Africa: Punching Back against Al-Shabaab

An attack this month on a Kenyan military base, which killed one American service member and two U.S. Department of Defense contractors, before being repelled by Kenyan and… Read more »

Africa: When Climate Crisis, Food Insecurity and Conflict Shakes Foundation of Peace in Africa

Former UK foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, linked climate change to the growing conflicts in Africa, during his five-day visit to the continent. Hunt stopped in Nigeria and raised… Read more »

South Africa: 'Africa Loves You', Billionaire Motsepe Tells Trump

Billionaire philanthropist and mining mogul Patrice Motsepe has said that Africa loves U.S. President Donald Trump, sparking controversy on social media. Read more »

Africa: Let's Celebrate Quality, Not Just Quantity of Women-Owned Businesses

On the face of it, the progress is impressive: four out of the top 10 countries with high women business owner percentages are in Africa. Read more »

Africa: 'Conflict is Like a Cough, If You Don't Treat the Root Cause, It Comes Back'

With the ongoing conflicts in Cameroon, Somalia, Nigeria, the Sahel and Mozambique, peace on the continent may seem elusive, but Nigerian-based Joy Ada Onyesoh, president of the… Read more »

Angola: Africa's Richest Woman Isabel Dos Santos Charged With Fraud

A court in Luanda has charged Isabel dos Santos with money laundering and mismanagement during her time as chairwoman of state oil firm Sonangol, reports France 24. Read more »

South Africa: 5 Changes to Schooling to Empower The Class of 2020

“What society in a modern knowledge driven global community sets 30% and 40% as pass rates for its children and then sends them on their way with a Grade 9… Read more »

Africa: New Directions for Historic U.S. Africa-Focused Organization

The New York-based Africa-America Institute (AAI) is one of the oldest, most-respected institutions connecting Africans and Americans. Founded in 1952, under the name… Read more »

Africa: Africare Co-Founder Dr. Joseph C. Kennedy – A Son's Remembrance

Dr. Joseph C. Kennedy, co-founder and longtime director of International Development and vice president of Africare, died December 7, 2019 at age 93 from respiratory failure. Read more »

Africa: Prioritizing Action on Air Pollution Will Benefit Health, the Climate and the Economy

Everyone around the world shares the same right to a healthy environment. Indeed, during the United Nations General Assembly and the Climate Action Summit, leaders from governments… Read more »

Africa: CAF Drops AFCON 2021 Bombshell

The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations will start months earlier on January 9 after its dates were moved, hosts Cameroon have announced. Read more »

South Africa/Morocco: SAFA Boycotts 2020 Futsal Over Morocco's Occupation of Western Sahara

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has announced its decision to withdraw the national team from the 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations to be hosted in Morocco. Read more »

Nigeria: Building Peace – The Only Alternative to a Failed State

Africa's largest economy and most populous country, with over 200 million people, has been battling internal conflicts and external insurgencies that are threatening the country's… Read more »

Africa: Human Rights Violations and Violence - The Continent's 11 Hotspots

Eleven African nations are highlighted in a major annual report on human rights as places where violations of citizens' rights were accompanied by insurgencies, domestic conflict… Read more »

South Sudan: Announcement of Peace Agreement Concluded in Rome

Following is the statement issued by the Community of Sant'Egidio,  a lay Catholic association in Rome that has been mediating the conflict among parties in South Sudan: Read more »

Africa: End Energy Poverty in Africa to Combat Climate Change

Black carbon - emitted by gas and diesel engines and released through the burning of wood, peat, charcoal, and other solid fuels - is the second most significant contributor to… Read more »

Africa: Breakthrough Device Revolutionises Ebola Patient Treatment During Outbreaks

A Congolese clinician's frustration at being unable to give Ebola patients the quality of care they deserved has led to a ground-breaking innovation which revolutionises the… Read more »

Africa: How Debt Markets Can Supercharge Trump's 'Prosper Africa' Initiative

The ‘Prosper Africa’ policy launched by the Trump administration last yearto substantially increase U.S. investments in Africa (which pale relative to those from China,… Read more »

South Africa: Photojournalist 'Coming Home' After Escaping Syrian Captors

Photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed will be returning home three years after being kidnapped in Syria by the Islamic State, writes News24. Reuters reported that, according to a… Read more »

South Africa: Yvonne Chaka Chaka Denies Being Deported from Uganda

The popular South African music legend has dismissed reports that she was deported from Uganda, where she was scheduled to perform at a New Year's Eve concert. Read more »

Africa: UN Agency Pinpoints African Nations As World's Worst 2020 Hunger Spots

Zimbabwe, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central Sahel region dominate the demand for food aid as the world enters 2020, says the United Nations World Food… Read more »

Angola: Court Orders Asset Freeze of Former President's Daughter Over Graft Claims

All assets of Isabel dos Santos, her husband Sindika Dokolo and Mário Filipe Moreira Leite da Silva, CEO of the Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA), have been frozen following an… Read more »

South Africa: Springbok Captain Siya Kolisi Honours School Sponsor

Siya Kolisi ended a memorable year with a visit to New York where he paid homage to Vincent Mai, the man who paid the school bursary that put the South African rugby captain… Read more »

Nigeria: Revocation of Late Saraki's Land: 'Abdulrasaq Has Crossed the Line'

Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has stated that Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has crossed the line of decency with his recent efforts to erase… Read more »

South Sudan: Pope and Anglican Archbishop Join in Urgent Appeal to South Sudan

An Christmas Day appeal for peace addressed to leaders in South Sudan has been issued by Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of… Read more »