Cote d'Ivoire/Benin: Elephants Win First Ticket to Quarterfinals

Côte d'Ivoire's Elephants qualified for the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals on Friday by winning their second straight victory, against Benin, 4 goals to 1. Their… Read more »

Mali: A Navy Admiral Fights Malaria

In the latest entry in his blog about a massive health drive, Steven Phillips tells of us about the unlikely presence of a navy admiral in landlocked Mali. Read more »

Mali: U.S. Sports Stars Suit Up Against Malaria

Steven Phillips tells of the impact that American sports stars have on the campaign to make take life-saving health interventions to the children of Mali. Read more »

Mali: Mothers Form Long Lines For Children's Health

The latest instalment in the reflections of Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, on the huge campaign to reach millions of children… Read more »

Mali: Bed Nets From Vietnam Protect People From Malaria

On the second day of a visit to Mali, Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, tells of the logistics of a campaign to get bed nets, which… Read more »

Mali: Health Groups Rally to Improve Children's Health

Through this blog, Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, will share his observations from the Republic of Mali, where he is part of the… Read more »

Mali: Filmmaker Abbdoulaye Ascofaré's Tale of an African Mother's Struggle

FARAW! Mother of the Dunes, is a sentimental film about the many challenges and roles a woman has as a mother and wife. The main character Zamiatou (Aminta Ousmane) is a fictional… Read more »

Mali: Film Review - 'Everything's Fine'

Everything's Fine (Toro Si Te) is a wonderful, humorous and serious documentary that tells the story of Dr. Seydou Konaté, a Malian doctor working in Nongon, a small… Read more »

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 »

Mali: Election May Signal End of Consensus Politics

Voters in the West African nation of Mali head to the polls on Sunday to elect their president for the next five years in an election that may signal the end of consensus politics. Read more »

Africa: G8 Debt Agreement to Benefit 23 African Countries; Separate Deal for Nigeria Mooted

The agreement on 100% debt relief for developing countries announced by finance ministers from the eight largest industrial nations on Saturday initially benefits 14 nations in… Read more »

Africa: Eight African Nations Eligible For Millennium Challenge Account Assistance

The Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) voted Thursday to make 16 countries "eligible" for Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) assistance this year. The… Read more »

Mali: Malian Leader Still Hopeful for Ivory Coast Despite 'Complex Conflict,' Takes Swipe at Nepad

President Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali is the guest of honour at the 6th biennial conference of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), which opened in… Read more »

Mali: 'Japan Should Have a Security Council Seat,' Says President Toure

More than twenty African leaders gathered this week in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, for the third conference in ten years on development cooperation and partnership between Japan… Read more »

Africa: Alpha Oumar Konare Elected New Chairperson of AU Commission

Alpha Oumar Konare, 57, the former president of Mali, has been elected the new chairperson of the African Union Commission. Read more »

Mali: Development is Being Destroyed By Subsidies, Mali President Tells Congressional Committee

U.S. and European subsidies and tariffs "support injustice," Mali President Amadou Toumani Toure told the House International Relations Subcommitteee on Africa, Tuesday,… Read more »

Mali: New President Takes Office

Amadou Toumani Toure has been sworn in as the new president of Mali, during a ceremony in the capital Bamako Saturday attended by 11 other francophone African leaders. Making… Read more »

Mali: History Made as One Elected President Hands Over to Another

Mali is set to make history Saturday as one democratically elected president hands over power to another duly-elected leader for the first time in the country's history since… Read more »

Mali: Constitutional Court Cancels 0.5m Votes But Confirms Poll Result

Mali's Constitutional Court says over half a million votes cast in Mali's presidential election 11 days ago must be cancelled due to irregularities but that the results of the… Read more »

Mali: 'I Am Sure I Am the Winner of the First Round'

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a former prime minister of Mali, came third in Mali's presidential poll, according to official, albeit provisional, results of the presidential election of… Read more »

Mali: Opposition Candidates Demand that Court Annuls Poll Results

"This presidential election must mend fences." Those were the words last week of the minister responsible for coordinating Mali’s presidential poll, who told journalists that… Read more »

Mali: 'ATT' Wins Round One in Presidential Poll, Run-off May 12

The Ministry of Territorial Administration in Mali has announced the results of the first round of the presidential elections giving victory in first place to the former military… Read more »

Mali: Presidential Candidate IBK Alleges Election Fraud

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the presidential candidate currently trailing in third position after 70 percent of the results are tallied, has cried foul and claimed vote rigging in… Read more »

Mali: 'ATT' Still Ahead, 'IBK' Steps Up Fraud Allegations

Retired military general Amadou Toumani Toure, maintained his lead, late Wednesday, after the release of the latest provisional results from the presidential election. Read more »

Mali: Retired General Takes Early Lead in Presidential Election

Partial and provisional results from Mali's presidential election, after a quarter of the constituencies have been counted, put a retired military general in the lead, as a slow… Read more »