Ethiopia: Kerry Backs Journalists Ahead of World Press Freedom Day

United States Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken out publicly against the Ethiopian government's use of anti-terrorism laws "as mechanisms to be able to curb the free… Read more »

Nigeria: Women's Group Receives Major U.S. Award

A Nigerian organization dedicated to promoting the rights of women in the country's legal systems has received a major award from an American foundation for its "outsized impact"… Read more »

South Africa: Ford Foundation Pledges Support for 'Visionaries' Tackling Inequality

In 2004, a decade into South Africa's extraordinary experiment with democratic government, Archbishop Desmond Tutu reminded us that we could "kiss reconciliation and forgiveness… Read more »

Africa: Gates Tackles Prophets of Doom On Poverty, Foreign Aid

The American entrepreneur and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has mounted a vigorous attack on prophets of doom who say that poor countries are destined to remain so and that foreign… Read more »

Africa: Africans Give Govts Failing Marks On Power, Water Supplies

Although two of every three Africans believe their governments are performing well in the fight against HIV and Aids, fewer approve of their delivery of basic health services and… Read more »

South Africa: Civil Society Warns of 'Growing Assault On Democracy'

As South Africa prepares for elections next year, a group of civil society and religious leaders in Cape Town have accused some of the country's political forces - including… Read more »

Africa: Helping Mothers to Deliver Healthy Children Safely

Holding the hand of Kumi as she went into labor at 3 am is a moment I'll never forget. Kumi lives in small hut in rural Ethiopia, hours away from the nearest health facility - and… Read more »

Nigeria: Advocacy Group Tackles Oil Companies Over Spills

The Nigerian operations of two major international companies have been accused of failing to control oil spills which damage the environment and the health of Nigerians. Read more »

Africa: Africa Loses As Women Farmers Are Marginalised

The “enormous potential” of small-scale farming to reduce poverty in Africa is not being realised mainly because rural women are neither recognised nor supported enough… Read more »

Africa: New Report Proposes Steps to Boost Food Growing

Africa has 60 percent of the world's arable land and most of its countries depend on farming as the mainstay of their economies, yet productivity is low, the average size of land… Read more »

Tanzania: Group Shines Spotlight On Mines Over Child Labour

Thousands of children, some as young as eight years old, are working in Tanzania's small-scale gold mines, exposed to numerous health risks, says a report published today. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Row Erupts After Mugabe Party Claims Election Win

Zimbabwe's most credible civil society election monitors have raised serious questions about the credibility of the country's polls, as President Robert Mugabe's party claimed on… Read more »

Africa: Plutocrats Versus the People - Another World Is Possible

Every February, roughly 3,000 of the world's economic and political elite gather for the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the snowy ski town of Davos amidst the beautiful backdrop of… Read more »

Africa: 'Enough' Fellows to Focus On Worst Cases

There is good news out of Africa. Some of the world's fastest growing economies are African. International investment is growing. Read more »

Africa: Landmark Ruling in Medicine Patent Court Battle

India's highest court has dismissed Swiss drug maker Novartis AG's petition seeking patent protection for a cancer drug, according to an Al Jazeera report. Read more »

Africa: Closing the Gap - Meet Aims to End Extreme Poverty

When 17-year-old Sona Traore represented the Child Protection Network of Liberia at a civil society event organized in conjunction with a three-day United Nations meeting in this… Read more »

Africa: New Model Aims to Boost Higher Education

For decades after sub-Saharan Africa's emergence from the colonial era, its universities were weakened by civil strife and political turmoil. Read more »

Africa: Tapping Africa's Scientific Potential

When John Mwero looks at charred sugar cane ash he sees sturdy bridges, soaring skyscrapers and stable roads. He's convinced that bagasse ash - the residue that's left after… Read more »

Africa: UN Official Calls for Boost to Smallholder Farming

The African Green Revolution Forum held earlier this year in Arusha, Tanzania, aimed to put smallholder farmers at the center of the conversation … Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica Founder Named Among 'Most Influential Africans'

AllAfrica co-founder and chair Amadou Mahtar Ba has been included on New African magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential Africans. Read more »

East Africa: U.S. to Send Medics to Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda

A new program to send doctors and nurses as volunteers to Africa is gathering momentum and aims to fill a training gap among Africa's medical… Read more »

Africa: The Women Who Grow Africa's Food Need a Voice

When Dr. Ruth Khasaya Oniang'o, a professor of food science and nutrition, shared advice from her mother at the September 2012 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), it really… Read more »

East Africa: Farmers Adapting but Food Insecurity Persists, Researcher Says

About a year after East Africa's worst drought in six decades peaked, a survey of more than 700 smallholder farmers across four regional countries reveals that food insecurity… Read more »

Africa: African Herders Help Eradicate Deadly Livestock Disease

The last known case of rinderpest, a lethal livestock disease, was confirmed 10 years ago in a buffalo wandering Kenya's Mount Meru National Park. In May 2011 the disease was… Read more »

South Africa: When Sex Is Work

Linda is a small, soft-spoken woman. She takes out her passport and in a matter-of-fact voice explains, "This thing reminds me of my journey, from the time my husband died." Read more »