Africa: Toyin Saraki Says Why Drug Trial for Women is Close to Her Heart

Toyin Saraki was speaking at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine to raise awareness of the issue of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), which kills around 100,000 women… Read more »

Africa: How to Sustain High Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

After significant strides across sub-Saharan Africa over the past quarter-century, there is now a deterioration in the macroeconomic health of many countries, warns Abebe Aemro… Read more »

Nigeria: Examining The Untapped Power of Citizens in Governance

The role of active citizens in an effective democracy cannot be overemphasized. Nigeria is believed to have a population of over 180 million of which 120 million are said to be of… Read more »

Liberia: Sirleaf's Legacy and the New President's Challenge

In the second round of historical presidential elections, Liberians must ask themselves what they have to gain and what they stand to lose if they do not get this right. Here… Read more »

Egypt: TV Presenter Jailed for Talking About Sex Outside Marriage

Doaa Salah, a presenter on Al-Nahar TV has been sentenced to three years in jail after she discussed ways of becoming pregnant outside a conventional marriage, reports news site… Read more »

Africa: What Africa Needs - Roads and Bridges, Cooking Oil and Cement

Roads and railways, bridges and harbours - that's what we need to invest in if we are to grow Africa's economies and provide jobs for the millions of young people who want to… Read more »

Africa: The Role of African Media in Regional Integration

Most of the founding leaders of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), today's African Union (AU), are not remembered for their support of free press and democratic rule. Yet,… Read more »

Ghana: 'Most Business-Friendly' Investment Destination Is Our Goal – Trade & Industry's Kyerematen

Ghana received welcome news last week from the IMF: real GDP growth for the country is projected to reach 5.9 percent in 2017 and 8.9 percent in 2018, following three successive… Read more »

Africa: Experts Explore Infrastructure and Cooperation to Improve Lives

African economies require structural transformation to attain sustained growth that trickles down to all its peoples, an official from the United Nations Economic Commission for… Read more »

Africa: Where Journalists Are Killed With Impunity

Somalia has the world's worst record for solving the murders of journalists – and holds it for the third year running, says a new report. Read more »

Africa: 'Guptagate' Hits Businesses Across Africa, China, India

The corruption scandal engulfing South Africa's state-owned companies has triggered a ban by one of the world's leading software companies on the payment of commissions on… Read more »

Nigeria: Why Boko Haram Suspects Deserve Fair Trials

As I waited at Nigeria's Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, watching bags of various colors and shapes tumble onto the carousel, I cast a glance around the airport. It always feels… Read more »

Kenya: As the Nation Prepares to Vote...

It is the eve of the much-anticipated October 26 poll and hopes of a successful, peace and credible poll are slim. Read more »

Africa: Scaling Up Required to Address Urgent Infrastructure Demand - AFC's Andrew Alli

The African Finance Corporation (AFC) which was established to help bridge Africa's huge infrastructure gap, has made investments totaling more than $4.5 billion in a decade of… Read more »

Africa: An Unfortunate Reminder That Dark Skin Is Still 'Not Beautiful'

"You are pretty for a dark-skinned girl" Read more »

Africa: Stumble over Mugabe Challenges WHO Leadership

A few days ago, the 'insider' development news organization Devex gave the new Director General of the World Health Organization a thumbs up for his first 100 days in office. Read more »

Nigeria: The Future of Health and Promise of Primary Health Care in Nigeria

Third Distinguished Lecture At The Ondo State University Of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Ondo State, Nigeria Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica Launches Information Initiative for Non-Communicable Diseases

AllAfrica's global platform to provide information on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) debuted today at the World Health Organization's Global Conference on Noncommunicable… Read more »

Africa: #MeToo - Good Men Should Not be Quiet Spectators

The pain and anger of more than a million people who tweeted #MeToo in the last week has crowded social media with personal stories of sexual harassment or assault. This virtual… Read more »

Zimbabwe: The Blame Game - What Mugabe's Been Playing Since 1980

As Zimbabwe's economy has gone from bad to worse in recent years, Robert Mugabe's political and physical demise has been predicted many times but he has always confounded his many… Read more »

Cameroon: How Yaounde is Stifling Freedom

The regime in Yaounde has a simple way of making sure citizens toe the line. Rights provided for in the constitution is simply for reading pleasure. It is meant to please the… Read more »

Africa: Hasta La Visa - When Travelling Takes a Wrong Turn

We all know traveling is great - learning about new places and cultures while posting selfies to make friends on Facebook jealous is always fun, but what about when it's not?… Read more »

South Africa: The Teflon Presidency - Where Motions of No-Confidence Don't Stick

President Jacob is living up to his title of Teflon president for his ability to survive no-confidence votes brought before Parliament by opposition parties. Read more »

Togo: Four Killed During Protests Against Gnassingbé

Four people were killed on Wednesday, October 18, in Lomé and Sokodé, the two largest cities in Togo. For the past two months, the opposition has organized marches… Read more »

South Africa: Jamaican Athlete Usain Bolt Set to Host 2018 Sun Met

Sun Met celebrated with G.H Mumm has announced that the retired sprinting legend will host of Africa's Richest Race Day next year. Read more »