Lesotho: Civil Society Monitors Endorse Election

Civil society monitors from southern Africa have declared that Lesotho's elections allowed the Basotho people to express their will freely, in spite of problems with voters rolls… Read more »

Lesotho: Counting of Votes Under Way in Election

Vote counting began soon after the closure of polling stations in Lesotho's elections on Saturday. But in some rural areas, voting hours were extended after ballot papers arrived… Read more »

Lesotho: Country Ready for Elections, But Response to Results Crucial

Lesotho is set for peaceful elections on February 17 and a smooth counting process afterwards, but the crucial test will be the electorate's response to the outcome, the head of a… Read more »

Sudan: The ICC: A Question of Accountability

The Sudanese regime is, by any measure, one of the most brutal and destabilising in the world today. Its atrocities have not been limited to Darfur. Khartoum has harshly suppressed… Read more »

Africa: Blood Diamonds

Greg Campbell's Blood Diamonds is a detailed and long needed look at blood/conflict diamonds. The book inspired the film Blood Diamond, and research from the book was used in the… Read more »

Guinea: President Appears to Yield, Agrees to New Prime Minister

News reports confirmed by presidential sources indicate that President Lansana Conté of Guinea has signed an executive order establishing the nomination of a "consensus… Read more »

Guinea: A National Unity Government to Save the Nation

On December 16th, President Lansana Conté's entourage made its way towards the central prison of Conakry. The Guinean head of state attended in person to obtain the release… Read more »

Botswana: Community Wins Right to Ancestral Land

A community of Basarwa or San people of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana today won the right to live and hunt on their ancestral land. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila Inaugurated Amid Tight Security

Joseph Kabila was sworn in on Wednesday as the first democratically-elected leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo in four decades. Read more »

South Africa: Government Takes Lead in Tackling HIV-AIDS Crisis

The South African government has moved to end the years-long controversy over its policies on HIV and AIDS by unveiling the outline of a four-year national strategic plan to cut… Read more »

Africa: Free Media a Barometer of Democracy in Africa

Sometime last year, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo’s aides began testing the third-term debate, lobbying for an amendment to the constitution to do away with term… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Joseph Kabila Wins Run-Off

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of the Democratic Republic of Congo declared in a statement on Wednesday evening that incumbent Joseph Kabila had won the October 29,… Read more »

Sudan: U.S. Congressmen Urge State Governors to Divest

U.S. Congressional Representatives Frank Wolf (Republican), Donald Payne (Democrat), and Jim Moran (Democrat) today called for states to divest public funds from companies doing… Read more »

Africa: International Migration: Globalization's Last Frontier

International Migration has become a hot issue, especially among Africans in the wake of the problems West Africans have been having in the Canary Islands and Spain. A new book… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Political Transition Needed to End Economic Crisis, MDC Leader Says

Morgan Tsvangirai, founder and leader of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), ran for president in 2002 after decades of experience in Zimbabwe's labor… Read more »

Ghana: Women's Rights in Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania

Voices of African Women: Women's Rights in Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania Read more »

South Africa: Born Free

An unmarked ambulance—with a black A—has been patrolling during the past two nights. People wanted to know whose it was. None of the agencies said it had an ambulance… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Efforts on Human Rights, Democracy Detailed in New Report

Earlier this April, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the United States Department of State released its annual report on U.S. support for human rights and… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Radio Voice of the People Trustees Face Trial Over Program

A case against the six trustees of Zimbabwe's Radio Voice of the People (VOP) will go forward after Magistrate Rebecca Takavadi ruled that the communication trust may have been… Read more »

Zambia: Zambia Is a Peaceful Destination for Tourism and Investment - Mwanawasa

Levy Mwanawasa, who took part in last week's U.S.-Africa Business Summit, became president of Zambia in January 2002 after a hotly contested election the previous month in which he… Read more »

Namibia: Namibia Deserves Aid, Debt Relief, Despite 'Mid-Income' Status, Says President Pohamba

Hifikepunye Pohamba, who three months ago became Namibia's second president since independence in 1990, was one of five African leaders who met with President George Bush at the… Read more »

South Africa: President Mbeki Relieves Deputy President Zuma of Post

President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa has relieved the country's deputy president, Jacob Zuma, of his post. Read more »

South Africa: Corruption Trial Pressures Mbeki, Facing G8 Summit, to Fire Deputy

South Africa's most important corruption trial since liberation has ended in a 15-year prison sentence for Schabir Shaik, financial adviser to the country's deputy president, Jacob… Read more »

Zambia: Debt Relief Puts Zambia on the Threshold to Move Forward - Foreign Minister Shikapwasha

Debt relief for Africa is a top issue under discussion in capitals around the world and is a lead item on the agenda for the G-8 summit in early July of the leading industrial… Read more »

Senegal: Africa Must Have Veto on UN Security Council, Foreign Minister Says

The African continent is entitled to at least one veto-wielding member at the United Nations Security Council, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Senegal's minister of foreign affairs, said… Read more »