September 18, 2008
Kenya: Low-Cost Phones Revolutionize Africa
The mobile phone industry has made a bigger social impact on people’s lives than anything else, ever, in Africa, argues Michael Joseph, chief executive officer of… Read more »
Kenya: Internet Rollout Brings Software Boom
Although most of Africa still lacks access to high-speed Internet, Kenya's once-neglected technology sector is booming, thanks in part to a growing group of some of the region's… Read more »
August 24, 2008
Africa: Continent's Athletes Triumph in Olympics Marathon
As the Beijing Olympics reached their climax ahead of the closing ceremony on Sunday, African athletes overpowered others to take the top five places in the men's marathon,… Read more »
August 23, 2008
Africa: Long-Distance Athletes Sweep Up Medals
Africa put the seal on its dominance of long-distance running in the closing days of the Olympics. On Saturday alone, African athletes won seven medals, sweeping up all the medals… Read more »
July 25, 2008
Kenya: Mr David Blunkett - Apology
AllAfrica published an article from one of its content providers, which remained on the website from July 7 to 9, 2008, which included a number of factual inaccuracies in relation… Read more »
June 04, 2008
Africa: Kenyan PM Attacks Continent's Leaders
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga launched a slashing attack on Africa's leaders at the World Economic Forum for Africa on Wednesday. Read more »
May 28, 2008
Kenya: Top Community Organizer Empowers Youth
Kenyan health care advocate, activist and academic Dr. Miriam K. Were is in Japan today to receive a major new prize established by the Japanese government, the Hideyo Noguchi… Read more »
April 21, 2008
Kenya: Army Chief Denies Mt Elgon Abuses
The commander of the Kenyan army, Lieutenant General Augostino Njoroge, has dismissed charges of human rights abuses in the Mount Elgon region of Kenya as "imaginary." Read more »
April 20, 2008
Zimbabwe: UN Chief Raises Polls Crisis With Africa
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced in Ghana that he is to raise the Zimbabwe crisis with African leaders during his current visit to West Africa. Read more »
April 09, 2008
Kenya: Franchising Health Instead of French Fries
Scott Hillstrom is founder, chairman and CEO of the HealthStore Foundation, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States. The foundation aims to improve access to… Read more »
February 18, 2008
Africa: Bush Calls For Free Polls in Zimbabwe
U.S. President George W. Bush used visits to Benin and Tanzania at the weekend to call for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, to support a power-sharing deal in Kenya and to… Read more »
February 16, 2008
Africa: Working With Partners, President Has Impacted Disease and Conflict, Administration Official Says
United States President George W. Bush departed Friday on his second trip to Africa, accompanied by his wife Laura. The traveling party – including White House aides and… Read more »
February 14, 2008
Kenya: Rice Heads for Nairobi to Push Talks
United States President George W. Bush is sending his Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, to Kenya to help with negotiations to end the crisis that has engulfed the country since… Read more »
February 12, 2008
Kenya: Research Points to Election Fraud
Karuti Kanyinga, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Development Studies of the University of Nairobi, explains in these excerpts from an AllAfrica interview why analysts… Read more »
Kenya: Rights Activist Pinpoints Reforms to Resolve Crisis
L. Muthoni Wanyeki, executive director of the Kenya Human Rights Commission, recently spoke to AllAfrica about a wide range of aspects of the crisis that erupted over Kenya’s… Read more »
Kenya: Rights Activist Pushes for UN Action
The chairman of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, Maina Kiai, has been one of the country's leading independent voices since the beginning of the crisis sparked by… Read more »
January 31, 2008
Kenya: U.S. Govt Sends Mixed Messages on Crisis
The United States' top diplomat on Africa described the violence in Kenya's Rift Valley as "ethnic cleansing" on Wednesday, but hours later the State Department spokesman… Read more »
Kenya: Moi is Not Our Saviour
Kenyan blogger Daudi Were reflects on events in Nairobi. Read more »
January 21, 2008
Kenya: A Doctor, Two Nurses and a Dispensary
The small Myaribo dispensary in the Rukanga community, lying about 30 kilometers from the city of Nyeri, has only four rooms. But here, where for so long there was nothing, these… Read more »
Kenya: Honey Bees, Goats and Hope
In the Myaribo sublocation not far from the Myaribo dispensary, where Doris Mwangi heads the Kamaneke Dairy Group, we are leaning against the fence of a pen in the group's… Read more »
Kenya: Small Steps Toward Solving Big Problems
"Poverty dispossesses people," says Mark Botongore as we head north from Nairobi on our way to one of the sites of the Central Kenya Dry Area Project (CKDAP). Mark is the… Read more »
January 16, 2008
Kenya: Dark Cloud Reveals Its Silver Lining
Kenyan blogger Daudi Were reflects on events in Parliament in Nairobi on Tuesday. Read more »
January 15, 2008
Kenya: The Mysterious Exit Poll
An exit poll that has not been released publicly reportedly shows that Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga was leading President Mwai Kibaki by a significant margin on election… Read more »
January 09, 2008
Kenya: African Union Chair Meets Kibaki, Odinga
The African Union chairman, President John Kufuor of Ghana, met Kenyan government and opposition leaders in Nairobi on Wednesday in a bid to bring to an end the country's political… Read more »
Kenya: Latest Moves Set Back Efforts to End Crisis
The events on Monday were a definite step forward in the effort to end Kenya's political crisis, but Tuesday's events quickly became a major step backward. Read more »