South Africa: FIFA Says South Africa Paid Bribes to Host World Cup

The world soccer governing body, FIFA, is now describing a U.S. $10 million payment by South Africa to members of its executive committee as a bribe to secure the 2010 World Cup. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Gunmen Attack Ivorian Beach Resort

Gunmen killed more than a dozen people when they opened fire on hotel beaches at a popular resort about 40 kilometres east of Abidjan on Sunday, news agencies report. Read more »

Africa: How to Adapt to Beat Crippling Droughts

Right now, 14 million people across southern Africa face going hungry due to the prolonged drought brought on by the strongest El Niño in 50 years. Read more »

Lesotho: Time for Visionary Leaders in Lesotho

Almost a month after the release of the report of a Southern African Development Community (SADC) inquiry into political instability in Lesotho, many citizens remain in the dark… Read more »

Africa: Four in Five Africans Don't Want Gay Neighbours

Africans are generally tolerant of people of different ethnic groups and religions - but not of gays and lesbians, according to a new report from Afrobarometer. Read more »

Ethiopia: We Want 'Equitable, Broad-Based Growth' – Prime Minister Hailemariam

Since Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn became head of Ethiopia's government upon the death of Meles Zenawi in 2012, the economy has been one of the fastest growing in Africa,… Read more »

South Africa: Hip-Hop Artists Win Big at the Metro FM Awards

All the winners of the 15th Metro FM Music Awards held in Durban on Saturday night. Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day - AllAfrica Global Media is Honoring Female Leaders

The AllAfrica Global Media Group (editor of www.allafrica.com ) will give the AllAfrica African Women Leadership Award to four brave African women. Read more »

Africa: Crossroads for UN Environmental Body That Helped Put Climate Change on Global Agenda

With little over 1000 employees, an annual budget equivalent to that of a medium-sized corporation and headquarters in a developing country (Kenya), the United Nations Environment… Read more »

Africa: Egypt Business Forum Promotes Key African Ties

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el Sisi is calling on African leaders to invest in education so that the continent's peoples can acquire the skills to contribute to the region's… Read more »

South Africa: Popular Actor Rapulana Seiphemo in Hospital After Car Crash - Report

A lead actor in popular South African soapie Generations The Legacy is reportedly in a critical condition at a Johannesburg hospital after a car accident that left two other people… Read more »

Liberia: The Ebola Stories That Don't Get Told

International news reports about Liberia left the impression of overwhelming irrationality in response to the Ebola crisis – an impression that endures among both policy… Read more »

Liberia: Ebola - While World Waited, Liberians Acted

Ebola hit close to home – hard – as it reached its peak in 2014. Two members of my church - one a nun and the other a social worker who had been under 21-day quarantine… Read more »

Cameroon: Pioneering Company Brings African Myths to Gaming

When 14-year-old Madiba Olivier finished playing Final Fantasy VII for the sixth time, the young Cameroonian took the first step towards achieving a childhood dream. His passion… Read more »

Africa: What FIFA Can Do for African Football

Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan is one of the candidates standing for election as FIFA president, to replace Sepp Blatter, next month. In this column, first published on aKoma,… Read more »

South Africa: God, Lies and Spies - A Journalist's Story

God, Spies and Lies, John Matisonn's blend of memoir, political reporting, analysis, media history and lively anecdote demonstrates that although it may be clichéd to say… Read more »

Senegal: About 200 Billion CFA F Received from the Kuwait Fund Since the 1970s

Senegal is the first recipient of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) in West Africa. From the 1970s to the present day, Kuwait grant to Senegal is estimated at… Read more »

Africa: Africans Report Decline in Poverty

A decade of growth in Africa finally seems to have delivered "broad-based reductions in poverty", with Africans in 22 of 33 countries reporting an improvement in their access to… Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica Founder Appointed to UN Panel on Empowering Women

AllAfrica's co-founder and executive chair, Amadou Mahtar Ba, has been appointed to the United Nations' first-ever High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment. Read more »

Lesotho: Maseru Heads for Fall-Out With Region Over Killing of Army Leader

Southern African leaders have called off efforts to mediate Lesotho's political crisis and are set to suspend the country's government from the regional inter-governmental… Read more »

Africa: Mobile Phone Access Explodes Across Africa

The overwhelming majority of Africans - more than nine in every 10 people - now have access to mobile phones, says a new Afrobarometer survey of the continent's infrastructure. Read more »

Nigeria: Nation Faces Major Challenge to Vaccinating Children

As we look back on the public health issues that caught the world's attention in 2015, immunization stands out. Whether it was the measles outbreak in the US or the Ebola vaccine… Read more »

Africa: Nairobi Trade Talks Made History - Kenya Foreign Minister

At the start of 2015, the prospects for a successful outcome for the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Nairobi were dim. The pundits were forecasting… Read more »

Africa: What Obama Still Owes Africa (a Visit to Nigeria for One Thing)

After seven years in office, President Barack Obama has already engaged more broadly on Africa than any previous American president, but with one year remaining in the White House,… Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica's Top News Stories of 2015

1. This year U.S. President Barack Obama visited Kenya, the land where his father was born. His arrival in Nairobi was preceded by speculation that he would dodge the issue of… Read more »