Africa: New Development Goals 'Unprecedented' Opportunity for Families

The two of us met for the first time more than a decade ago, in the small rural village of Momemo, an hour's drive and a world away from the urban bustle of Maputo, Mozambique's… Read more »

Sierra Leone: President Koroma Fires Vice President

President Ernest Bai Koroma has sacked his vice president, Samuel Sam-Samana, after he sought asylum in the U.S. embassy in Freetown, according to a statement from the presidency. Read more »

Africa: Degraded Ecosystems Threaten Africans' Welfare

African countries need to grow their economies to meet the needs of their people. However, this can only be done while ensuring that the productivity and viability of the… Read more »

Lesotho: PM Thabane to Win Majority in Lesotho Polls?

With three-quarters of the results in Lesotho's parliamentary elections declared, Prime Minister Tom Thabane's All Basotho Convention (ABC) was on its way to securing a clear… Read more »

Africa: A Global Compact on Agriculture

On the 10th Anniversary of the adoption of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), African Union declared the year 2014 to be the Year of Agriculture… Read more »

Africa: Crucial Year for Africa's Development

Decisive summits in Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Paris and New York will make 2015 a year during which Africa's vision of its own future can start becoming a reality - but challenges lie… Read more »

Africa: Africa Can Boost Economy By U.S. $500 Billion

Africa can boost its growth by a third and generate an "economic miracle" if it invests enough in the younger generation, says a top United Nations official tasked with promoting… Read more »

Africa: Creative Young Innovators Need Schools

Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, tells AllAfrica's Tami Hultman why and how young Africans can drive the continent and its… Read more »

Africa: New Development Financing Models for Africa - A Look Back at ADF9

If Africa's growth and dynamism is to be sustained, the continent's ability to finance future infrastructure development cannot be left to vagaries of foreign aid allocations but… Read more »

West Africa: Journalists Must Avoid Mass Hysteria Over Ebola

Journalists need to up their game in the way they report the impact of Ebola on Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, says Bernadette Paolo, writing for AllAfrica. Arguing against the… Read more »

Africa: The Role of Seed in Africa's Agricultural Revolution - Interview

Joe De Vries, Director for the Program for Africa's Seeds Systems (PASS) at the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, spoke to allAfrica at the sidelines of the Alliance for a… Read more »

Africa: Trade Group Promotes Women Power

Let's say you're an African woman with a fabulous idea, and you build a creative small business around it. You and your associates are euphoric - but then you hit a wall. Read more »

Africa: Agriculture Needs to Get Smart - Climate Smart

We've heard from African leaders like Kofi Annan and Nigeria's Agriculture Minister Akin Adesina about the potential for agriculture to create jobs and transform livelihoods. A key… Read more »

Africa: Need to Create Jobs? Try Agriculture

The agriculture sector is more effective than the oil and gas sectors not only at creating jobs but boosting growth says, the Africa Progress Panel and Sipho Moyo of One during a… Read more »

Africa: 'Not a Conference, a Conversation'

Agriculture. Food security. Small-scale farmers. Agriculture research. Did your eyes glaze over? Thought so. The agriculture sector still struggles to shake the perception of being… Read more »

Africa: Will 'Power Africa' Help Grow Sustainable Energy?

Energy is recognised as a priority issue in the growing United States partnership with Africa, and is among the key themes of the U.S.-Africa Business Forum  being organised… Read more »

Africa: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?

While a number of African countries have recently made some progress in improving the quality of life of their people, nearly as many are backsliding, according to the latest… Read more »

Liberia: 'You Ain't Know Ebola in Town?'

The kids chatted happily as they gathered around a community well, carrying buckets and jerry cans to fill with water for their households. They were in a buoyant mood, but it… Read more »

Africa: Panel Director Warns Against Economic Inequality

The Africa Progress Panel, an advocacy group which lobbies for equitable and sustainable development for Africa, was represented at the recent Africa Rising meeting in Mozambique… Read more »

Africa: Inclusive, Sustainable Growth Focus at Maputo IMF Conference

Inclusive and sustainable growth was the refrain that echoed from all the sessions on the first day of the Africa Rising conference at the Joaquim Chissano Convention Centre in… Read more »

Africa: 'No Child Anywhere in the World Should be Born to Die'

By a host of metrics, women and their children have been getting healthier in recent years. Between 1990 and 2010, the annual number of maternal deaths dropped from more than… Read more »

Africa: Investing in Resilience of Smallholder Farming 'Essential'

The world is home to 500 million smallholder family farms generating up to 80 percent of the food consumed by developing world, according to Dr. Kanayo F. Nwaze, President of the… Read more »

South Africa: Cities Generate Jobs, Says South African Study

Effectively-managed cities can help provide jobs for South Africa's millions of unemployed young people, suggests a new report from one of the country's development think tanks. Read more »

Africa: Most New Jobs Will Be Urban

Excerpts from "Cities of Hope", published by the Centre for Development and Enterprise in Johannesburg: Read more »

Africa: Top Africa Think-Tank Pushes Reform - ECA's Carlos Lopes

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) drives Africa's political and economic agenda, along with the African Union – the 54-member organization of African… Read more »