Africa: U.S. Makes Urgent Plea for World to 'Step Up' Anti-Ebola Effort

President Obama has made it crystal clear that Ebola is an urgent global crisis that demands an urgent global response. Read more »

Africa: Flying Toilets & Futuristic Technopolis – Challenges & Solutions for Cities

Little more than three decades from now, as many as three-fourths of the world's people will live in cities. More than half already do – crowding neighborhoods, straining… Read more »

Africa: Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize for AllAfrica's Amadou Mahtar Ba

Amadou Mahtar Ba, executive chair and AllAfrica co-founder, is recipient of the Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize (LAAP) by the Millennium Excellence Foundation for his… Read more »

West Africa: Ebola Hits Health Workers

The World Health Organization (WHO) says in its latest Ebola report that those dealing with the outbreak in Liberia are so overwhelmed that they cannot keep reliable statistics on… Read more »

Liberia: Oil Blocks Attract Bidder Interest

Liberia has entered discussions with major international oil companies to encourage bids for drilling in four blocks off the coast near the capital Monrovia. The talks are… Read more »

Liberia: Death of Thomas Eric Duncan, Liberian Ebola patient in the U.S.

The first person diagnosed with Ebola on U.S. soil, Thomas Eric Duncan, has died, according to CNN. Read more »

West Africa: Journalists Must Avoid Mass Hysteria Over Ebola

Journalists need to up their game in the way they report the impact of Ebola on Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, says Bernadette Paolo, writing for AllAfrica. Arguing against the… Read more »

West Africa: Companies Fill Gaps in Ebola Response

When United States Ambassador to Liberia Deborah Malac needed help last month to support the arrival of international health workers, she turned to a private-sector group that had… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Paul Brickhill Remembered for Courageous Championing of Human Dignity

When I learned that my friend Paul Brickhill had died I thought of so much of the promise of Zimbabwe that died with him. Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Exports to Europe Now Face Tariffs

Since October 1, Kenya has lost its free access to the European market due to the East African Community (EAC) failing to negotiate a free trade deal with the European Union (EU). Read more »

Nigeria: 2015 Elections Can Set a New Benchmark in Nigeria

In February 2015, Nigeria will be holding elections to choose both national and state-level leaders for executive and legislative arms of government. Though the polls are still… Read more »

Africa: The Role of Seed in Africa's Agricultural Revolution - Interview

Joe De Vries, Director for the Program for Africa's Seeds Systems (PASS) at the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, spoke to allAfrica at the sidelines of the Alliance for a… Read more »

Lesotho: Breakthrough in Political Crisis?

Mediators in Lesotho's political crisis have scheduled a "major announcement" on efforts to arrange new elections, reopen Parliament and stabilise security. Read more »

Africa: African Governance Survey Sends Warning Signals

Standards of governance in Africa are gradually improving but there are warning signs of backsliding, especially on the economic front, according to the latest edition of the… Read more »

Africa: What Africa is Contributing to Ebola Fight - Dlamini-Zuma

During a High Level Meeting on Ebola at the United Nations on September 25, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon called for a heightened response from the international community. "The… Read more »

Africa: Key Findings of the 2014 Ibrahim Index of African Governance

An excerpt from a Mo Ibrahim Foundation briefing on key findings of the 2014 Ibrahim Index of African Governance. The full briefing, including graphs and findings relating to the… Read more »

Liberia: Chief Medical Officer Places Herself in Ebola Quarantine

Liberia's chief medical officer has put herself under quarantine for 21 days, after one of her assistants, Rev. Napoleon Braithwaite, died from the deadly Ebola virus. Read more »

Tanzania: Local Books Open Worlds for City Kids

Before leaving Tanzania - where she worked on an education project - Jennifer Brookland, a senior writer and editor for Creative Associates International, visited a bookshop in the… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Should Back Real Economic Transformation

The focus on business at the U.S.-Africa Leadership Summit last month was a welcome pointer for how to recalibrate policy and bring tangible economic benefits in trade and… Read more »

Liberia: Remarks by Her Excellency President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at the High Level Meeting on Response to the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak

Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen: Read more »

Africa: Climate-Smart Agriculture Needed to Address Undernutrition

Much has been said about the challenges that humankind faces as the climate shifts. It is time to talk about the opportunities. Read more »

Africa: How Polygamy Slows Small Business Growth

Amelia Kyambadde, Uganda minister for trade, industry and cooperatives, has some 30 years of civil service in her resume, but even with a mission that keeps her on a… Read more »

West Africa: Army General 'On the Ground' Directing U.S. Ebola Campaign

By the time President Obama announced a stepped up effort to combat Ebola in west Africa on Tuesday, the Army officer he tapped to coordinate the response was already on the job. Read more »

Africa: Pearls of Wisdom as Export Forum Nurtures Entrepreneurs

At the registration lobby within the Serena Hotel grounds in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, delegates make a beeline to collect their conference badges. Others chat away excitedly, as… Read more »

Rwanda: Kigali - a Different Kind of City

The Chinese pair trailing me at the check-in line at Kigali airport looked happy to have landed in east Africa. A string of comments expressing restrained delight followed me all… Read more »