Zambia… Read more »
March 04, 2010
Cape Verde: Film Exposes Portugal's Exploitative Labour Practices in Africa
The 2010 Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) in Los Angeles featured the world premier of Contract by Cape Verdean filmmaker Guenny K. Pires. Read more »
February 28, 2010
Africa: Carson Cites 'Powerful Success Stories' and Reiterates U.S. Commitment to Political and Economic Progress
Since taking office in May as the lead policymaker on Africa for the U.S. administration, Johnnie Carson has been on the go. As assistant secretary of state for Africa, he has made… Read more »