March 20, 2014
Liberia: War Refugees Rebuilding Liberia - Gyude Moore
Only 10 years ago, Liberia began to emerge from a quarter-century of instability, punctuated by what Liberians call World Wars I and II. The names reflect the lived realities of… Read more »
March 18, 2014
Africa: U.S. Star To Tackle Electricity Problems in Africa
Senegalese-American singer Aliaune Badara Thiam, popularly known as Akon, has launched an initiative to provide electricity to one million households in Africa by the end of 2014. Read more »
March 05, 2014
Senegal: Dakar Reaches Out to Finance Big Development Plans
Senegal's Minister of Budget Mouhamadou Mactar Cisse met with business representatives in Washington, D.C. last month to present the country's ambitious development plan and… Read more »
February 19, 2014
South Africa: Nation Faces 'Bafana Bafana' Future, Says Think Tank
If South Africa's governance continues on its current path, the country faces a "Bafana Bafana" scenario in which it remains a "perennial underachiever, always playing in the… Read more »
January 21, 2014
Africa: Three Myths That Block Progress for the Poor
The introduction to the 2014 Gates annual letter, published by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Read more »
Africa: Empowering Women Builds Better Futures
Melinda Gates says everyone wins - and lives are saved - when teenage girls are in school rather than having babies. Excerpted from the 2014 Gates annual letter, published by the… 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 »
January 06, 2014
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 »
December 27, 2013
Africa: Championing a Development Agenda Beyond 2015
Molly Elgin-Cossart, senior fellow at the New York University Center on International Cooperation, reflects on lessons learned from the United Nations High-Level Panel on the… Read more »
November 26, 2013
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 »
November 21, 2013
Africa: Senegal, Kenya Lead Africa's Internet Surge
Senegal and Kenya are the African countries where the internet is having the biggest economic impact, according to a new report. Read more »
November 13, 2013
Africa: Governments Failing in Corruption Fight
Most Africans say their governments are failing in the fight against corruption, and many believe the situation has deteriorated in the last decade, according to the continent's… Read more »
October 31, 2013
Africa: Child Mothers Set to Double By 2030, Says UN
The number of girls who become mothers before they are 15 years old is set nearly to double in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030, according to a new United Nations report. Read more »
October 22, 2013
Africa: Ethiopia Proclaims Right to Family Planning
"Unmet need", in the context of family planning, is a rather mundane term that masks an urgent social justice and human rights issue. An estimated 220 million women in the world… Read more »
October 17, 2013
Mauritania: Modern Slavery in Mauritania
An excerpt from the Global Slavery Index published by the Walk Free Foundation: Read more »
October 16, 2013
Africa: Free Speech Equals Better Governance, Says Report
The more freely Africans can speak their minds, the more confident they are in the performance of their governments, says a report published today. Read more »
October 15, 2013
Africa: Survey Reveals Africa's Top Promoters of Gender Equality
Rwanda is Africa's top-performing advocate of gender equality, followed by the Seychelles, Mozambique, South Africa and Botswana. Read more »
October 01, 2013
Africa: Africa Isn't Rising, Say Ordinary Africans
African leaders, foreign investors and formal indicators of economic growth may say that "Africa is rising" - but most ordinary Africans don't agree. Read more »
September 20, 2013
Africa: Progress By 2063
Following is an expanded transcription of remarks Professor Akuetteh made as a panelist at the 2013 Africa Braintrust, organized in Washington DC as part of the Annual Legislative… Read more »
Africa: What King's Legacy Means for Africa Today
While the recent 50th anniversary commemoration of the "March on Washington" to demand rights for African Americans focused attention on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s unfinished… Read more »
August 05, 2013
Africa: Response to Polio Outbreaks Shows Global Eradication Plan Is Working
Just as we were seeing record-low cases of polio worldwide and coming closer than ever to eradication, 105 new cases of wild polio have been identified in Kenya and Somalia,… Read more »
July 12, 2013
Mali: Transforming a Country Through Rice
Aspen Institute 2013 New Voices Fellow Salif Romano Niang is the co-founder and chief impact officer of Malo, a company working to revolutionize the rice industry in Niang's home… Read more »
July 09, 2013
Africa: UN Report Provides Roadmap to End Poverty
At this September's meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, governments will discuss elements of the development agenda to succeed the Millennium Development Goals when… Read more »
July 01, 2013
Africa: Africa Is Rising, but On a Fragile Foundation - Barack Obama
An excerpt from President Obama's speech at the University of Cape Town: Read more »
June 06, 2013
Africa: Lancet Highlights Importance of Maternal, Child Nutrition
A new Lancet series on maternal and child nutrition examines the problems associated with undernutrition and successful interventions. A similar report released by Lancet in 2008… Read more »
