Liberia: Sierra Leonean Crime Base Witness Called as Prosecution's Second Witness

Expert legal monitors blogging for the website www.charlestaylortrial.org report on the second day of the war crimes trial. Read more »

Nigeria: New Agriculture Projects Focus on Processing, Marketing

It smells of freshly ground peanuts inside the mud-walled room where Dr. A. A. Oredipe is standing. His eyes are focused, but moving—inspecting the machine that this small… Read more »

Liberia: Market Women Help Revive Economy

To the untutored eye of a visitor from elsewhere, the markets in Liberia and many other African countries seem chaotic, noisy, smelly, dirty and often dangerous. Traders and… Read more »

Liberia: Rebuilding Agriculture from Scratch

"Before the War" is a phrase woven into the very fabric of Liberian life, repeated countless times as a way to define how far the country has fallen and its… Read more »

Nigeria: Farmers Turn to Science to Boost Crop Yields

Late last June, farmers in Sabon Gari Ganu village in northern Nigeria's Katsina state divided their plots of land into 56 rows. Using seeds from 16 African countries, the farmers… Read more »

Liberia: Diamond Industry Expert Called as First Prosecution Witness

The following entry is reprinted from CharlesTaylorTrial.org, a site covering the war crimes trial of former president Charles Taylor. Read more »

Liberia: Charles Taylor Trial Gets Under Way

The war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor finally got under way at The Hague in the Netherlands on Monday. Read more »

Liberia: Citizens Lose Interest in Taylor Trial

The trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, is set to resume on Monday. But Boakai Fofana of allAfrica's Monrovia… Read more »

Mali: A Navy Admiral Fights Malaria

In the latest entry in his blog about a massive health drive, Steven Phillips tells of us about the unlikely presence of a navy admiral in landlocked Mali. Read more »

Mali: U.S. Sports Stars Suit Up Against Malaria

Steven Phillips tells of the impact that American sports stars have on the campaign to make take life-saving health interventions to the children of Mali. Read more »

West Africa: Central Bank in Stalemate as Politics, Tradition Clash

A rift between heads of state of the eight-nation West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) has left the bloc's central bank, BCEAO, with an interim governor for over two… Read more »

Mali: Mothers Form Long Lines For Children's Health

The latest instalment in the reflections of Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, on the huge campaign to reach millions of children… Read more »

Mali: Bed Nets From Vietnam Protect People From Malaria

On the second day of a visit to Mali, Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, tells of the logistics of a campaign to get bed nets, which… Read more »

Nigeria: Yar'Adua Visit to U.S. Launches New Era

Nigeria, apart from being the fifth-largest source of American oil imports, is a key partner of the United States in containing a range of emerging transnational threats, writes… Read more »

Mali: Health Groups Rally to Improve Children's Health

Through this blog, Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, will share his observations from the Republic of Mali, where he is part of the… Read more »

Nigeria: 'Brothers At Each Others' Throats'

Roy Mog-Appia's attention is focused on a sheet of white paper, where he scribbles hastily. A few minutes later, he slides the notepad across the table. Read more »

Liberia: New Study Spotlights Sexual Violence

Preliminary findings of a new study by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Columbia University may have given relief workers the evidence they say they need to focus… Read more »

Nigeria: Local Official Brings Power to the People

Kevin Aniebonem's voice is difficult to hear over the generator roaring in the background. The 24-year-old buys four liters of petrol every day to keep a light bulb running in… Read more »

Liberia: Free Speech Emerges Under New Rule

Launching a new AllAfrica feature, blogs written by members of AllAfrica's staff, Boakai Fofana - who works from our Monrovia office - reflects on the return of free speech to… Read more »

Nigeria: A Chance Meeting, a Saved Life

Sara had a plan. After visiting the hospital, she would return to her two-room house, pull a small package out of her purse, tear it open, then swallow the rat poison it contained. Read more »

Nigeria: A New Publisher, Creating a New Industry

When Bibi Bakare-Yusuf holds her two reviewers' copies of Kemi's Journal—one printed in India and one in Nigeria—side by side, the difference is night and day. Read more »

Mali: Filmmaker Abbdoulaye Ascofaré's Tale of an African Mother's Struggle

FARAW! Mother of the Dunes, is a sentimental film about the many challenges and roles a woman has as a mother and wife. The main character Zamiatou (Aminta Ousmane) is a fictional… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Burkinabe Film Re-Tells Classic Folk Story

Sia, The Dream of the Python is a movie, portraying the classic folk story about sacrifice for the greater good. Burkina Faso filmmaker Dani Kouyate puts a unique twist on the play… Read more »

West Africa: New Film Looks at West Africans in America

Informative, interesting, and humorous are three adjectives that can be used to describe this documentary. Taking place in the concrete jungle of New York, this documentary… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Hip Hop Artist Boobah Siddik Mixes Politics and Rhythm

Ivorian hip hop artist Boobah Siddik has been active in the hip hop community since he left West Africa in 1997 and headed for the U.S. For the past five years he has been… Read more »