South Africa/Cape Verde: Sharks' Fairytale Rise Gives Bafana a Nightmare

Hosts South Africa failed to ignite the African Nations Cup as promised on the opening day on Saturday and left coach Gordon Igesund's assertion that he had picked a "dream team"… Read more »

Ghana/Congo-Kinshasa: Black Stars Set to Eclipse Striking Leopards

A player strike in the Democratic Republic of Congo camp overshadows the chances of the Leopards pulling off a shock result against top seeds Ghana in the opening Group B game at… Read more »

Mali/Niger: Despite War, Mali Favourites in Opening Afcon Match

Mali is expected to get their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group B campaign off to a positive start when they host minnows Niger at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth… Read more »

Nigeria: Ondo State Governor Determined to Turn Tide on Maternal Health

One in five Nigerian children will die before reaching his or her fifth birthday, according to Save the Children. Their mothers are also suffering - the country accounted for 14… Read more »

South Africa/Cape Verde: Nervous Bafana Prepare to Tackle Hard-Running Islanders

South Africa will have a sell-out crowd at the cavernous Soccer City to drive them on when they open proceedings at the African Nations Cup finals but also go into the game heaving… Read more »

Africa: Will an African Be Chosen to Lead the World Trade Organization?

Notwithstanding the fact that the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has few real powers as executive head of a member-driven organization, it is one of the… Read more »

Africa: Superstars and Minnows Alike Gear Up for Soccer Glory

The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations presents Cote d’Ivoire with what will possibly be the final chance for their so-called Golden Generation to claim the continent’s top… Read more »

Nigeria: Cell Phones for Farmers to Cut Corruption, Deliver Services

Nigeria's agriculture minister today responded to a barrage of criticism about the planned distribution of cell phones to the country's poorest farmers. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Cause of Deadly Stampede Still Unclear

President Alassane Ouattara has declared three days of national mourning for the victims of the tragedy in which 61 people died early on New Year's Day in Abidjan. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Scores Die in Fireworks Display Crush

Sixty people died and many more were injured in a crush at a New Year's fireworks display in Abidjan, news agencies report. Read more »

West Africa: Nigeria Attacks Pair Piracy, Kidnappings

The 23 December pirate attack on an Italian ship 40 nautical miles off the coast of Nigeria's Bayelsa state is part of a growing trend in Africa's Gulf of Guinea region. Four… Read more »

Ghana: Fashion, Football and Physics Top Googles Searches for 2012

As 2012 nears its end, Google shares its Year-End Zeitgeist by revisiting the year's top searches around the world. Zeitgeist is a German word which means "the spirit of the… Read more »

Nigeria: What are Nigeria's Top Google Searches?

Jamb - the Joint Admissions And Matriculation Board - is the most-searched term in Nigeria, according to Google’s Year-End Zeitgeist list. Read more »

Senegal: President Sall Tops Country's Search Terms

Macky Sall won the presidency of Senegal in April 2012, after a tumulutous time in country, when Abdoulaye Wade official approval to run for a controversial third and last term was… Read more »

Mali: President Appoints New PM

Dioncounda Traoré, the interim Malian president, has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra, immediately appointing Django Sissoko to replace him,… Read more »

Mali: Prime Minister Resigns After Arrest

Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra has resigned, with all the members of his cabinet. Read more »

Africa: Scaling Up Impact for Women

Melanne Verveer likes numbers. As the first U.S. ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues, Verveer is a veritable encyclopedia of studies, facts and figures related to… Read more »

Africa: Twelve Countries Rank in Top 75 on Anti-Corruption Index

Twelve African countries are ranked among the 75 least corrupt nations in the world, according to the 2012 index published Wednesday by Transparency International. 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 »

Cote d'Ivoire: Ouattara Names New PM

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has named Daniel Kablan Duncan as the country's new prime minister, reports Radio France Internationale (RFI). Read more »

Liberia: Tapping Official and Grassroots Efforts On Water

In July 1990, as then-rebel leader Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia advanced on Monrovia, Taylor's guerrilla fighters attacked the White Plains water treatment… Read more »

Liberia: Pipe Dreams - Waiting for Water in Monrovia

"The hanging latrines" of West Point are not one of Liberia's most celebrated beauty spots. But this modest collection of elevated toilets, erected on the banks of the Mesurado… Read more »

Mali: No Quick Fixes for a Complex Crisis

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has agreed on a revised concept of operations for the deployment of an international military force of 3,300 soldiers to help… Read more »

Africa: Mbeki Named 'African of the Year'

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has been named "African of the Year" for his "persistent and consistent" efforts to avert war between Sudan and South Sudan. Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Army Officer Arrested After Coup Attempt

An army officer was arrested over the weekend by military authorities in Guinea Bissau on suspicion of staging a coup to remove the country's new caretaker government, news… Read more »