Mali: New Film Focuses on Life and Debt in Africa

Bamako, a film set in that city, is a complex and ingenious production dealing with Africa's relationship with the West. Read more »

Africa: New Hope for Rolling Back Malaria

Malaria kills an African child every 30 seconds and is one of the continent's leading causes of death - the leading cause in many countries. Africa accounts for as many as 90%… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: New Accord Signals Peace

In a nationwide address on Friday March 9, 2007, Ivoirian President Laurent Gbagbo profusely thanked his colleague from Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré for successfully… Read more »

Guinea: The Case for U.S. Action

While the United States government plans to send an additional 20,000 troops to shore up a flawed military strategy in Iraq, it has failed to support the people of Guinea, where… Read more »

South Africa: Country Condemns Burmese Rights Violations, Defense Minster Says

The South African government, facing a storm of criticism for voting against a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning human rights violations in Burma, today… Read more »

Liberia: Shorten Road Between Commitment and Cash, Sirleaf Says

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Monday called for debt cancellation and increased development assistance for the country. Read more »

Liberia: Private Sector Forum Sells Out As Sirleaf Arrives in Washington Seeking Debt Relief

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is making a return visit to Washington this week with an urgent agenda. To deliver the jobs and services she sees as essential to building… Read more »

Africa: WTO Head Sees Progress on Trade Issues, But Tough Bargaining Lies Ahead

The next six months will be crucial for the efforts of Africa and the rest of the developing world to secure easier access to markets for their products in the industrialized… Read more »

South Africa: Country Should Return the Favor

On January 12, on a vote of 9-3 with three abstentions, the UN Security Council rejected a non-punitive resolution seeking to press the Government of Burma to speed up democratic… Read more »

South Africa: Gov't Blocks Listing of al-Qaeda Suspects

South Africa's foreign minister, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, wants bilateral talks with the United States government over its request to list two South Africans as having links… Read more »

Africa: First Ladies Call for New HIV/Aids Initiatives

Three African first ladies, Azeb Mesfin of Ethiopia, Jeanette Kagame of Rwanda, and Maureen Mwanawasa of Zambia, have called for new and further-reaching approaches to combating… Read more »

Sudan: Bush, Mbeki Urge Quick Deployment in Darfur

U.S. President George W. Bush and South African President Thabo Mbeki are pushing for an urgent increase in the number of peacekeepers in Darfur. In talks at the White House on… Read more »

Somalia: Getting It Wrong, Again

Already notorious as the world’s only state without a functioning government, Somalia may be about to deteriorate even further. The country is rapidly sliding back toward… Read more »

Sudan: President Blasts UN, Asserts Sovereignty

Sudan's President Umar el-Bashir reiterated Monday in Khartoum his agreement to an international force in Darfur. Such a force could be composed of African Union (AU) troops or… Read more »

Ethiopia: New Film on the Plights of Ethiopian Coffee Growers is Creating a Buzz

Black Gold: Wake up and Smell the Coffee Read more »

Africa: Violence Against Women Inherently Linked to HIV, Advocate Says

In August, the Global Aids Alliance released a report, Zero Tolerance, that outlines the impact of violence against women and girls on the fight against HIV/Aids. AllAfrica's… Read more »

Sudan: We Saved Europeans. Why Not Africans?

With Darfur set to be hit by a second wave of genocide, world leaders are shifting into diplomatic high gear. The government of Sudan flatly rejects deployment of a 22,000-strong… Read more »

Africa: UN Trade Agency Aims to Bring the Poor into the Process

The Geneva-based International Trade Center (ITC) and the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation are hosting a forum in Berlin, focusing on how exports can reduce poverty in the… Read more »

Africa: Aggressive 'Tourist Offensive' Planned

African government officials, tour operators and service providers from all over the world and representatives from international organizations began the first of a week-long… Read more »

Africa: World Bank President Sees A Continent on the Move

World Bank President and former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz addressing delegates yesterday, at the seventh Sullivan Summit of African and African American leaders, said… Read more »

Africa: Former U.S. President and Nigerian Foreign Minister Tie African Development to Investment, Capacity Building

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's foreign minister and former finance minister, used the occasion of a summit of African and African American… Read more »

Sudan: A Dying Deal in Darfur

In this eerily depopulated area of war-ravaged Darfur, a woman named Ayesha explained to me why she and a handful of others refused to become refugees. "We fear another… Read more »

Africa: Investors Want to See Good Practices Sustained, Africa Bank President Says

Not enough attention is being paid to African success stories, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz told an Africa investment forum last week. Citing a decline in active armed… Read more »

Sudan: Divide and Destroy in Darfur

Negotiating the end of a war is tricky enough.  But in the case of Darfur, mediators were also faced with the implicit task of ending what the Bush administration calls… Read more »

Africa: New Hope for Tackling an Old Scourge on Africa Malaria Day

African children are dying of malaria at the rate of one every 30 seconds. Take a minute to try to comprehend that number – and two more die. Read more »