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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: U.S. Congress Bill Calls On Obama to Engage African Markets

Brother, can you spare a dime? Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: Resolving Conflicts Remains Priority, Says Top U.S. Official

When he took office nearly three years ago as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson outlined an ambitious agenda for the Obama administration.… Read more »

Africa: Donald Payne Contributed to Improved U.S. Policies Towards Africa - Johnnie Carson

Congressman Donald Payne will be remembered for generating "greater understanding of Africa" and stronger ties between the United States and "the many countries… Read more »

Nigeria: Call to Appoint Finance Minister to Head World Bank

President Barack Obama should nominate Nigerian finance minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as next president of the World Bank, writes Harold E. Doley, Jr., a former United States… Read more »

Nigeria: A Marshall Plan to Develop the North?

Will President Goodluck Jonathan be successful in managing Nigeria's myriad challenges and achieve his goal of transforming the country into a modern and prosperous nation? Read more »

Senegal: U.S. Legal Firm Helps Wade Fight for Third Term

An Atlanta-based law firm with an extensive practice with U.S. government agencies in Washington has been assisting Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade with his controversial bid… Read more »