June 11, 2015
Africa: The E-cigarette and its New Challenges
From June 5 – 6, "The Global Forum on Nicotine," an international gathering of researchers, professionals and activists who fight against the harmful effects of tobacco by… Read more »
June 10, 2015
Eritrea: Asmara Lashes Out at UN's 'Vile Slanders'
The Eritrean foreign ministry has issued a scathing attack on the report of a United Nations inquiry into human rights in the country. Read more »
June 04, 2015
Africa: Economies Struggle to Compete - Report
Despite high average growth rates across Africa in recent years, the capacity of most countries' economies to compete with those of other nations has stagnated in recent years,… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Competitiveness Lags Behind
An excerpt from the World Economic Forum's Africa Competitiveness Report 2015: Read more »
Africa: How Competitive Are African Economies?
Among 144 countries surveyed in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index, African nations occupy rankings ranging from 39th place to 144th. The rankings of Africa… Read more »
June 02, 2015
Southern Africa: Historic Slave Shipwreck Found Off South African Coast
Researchers have announced the discovery of the wreck of a Portuguese slave ship in which an estimated 200 Mozambicans died when the ship sank just off Cape Town more than two… Read more »
June 01, 2015
Africa: Why Are African Leaders Silent On Mediterranean Migrant Disasters?
The recent drownings of African migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, just south of Sicily, have caught global attention and stirred an uproar. Read more »
May 28, 2015
South Africa: FIFA's U.S. $10 Milllion Bribe 'to Support the African Diaspora'
Excerpts from the indictment accusing certain FIFA officials and business executives of corruption in organising international football over two decades. The full text of the… Read more »
May 27, 2015
South Africa: Bribery Allegedly Won 2010 World Cup for South Africa
The FIFA corruption scandal rocking the football world has cast a shadow over the historic decision to stage the 2010 World Cup in Africa. Read more »
Africa: Top Soccer Officials Arrested at FIFA Meeting
Swiss police swooped on a leading Zurich hotel early on Wednesday morning and arrested top officials attending meetings of football's governing body, FIFA. Later in the morning,… Read more »
May 15, 2015
Nigeria: Top 10 Ways to Repair U.S.-Nigeria Ties – Ambassador Carson
Senior diplomat/analyst outlines a program to mend frayed American relations with Africa's most populous nation and largest economy. Read more »
April 30, 2015
Senegal: Economic Plan Profiled for Investors & Policymakers
A briefing for investors and policymakers focusing on Senegal, hosted by AllAfrica on April 17, drew capacity attendance from private equity funds, companies, financial… Read more »
April 24, 2015
Africa: Malaria Costs Africa U.S.$12 Billion a Year
In an interview with AllAfrica for World Malaria Day on April 25, Dr. Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré, executive director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, says while death rates… Read more »
April 17, 2015
South Africa: Surprise At the Diplomatic Discord Between Washington and Pretoria
This article is part of a series researched and written by the Center for Public Integrity in Washington. Read more »
South Africa: The Hero Who Bombed a Nuclear Plant
This article is part of a series researched and written by the respected Center for Public Integrity in Washington and originally published by the Center and the Washington Post. Read more »
April 16, 2015
South Africa: South Africa Rebuffs U.S. Over Nuclear Explosives
This report on the stand-off between South Africa and the United States on the fuel which remains from Pretoria's apartheid-era nuclear weapons programme is from the respected… Read more »
April 15, 2015
Congo-Kinshasa: Combatting Sexual Violence & Child Recruitment
Following is the text of remarks before the United Nations Security Council by Jeanine Mabunda Lioko Mudiayi, the personal representative of the president of the Democratic… Read more »
April 13, 2015
Africa: Honoring Africa in Washington DC
AllAfrica Global Media is marking its 15-year anniversary with the launch of the AllAfrica Awards on Friday April 17th, 2015 in Washington DC. Read more »
March 30, 2015
Africa: Lights, Roads, Water, ICT - Invest! Addis Forum Call
Africa needs huge financial investments to achieve its development goals, UN Under Secretary General Carlos Lopes told delegates at a finance conference in Addis Ababa. Read more »
South Africa: Comedian Trevor Noah Lands Top U.S. Television Job
South African comedian Trevor Noah has reportedly been given a big promotion - following in American television host Jon Stewarts's footsteps, according to the New York Times. Read more »
March 18, 2015
Africa: New Development Goals 'Unprecedented' Opportunity for Families
The two of us met for the first time more than a decade ago, in the small rural village of Momemo, an hour's drive and a world away from the urban bustle of Maputo, Mozambique's… Read more »
February 13, 2015
Africa: Is the AGOA Trade Pact Finished?
If the renewal process is delayed to Agoa's expiration date of September 30 of this year, it will undermine much of what the legislation has achieved, especially in the apparel… Read more »
February 03, 2015
Nigeria: Filmmaker Builds Bridges at Sundance Festival With Winning Short Film
Sundance Institute premiered the winners of a Short Film Challenge launched last year - an international shorts program designed to spark global conversation highlighting human… Read more »
January 20, 2015
Cote d'Ivoire: Great Expectations for New Manchester City Sign-Up
Striker Wilfred Bony's transfer to Manchester City last week will have been received as mixed news by Cote d'Ivoire coach Herve Renard ahead of their African Nations Cup opener… Read more »
January 15, 2015
Nigeria: Top U.S. Figure Calls for International Action On Nigeria
President Barack Obama's former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, spells out the dangers facing Nigeria in the coming month and calls on the U.S.,… Read more »
