Africa: New Development Financing Models for Africa - A Look Back at ADF9

If Africa's growth and dynamism is to be sustained, the continent's ability to finance future infrastructure development cannot be left to vagaries of foreign aid allocations but… Read more »

South Africa: Mystery Surrounds Couple's Death in Tanzania

The death of a young South African couple remains unsolved, after their bodies were found in an apartment in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, according to IOL. Read more »

Nigeria: How to Hold a Fair Election and Why We Must - Gambari

Ibrahim Gambari, a veteran diplomat and scholar who retired from the United Nations in 2012, is now heading a Nigerian-based think tank 'with a difference'. The Savannah Centre for… Read more »

Burkina Faso: I Won't Resign - Compaore

Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore refused to resign in the face of violent protests against his 30-year rule, saying instead he will lead a transitional government after… Read more »

Africa: Test of African Democracy - Burkina and Beyond

On Thursday the former soldier who seized power in Burkina Faso 27 years ago agreed to negotiate with opponents. The announcement was a response to massive popular demonstrations… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Protesters Demand Stop to Constitutional Change

In Ouagadougou, nearly one million people have taken to the streets on Tuesday, organizers of the rally have said. The march itself was peaceful. But clashes had erupted between… Read more »

West Africa: Top U.S. Official Visits Ebola-Hit Nations

The highest-ranking American government official yet to visit Ebola-hit nations has criticised the international response to the crisis and moved to encourage Americans to… Read more »

Botswana: Khama Wins Botswana Polls

Botswana's President Ian Khama is to be sworn in for another term on Tuesday after winning the country's election, Botswana media report. Read more »

Africa: Ebola Cases Now Exceed 10,000

An overview of the current state of Ebola infections is provided by excerpts from the October 25 situation report of the World Health Organization's Ebola Response Roadmap: Read more »

Africa: How I Could Have Brought Ebola to Washington

In September, I spent time with an American woman who had recently been in Lofa County, Liberia, an Ebola hot spot bordering the village in Guinea where the first case was… Read more »

Lesotho: Top Basotho Security Chiefs Step Down

Three top Basotho military and police commanders implicated in recent political turmoil in the country will step aside to help create a climate in which new elections can be held. Read more »

Africa: Woman Attacked in Rome Over Ebola Fears

A woman from Guinea has reportedly been attacked by angry bus passengers who told her she was infected by Ebola and had to get off, according to media reports. Read more »

Central Africa: African Ministers Ready to Order Attack on Rwandan Rebels

Defence and foreign ministers from the Great Lakes and Southern African regions resolved on Monday that military action be taken against Rwandan rebels in the eastern Democratic… Read more »

Liberia: Long-term Cure for Ebola - Sirleaf

As the Ebola nightmare continues in Liberia and as we battle to contain the epidemic, it is important to look beyond the immediate crisis. Many more lives will be lost before this… Read more »

Lesotho: No End to Lesotho's Instability?

A political and security crisis in Lesotho has eased since parties agreed to call early elections next February in a bid to secure a new government with a clear mandate. But one of… Read more »

Nigeria: Chibok Girls - Seeing Is Believing

Only when the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram militants six month ago actually emerge from confinement can the world believe that the deal reportedly negotiated with the… Read more »

Nigeria: Ebola Outbreak 'Defeated' in Nigeria

An excerpt from an address on October 19 by Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, to its Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean: Read more »

West Africa: How Ebola Could Save Thousands of U.S. Lives

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Kenya: Silicon Savannah Reimagines Cities

He has struggled to find jobs since he finished high school a decade ago – but if Alex Muoki has bet right this time, he may turn out to be a winner. Read more »

Kenya: Konza – City of Dreams

What if there were a city where big ideas become real, where traffic jams are obsolete, where women and men develop futuristic technologies together, where natural and urban… Read more »

Africa: Do African Union Governance Reviews Work?

Is the instrument adopted by the African Union to improve the quality of governance across the continent actually working? Yarik Turianskyi and Steven Gruzd look at what the… Read more »

West Africa: Zuckerberg & Chan Contributing $25m to CDC to Fight Ebola

Facebook statement announcing contribution from Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan Read more »

Africa: At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Young, Growing Cities - Mamadou Biteye

An agriculture economist by training, Mamadou Biteye has worked in many parts of Africa for organizations as diverse as the African Development Foundation, Oxfam and the World… Read more »

Botswana: Could Mining Help Conserve Okavango Delta?

Understandably, the mining industry is not perceived as a bastion of environmental preservation. That many of the world's minerals and hydrocarbons are found in pristine… Read more »

Africa: Isolate Ebola, Not Countries, Says IMF Chief

An excerpt from a statement by International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde at a news conference after meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in… Read more »