Liberia: Referendum Voting Amidst Rising Tensions Raises Security Concerns

In the lead-up to Tuesday's constitutional referendum in Liberia, tensions have escalated between and within political parties jockeying for advantage in presidential and… Read more »

Liberia: 'Anything That Moved Became Dinner'

Liberia is recovering from a 14-year civil conflict and quarter century of instability that killed an estimated 250,000 people and displaced three-quarters of the population. Read more »

Cameroon: Samuel Eto'o - Between Money And Fame

As Europe's big soccer leagues get under way, the news making headlines on the continent's sports pages is the potential transfer of Cameroonian national team captain Samuel… Read more »

Nigeria: Flying Eagles Crash Land Against France

Nigeria's Flying Eagles - Africa's last hope at the Fifa Under 20 World Cup championships - were knocked out in the quarter finals by France, reports FIFA.com. Read more »

Africa: Continent's New Middle Class Lures Investment

For too long, the story of Africa has been about government corruption, war and disease. Economic news was also bad. From 1975 to 1995, the continent was mired in negative growth,… Read more »

Nigeria: Student Gets Into Elite School Against All Odds

The life of Philip Abel looked as if it had been derailed at an early age. He was one of the many Nigerian boys who was forced to drop out of primary school to work as a vendor on… Read more »

Nigeria: Next Step - Clean Up the Niger Delta

The recommendations of the United Nations Environment Programme's study on oil pollution in Ogoniland point to the need for a genuine shift in the priorities and practices of the… Read more »

Liberia: Presidential Challenger Appeals for Change in Direction

Campaigning for Liberia's presidential election in October has shifted into high gear, with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf seeking a second six-year term. Charles Brumskine, a… Read more »

Africa: Campaign Against Polio at Risk

The effort to eradicate polio is on "knife's edge". Read more »

Liberia: Chevron Announces Social Initiatives During High-Level Tour

The U.S. oil giant Chevron is launching initiatives aimed at improving health and supporting development in Liberia. Read more »

Chad: Senegal Backtracks on Habre Extradition

Eleven years after being indicted on charges arising out of the torture and killing of his political opponents, Chad's former dictator, Hissan Habré, is set to stay in… Read more »

Mauritania: Al-Qaeda Attacks Army Base

North African Al Qaeda fighters and Mauritanian military forces have again clashed this week, resulting in the deaths of more than 20 people, news agencies report. Read more »

Gambia: Guinean Student Suspected of Fomenting Uprising Released

Authorities in The Gambia late Tuesday released a Guinean anthropology student who had been arrested two months ago for "spreading revolutionary ideas" and threatening national… Read more »

Africa: Country-Led Development Improves Health

Delegates from four African health ministries taking part in this month's 38th Annual International Conference on Global Health described how leadership and country-led development… Read more »

Africa: Reducing Fees to Lower Child, Maternal Mortality Rates

Dr. Kisito Sheku Daoh is the chief medical officer in Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health. He acts as the chief liaison between the ministry and the health partners and the lead… Read more »

Africa: Poor Resources Delay Achievement of Development Goals

Moussa Mbaye is the secretary general of Senegal's Ministry of Health. He recently attended the International Conference on Global Health in Washington, DC, as part of the… Read more »

Africa: Education Vital to Good Health

Dr. Samuel A.S. Kargbo is the director of reproductive health in Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health and Sanitation. He recently attended the International Conference on Global… Read more »

Senegal: Protests Against Electoral Law Turn Violent

Demonstrators clashed with police outside Senegal's National Assembly on Thursday as they protested against a constitutional amendment changing the rules of presidential elections. Read more »

Liberia: Chevron Moving Ahead With Off-Shore Oil Search

U.S.-based Chevron, which announced in March plans to explore for petroleum in Liberia, is starting deep-water drilling that could move Liberia into the ranks of west… Read more »

Liberia: Iron Ore Moves Again as First Large Post-Conflict Investment is Coming to Fruition

With global demand for steel on the rise, Liberia is re-entering the ranks of the world's significant producers of the iron ore needed to produce it. Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica Co-Founder Amadou Ba on 'Most Influential' List

AllAfrica co-founder Amadou Mahtar Ba has been selected one of 100 'most influential' Africans by New African magazine. Mr. Ba currently chairs the AllAfrica board and… Read more »

Liberia: 'Much More to Do', Says Johnson Sirleaf

Since taking office in early 2006 as Africa's first elected woman president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has become a prominent leader in a tough job. A quarter century of… Read more »

West Africa: Meningitis Vaccine Could Save 140,000 Lives

There has been a dramatic drop in the number of cases of meningitis A in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso following the vaccination of nearly 20 million people against the disease,… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Of Saviours, God and Domination

The history of Côte d’Ivoire is marked internally by successive ethnic dominations. In 1960, following the end of colonisation by France, Félix… Read more »

Africa: West Has Taken Sides in Libyan 'Civil War,' Says Annan

Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan believes the Western coalition fighting Libya's Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi has "crossed a line" and is now "fighting on one side… Read more »