Africa: Food: The Centre of our Lives and the Centre of our Futures

Food often brings us together - whether it is working to harvest crops, preparing traditional recipes or over joyous celebrations. While what we eat varies, food is a constant… Read more »

Africa: We Can Defeat Poverty - Melinda Gates

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls the efforts to achieve 'Millennium Development Goals' over the last 15 years "the most successful anti-poverty movement in… Read more »

Africa: Unleashing the Power of Young People and the Demographic Dividend

The demographic dividend has become a rallying call around the world. Read more »

Kenya: A Kenyan Mother's Fight to Save Her Community from Lead Poisoning

As environmental activist Phyllis Omido ascended the stage at the San Francisco Opera House to accept a prize for her efforts to close down a dangerous lead smelter, the crowd… Read more »

Liberia: New Disease Control Center to Develop Ebola Response Model

"By this time last year we were down in the trenches", recalled Winnie Scott-McDonald, the Administrator of Liberia's largest referral hospital, the John F. Kennedy Medical Center.… Read more »

Africa: Gates Foundation Changes Focus to 'Last Mile' of Delivery

AllAfrica's Juanita Williams and Melissa Britz interviewed Dr Ayo Ajayi, the director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Africa Team, about the foundation's new… Read more »

Africa: Interview with Dr Kgosi Letlape - Globlal Forum on Nicotine

Dr Kgosi Letlape is a South African ophthalmologist and health care leader. He is the current president of the African Medical Association, former chairperson of the South African… Read more »

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 »

Africa: How Malaria Fight Saved Millions – Why It Matters

The latest statistics show impressive progress in the fight against malaria -- a 46 percent decrease in infections among children in sub-Saharan Africa and an estimated 4.3 million… Read more »

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 »

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 »

West Africa: Presidents Appeal for Post-Ebola Aid Ahead of Obama Talks

The leaders of the West African countries hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak of the past year have called on the international community to support a recovery plan which will… Read more »

West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea Presidents Call for Post-Ebola Recovery Plan

Presidents Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Alpha Conde of Guinea and Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone appeal for international support in five key areas for a common economic… Read more »

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 »

Africa: Call to Fight Diabetes in Pregnancy

Diabetes in expectant mothers is a widespread but little-recognised threat which could be fought relatively easily and cheaply, according to a new study just published. Read more »

Ghana/Guinea: Guinea Overcome Ebola Stigma to Shine at Afcon

Guinea have overcome a lot to reach the quarter-finals of the African Nations Cup, so much in fact that they might feel it is written in the stars that they should advance to this… Read more »

Africa: Olikoye - a Short Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

How softly the rain fell that Monday morning when my water broke. Because I was used to the raging downpours of Lagos, this quiet patter calmed me, filled me with peace. My husband… Read more »

Africa: Drama Looms At Africa Cup of Nations

With the final round of pool matches under way, one of the major features of the African Nations Cup finals in Equatorial Guinea has been the inability of teams to hold onto a… Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica's Most Read Stories of 2014 (Includes Sex)

The abuses of Nigeria's Boko Haram militants, especially the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, and the outbreak of Ebola in west Africa dominate the list of developing news… Read more »

Nigeria: Preventing Urban Epidemics Through Community Buy-In

Okechukwu Ndaguba sits at a table in a noisy conference room at the Jades Hotel in Nigeria's capital city, summoning strength for the last day of a planning session about a new… Read more »

West Africa: Why TIME Tapped Ebola Fighters

"The rest of the world can sleep at night because a group of men and women are willing to stand and fight." That's why TIME named Ebola Fighters as the Person of the Year 2014,… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Mobile Tech Fights Freetown Health Shocks

"The phone rang and I heard Isatu's cheery voice," said Moiyattu Banya, who co-founded the Girls Empowerment Summit Sierra Leone two years ago. "She was flashing me." Read more »

Cameroon: Taming Waters for Health, Jobs in Yaounde

More than half the world's eight billion people will be living in cities within five years, demographers predict – and Africa is at the forefront of that transition. Read more »

West Africa: 'Huge Risk' of Ebola Spreading, UN Warns

"There is a huge risk to the world that Ebola will spread," the head of UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Tony Bunbury, warned in an interview with the BBC. He said… Read more »

Africa: The Economics of Pro-Poor Health Policy

West Africa's Ebola crisis highlights the need for regional bodies such as the Southern African Development Community to cooperate to facilitate access to medicines by the poor,… Read more »