April 12, 2011
Eswatini: Govt Cracks Down on Protesters
Swazi authorities cracked down on union and opposition activists on Tuesday in an attempt to crush anti-government protests which democracy campaigners called for this week. Read more »
February 03, 2011
Egypt: Gunfire Kills Cairo Protesters - Reports
A number of Egyptians were reported killed Thursday at Tahrir Square in Cairo, the scene of Wednesday's battles between forces backing President Hosni Mubarak and the protesters… Read more »
January 27, 2011
Sudan: Satellite Images Confirm Govt Troop Buildup - Report
A satellite mapping project launched by human rights activists says images captured during South Sudan’s independence referendum this month confirm reports that Sudanese… Read more »
December 09, 2010
Africa: Using Mobile Technology to Improve Health
Last year the Rockefeller Foundation, the United Nations Foundation and the Vodafone Foundation - three of the leading foundations involved in global health, technology and… Read more »
October 29, 2010
Cote d'Ivoire: Security Fears as Nation Heads to Polls
After being delayed six times, Cote d'Ivoire's landmark presidential elections will go ahead on Sunday. The nation has been in turmoil since a military coup in 1999, six years… Read more »
October 22, 2010
Cote d'Ivoire: Armed, Masked Men Terrorize West, Says Rights Group
Cote d’Ivoire is preparing to hold long-delayed presidential elections on October 31. Read more »
October 08, 2010
Nigeria: Jonathan Needs to Allay Fears of Ordinary Citizens - Civil Society Leader
Father Matthew Hassan Kukah is one of Nigeria's most respected leaders of civil society, having worked consistently to bring together the country's religious, regional and ethnic… Read more »
August 05, 2010
Africa: Young Africans Seek U.S. Partnership to Boost Democracy and Development
The Obama administration this week commemorated Africa's historical achievements by engaging youth leaders in a dialogue on the continent's future. Read more »
July 30, 2010
Africa: Upcoming Conference 'to Make the Connection' between U.S. and Continent - Hope Masters
The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation Africa Policy Forum: a Vision for the 21st Century to be held in Atlanta in September, aims to help build a U.S.-Africa dialogue based on mutual… Read more »
May 27, 2010
Africa: Group Indicts Govt Failures to Act on Rights Violations
The failure of African states to hold violators of human rights accountable for their actions has been pin-pointed as a major problem across the continent by the respected advocacy… Read more »
May 25, 2010
Africa: Aid Campaigners Call for New Plans for Development Goals
Industrialized countries have delivered an historic increase in development aid to Africa in the past five years, but they have gone only three-fifths of the way towards meeting… Read more »
May 12, 2010
Eswatini: Environmentalist Seeks to Balance Interests of People, Wildlife
Award-winnning Swaziland Environmentalist and Public Attorney Thuli Makama has built a reputation of standing up for the rights of civil society and local communities. Read more »
April 30, 2010
Eswatini: Prize-Winning Attorney Assures Environmental Groups Are Heard
When Swaziland's Environment Ministry denied NGOs full representation in environmental management discussions, environmentalist and public affairs attorney Thuli Brilliance Makama… Read more »
February 12, 2010
Africa: Melinda Gates Lauds Health and Economic Advances for Continent's Poorest
Despite impressive economic growth across Africa in recent years, the distribution of wealth has been uneven, and pernicious poverty persists. Few countries are expected to meet… Read more »
January 25, 2010
Africa: Fighting Aids Needs Innovation, Gates Says
Software entrepreneur Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, have focused increasing attention in recent years on philanthropic work, in particular addressing health issues in the… Read more »
Africa: Bill Gates Issues Upbeat Take on African Health, Food Initiatives
Software entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist Bill Gates issued an upbeat assessment Monday on the prospects of overcoming the challenges faced by the world's poorest people –… Read more »
January 07, 2010
Sudan: Major Upsurge in Violence Threatens Peace Deal, Say Aid Agencies
A coalition of aid agencies working in southern Sudan has called for urgent international action to save the country’s 2005 peace agreement, which it says is threatened by… Read more »
January 05, 2010
Sudan: Major U.S. Company Divests Over Rights Violations
A major American financial services company, TIAA-CREF, has divested from four Asian energy companies doing business with the Sudanese government due to concerns about human… Read more »
December 18, 2009
Tanzania: Kikwete Hopeful for Action On Climate Change, Optimistic On Africa's Future
Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete recently sat down for an hour-long interview with AllAfrica's Reed Kramer and Tami Hultman at State House in Dar es Salaam. In the… Read more »
December 03, 2009
Sudan: Many Voters Register for Elections
Sudanese are registering in substantial numbers for their first multi-party elections in 24 years, although opposition is citing irregularities and those displaced from Darfur are… Read more »
November 19, 2009
Africa: Winners and Losers In Corruption Stakes
Botswana continues to be seen as Africa’s least corrupt, and Somalia as the continent’s – and the world’s – most corrupt country, according to a new… Read more »
November 13, 2009
Africa: Climate Change Boosts Need for Policies to Support African Farmers
Akin Adesina, vice president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra), talked to AllAfrica about the work of the young, Nairobi-based institution and how its… Read more »
October 31, 2009
Burkina Faso: New Farming Technique Brings Trees Back to the Sahel
Yacouba Savadogo is a farmer, community leader and natural resource innovator from the village of Gourma, in the Yatenga Province of Burkina Faso. Yacouba began to experiment with… Read more »
October 30, 2009
South Africa: Critics Welcome Rejection of Genetically Altered Potato
The recent rejection of a permit application for the general release in South Africa of a potato that has been genetically altered has received a standing ovation from the African… Read more »
October 03, 2009
Africa: Pioneers of African Governance Rankings Split
The launch of the 2009 results of an ambitious survey which ranks the quality of governance across Africa has been marred by a split between the foundation which inaugurated the… Read more »
