April 08, 2013
Africa: Plutocrats Versus the People - Another World Is Possible
Every February, roughly 3,000 of the world's economic and political elite gather for the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the snowy ski town of Davos amidst the beautiful backdrop of… Read more »
April 05, 2013
West Africa: U.S. and West African Countries Work Towards Trade Deal
The United States is working with West African countries to reach a trade and investment agreement that supports efforts at economic growth and integration as American companies… Read more »
Central African Republic: Rebel Leader Accepts Transitional Council - Report
The Prime Minister of Central African Republic Nicolas Tiangaye has announced that rebel leader Michel Djotodia accepted the outcome of a regional summit on the country's crisis,… Read more »
Guinea Bissau: Former Navy Chief Na Tchuto Arrested as 'Drug Kingpin'
The former chief of the navy in Guinea-Bissau was arrested and is being transferred to the U.S., according to BBC News. Read more »
Africa: AllAfrica - Celebrating 'We Are the World' - Today
Twenty-eight years ago this month, dozens of popular musicians "checked their egos at the door" of a Los Angeles studio to record 'We Are the World' (WATW) - generating over $75… Read more »
April 04, 2013
Central Africa: Regional Body Finds it 'Impossible' to Recognise Michel Djotodia as Central African President
Members of the Economic Community of Central African States met in an extraordinary meeting in Djamena, Chad, under the auspices of Idriss Derby, the current chairman and president… Read more »
April 01, 2013
Africa: Landmark Ruling in Medicine Patent Court Battle
India's highest court has dismissed Swiss drug maker Novartis AG's petition seeking patent protection for a cancer drug, according to an Al Jazeera report. Read more »
March 25, 2013
Africa: The New Global Landscape and Your Role as Global Leaders
Following is the text of a FEEEDS series speech delivered by Ambassador (Dr.) Robin Renee Sanders at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri on March 21, 2013 Read more »
March 24, 2013
Nigeria: Grieving the Loss of Achebe's Special Voice
Many voices have contributed to a better understanding of the complexities, the challenges and the beauty that is all over the African continent. But if we have to ask if there… Read more »
Nigeria: Chinua Achebe - 'The Most Perceptive Observer of African Life'
Chinua was a dear friend. We first met more than forty years ago when he asked for my support with his literary journal OKIKE. And at a time when foundations did not think that… Read more »
March 17, 2013
Africa: Will Africa's Candidate Win Top World Trade Post?
It's decision time for the 159 member countries in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which regulates global rules for trade and tariffs. The selection process for the next WTO… Read more »
Africa: Transforming the U.S.-Africa Commercial Relationship
This 113th session of the U.S. Congress has an opportunity to transform U.S. trade and investment relations with Africa. Read more »
February 27, 2013
Africa: Carson Feted for Policy Legacy
At a reception honoring outgoing Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson, members of Congress from both parties and leading Africanists paid tribute to the veteran diplomat's… Read more »
February 21, 2013
Africa: Closing the Gap - Meet Aims to End Extreme Poverty
When 17-year-old Sona Traore represented the Child Protection Network of Liberia at a civil society event organized in conjunction with a three-day United Nations meeting in this… Read more »
Africa: U.S. Official Flags Poaching As Security Threat
The number of elephants alive today is the smallest number ever recorded. A new surge of slaughter is, according to wildlife experts, worse than the mass killings of the 1970s and… Read more »
Africa: Elephants Under Grave Threat
Conservationists warn that unless action is taken soon, Africa's iconic herds of elephants could disappear from the landscape. Read more »
February 08, 2013
Chad: Special Court On Hissene Habre Opens
The special court that will try former Chadian President Hissene Habré was officially inaugurated on Friday in Dakar. Read more »
January 30, 2013
Africa: Mozambican Wins Prestigious Vaccine Innovation Award
Sixty-four-year-old Margarida Matsinhe has won the 2013 Gates Vaccine Innovation Award for her "instrumental" work in overhauling the vaccine system in her native Mozambique. Read more »
January 27, 2013
Egypt: Investigation Continues After Wild Poliovirus Is Detected
Nearly eight years after the World Health Organization declared Egypt polio free and two years after the last reported case, wild poliovirus has popped up in the capital,… Read more »
January 15, 2013
Mali: Test of U.S. Will in Mali Conflict
Mali, only recently seen as a model African democracy, has crashed onto the stage of world attention, bringing formidable challenges for the international community. Whether to… Read more »
January 18, 2013
Africa: Columbia University Hub Aims to Engage African Research
We live in an increasingly globalised world and this is transforming how we live. Thanks to new technology we can now communicate seamlessly and instantly across the globe.… Read more »
January 17, 2013
Somalia: U.S. Recognizes Somali Government
The United States has officially recognized Somalia's government in Mogadishu for the first time in 20 years, U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said after meeting with Somali… Read more »
January 16, 2013
Africa: Will an African Be Chosen to Lead the World Trade Organization?
Notwithstanding the fact that the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has few real powers as executive head of a member-driven organization, it is one of the… Read more »
Africa: World Bank Projects Five Percent Growth
An excerpt from the 2013 World Bank report, Global Economic Prospects, dealing with Sub-Saharan Africa: Read more »
Africa: World Bank Assessment of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2012
An excerpt from the sub-Saharan Africa summary of the World Bank's report, Global Economic Prospects: Read more »
