Africa: Climate Change Threatens Continent

The carbon emissions of developed countries threaten to devastate sub-Saharan Africa in the coming decades, says a major United Nations report issued today. Read more »

Africa: Despite New Figures, Aids Funding Doesn't Meet Needs - Stephen Lewis

Excerpt from a speech by Stephen Lewis, Co-Director, AIDS-Free World to the World Health Editors Network, Imperial College, London, UK Friday, November 23, 2007, 11:00 am. Read more »

South Africa: Govt Presses Major Powers on Darfur Force

South Africa has urged Russia, China, the United States and European Union countries to provide the heavy military equipment necessary to deploy Darfur's new hybrid… Read more »

Liberia: Major Road Building Begins in Capital

Construction and repair work on some of Monrovia's main thoroughfares officially began Friday, marking the launch of the first phase of an emergency road repair project… Read more »

Africa: Major Reforms Boosting Growth, Says World Bank

Africa’s prospects for economic growth are improving as a result of reforms in macro-economic management and trade policy, as well as better governance, the World Bank… Read more »

Liberia: Big Steps Taken Toward Debt Relief

Liberia is on its way to clearing debts of U.S. $1.5 billion to international financial institutions under relief schemes designed for the world’s most heavily-indebted… Read more »

Liberia: IMF Announces Debt Relief Milestone

The International Monetary Fund has announced an important milestone in granting substantial debt relief to Liberia. Read more »

Ethiopia: Analysts Warn of New War With Eritrea

There is a growing danger of renewed war between Ethiopia and Eritrea in the coming weeks, and both the United Nations and the United States must act quickly to head it off, the… Read more »

Sudan: Britain Threatens Sanctions as Darfur Talks Falter

As talks aimed at peace in Darfur got off to a faltering start in Libya at the weekend, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown threatened new sanctions against Sudan if the talks did… Read more »

Sudan: Africa to Supply Most Darfur Peacekeepers

Africa is likely to contribute up to four-fifths of the troops making up the planned United Nations-African Union hybrid peacekeeping force to be deployed in Sudan's… Read more »

Africa: Former President of Mozambique Wins Leadership Prize

Joaquim Chissano, the former president of Mozambique, is the first recipient of a new, high-profile prize to reward exemplary leadership by recently-retired African heads of… Read more »

Africa: Malaria Campaign Making Progress, Says Report

Four out of every five of the one million people who die of malaria each year are African children under the age of five, according to a new report issued by the United Nations… Read more »

Sudan: Food Delivery Drivers Killed in Darfur

Three truck drivers for the World Food Programme (WFP) have been shot dead while working for the United Nations food agency in Darfur, according to a WFP news release issued today. Read more »

Africa: War Costs Continent U.S. $18 Billion Annually

A new study shows that conflicts in Africa cost the continent over 300 billion U.S. dollars between 1990 and 2005 – an amount equivalent to all the international aid received… Read more »

Africa: Kenya, Ghana Are Top Business Reformers

Kenya and Ghana are among the world's top 10 business reformers, and Mauritius is Africa's easiest place to do business, according to a new report from the World Bank… Read more »

Africa: Aid Critical To Ensuring Benefits From Trade

While developing and industrialized countries continue to wrestle in the Doha Round of negotiations to reach a new international trade agreement, there is increasing recognition… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Children Caught in Crossfire in DRC

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned in recent days that fighting in the eastern Congo is placing children in an increasingly vulnerable position –… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Taking Pity on a Teenage Mother

Amidst stories of terror and suffering from people fleeing fighting in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Unicef correspondent Sarah Crowe heard an… Read more »

Ethiopia: UN Report Warns of Food Crisis in Ogaden

Parts of eastern Ethiopia could face a major food crisis if the shortage in the region is not immediately addressed, an inter-agency United Nations report released Wednesday… Read more »

Sudan: Group Calls for Armed Protection of Darfur Civilians

Human Rights Watch has urged the African Union and the United Nations to give their joint Darfur peacekeeping force "rapid response" capabilities, with enough attack… Read more »

Africa: Behind the Scenes at the United Nations

In the second of AllAfrica's series of excerpts from No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000, the former United Nations… Read more »

Uganda: Medical Aid Dispute 'Misunderstanding.' Says NGO

The Ugandan mission of the aid organization, Médecins Sans Frontières-Spain, has described reports that it is administering HIV/AIDS and TB drugs that are not yet… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: End Sexual Violence in Eastern Region

In this statement, former UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa and current Co-Director of AIDS-Free World Stephen Lewis calls for a new UN initiative to end sexual violence in the… Read more »

Africa: World Bank Hopes to Light Continent

The World Bank hopes to bring affordable and environmentally-friendly lighting products to up to 250 million Africans by the year 2030. Read more »

Sudan: Govt Accused of Breaking Darfur Arms Embargo

The human rights group, Amnesty International released photographs Friday showing the Sudanese government continuing to deploy offensive military equipment in Darfur in what the… Read more »