Africa: Stolen Funds Dwarf Development Aid - Mbeki

The illicit flow of money out of Africa is at least double what the continent receives from development assistance, according to conservative estimates. Large corporations are… Read more »

Senegal: Dakar Reaches Out to Finance Big Development Plans

Senegal's Minister of Budget Mouhamadou Mactar Cisse met with business representatives in Washington, D.C. last month to present the country's ambitious development plan and… Read more »

Nigeria: Women's Group Receives Major U.S. Award

A Nigerian organization dedicated to promoting the rights of women in the country's legal systems has received a major award from an American foundation for its "outsized impact"… Read more »

South Africa: Ford Foundation Pledges Support for 'Visionaries' Tackling Inequality

In 2004, a decade into South Africa's extraordinary experiment with democratic government, Archbishop Desmond Tutu reminded us that we could "kiss reconciliation and forgiveness… Read more »

Africa: Three Myths That Block Progress for the Poor

The introduction to the 2014 Gates annual letter, published by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Read more »

Africa: Empowering Women Builds Better Futures

Melinda Gates says everyone wins - and lives are saved - when teenage girls are in school rather than having babies. Excerpted from the 2014 Gates annual letter, published by the… Read more »

Africa: Gates Tackles Prophets of Doom On Poverty, Foreign Aid

The American entrepreneur and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has mounted a vigorous attack on prophets of doom who say that poor countries are destined to remain so and that foreign… Read more »

Central African Republic: More CAR Peacekeepers May Be Needed

Amid fears that the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) could descend into a genocide, a senior member of the Obama administration's foreign policy team says the time… Read more »

Africa: We Must Continue the Long Walk - Ambassador

An address delivered by Ebrahim Rasool, South African ambassador to the United States, to a memorial service for Nelson Mandela, in the National Cathedral, Washington, DC: Read more »

Africa: Egypt One of Most Dangerous Countries for Journalists

Egypt has become one of the deadliest places in the world for journalists, says the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Read more »

Africa: Championing a Development Agenda Beyond 2015

Molly Elgin-Cossart, senior fellow at the New York University Center on International Cooperation, reflects on lessons learned from the United Nations High-Level Panel on the… Read more »

South Africa: 'Boy, Did They Blow It' - Mandela's Soccer City Memorial

Never, never and never again will South Africa receive in one day anything like the number of global leaders that turned up for Nelson Mandela's memorial service at the FNB stadium… Read more »

Africa: Major Progress in Malaria Fight - Report

Despite an increase in the number of people at risk for malaria, mortality rates have dropped dramatically since 2000 through the use of a handful of tools that global health… Read more »

South Africa: President Obama's Full Speech at Mandela Memorial

U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a powerful speech at former South African president Nelson Mandela's memorial service: Read more »

Liberia: Fighting for Liberia's Future – One Issue at a Time

A Conversation with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Read more »

Central African Republic: UN-Backed Troops Set to Deploy in CAR

The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote on Thursday to approve UN intervention in the Central African Republic (CAR), giving African and French troops already in… Read more »

West Africa: U.S. to Boost Public-Private Investment for Growth

As she begins a trip to Ghana, Liberia and Senegal this week, Elizabeth Littlefield, president and chief executive officer of the United States government's development finance… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Former British PM Denies Zimbabwe Coup Plot Claim

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has released a statement denying that he put pressure on South Africa while he was in office to help remove Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe… Read more »

Africa: Better Coordination Needed to Eradicate Malaria

Malaria researchers believe that better coordination and new technologies, such as the use of vaccines and sophisticated disease mapping, can inject new life into the ambitious… Read more »

South Africa: U.S. Rapper Eminem to Perform in South Africa

Showtime Management has announced that multiple award-winning U.S. rapper, Marshall Mathers popularly known as Eminem, will perform in South Africa early next year on his Rapture… Read more »

Nigeria: U.S. Declares Boko Haram, Ansaru As 'Terrorists'

The United States has declared the Nigerian militant groups Boko Haram and Ansaru as "foreign terrorist organisations" under U.S. law. Read more »

Africa: Helping Mothers to Deliver Healthy Children Safely

Holding the hand of Kumi as she went into labor at 3 am is a moment I'll never forget. Kumi lives in small hut in rural Ethiopia, hours away from the nearest health facility - and… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels, Govt Close to Peace Deal

If the M23 movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo publicly renounces its rebellion, Kinshasa will accept the announcement and a peace deal will be signed five days later, say… Read more »

Africa: Child Mothers Set to Double By 2030, Says UN

The number of girls who become mothers before they are 15 years old is set nearly to double in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030, according to a new United Nations report. Read more »

Africa: For GE, Africa's Infrastructural Needs Represent Business Opportunity - Jay Ireland

General Electric, a well-known American brand with longstanding engagement in Africa, is "expanding its footprint" across the African continent (see GE in Africa brochure). The… Read more »