Africa: These Young Africans Were Just Recognised for Making a Difference

You may know who Millie Bobby Brown is from her role in the American TV series Stranger Things, but do you know who Kherann Yao, Deasy Helena Muzima, Detty Dione Datto, Lebohang… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Now Ebola Fighters Face Attacks While Battling Deadly Disease

Security concerns remain a major obstacle in ending the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo, that has so far claimed more than 200 lives. On November 16, more than a dozen WHO staff had… Read more »

Africa: Getting the Global Malaria Response Back on Track

The foreword to the 2018 World malaria report by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization: Read more »

South Africa: Relief As Govt Okays 180,000 Permits For Zimbabweans

The adjudication and printing of 178,172 applications for the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) spokesman Thabo Makgola is reported as saying, urging 1,932 applicants who had… Read more »

South Africa: Trump Appoints Handbag Designer as Ambassador to Pretoria

United States President Donald Trump has announced his nomination to fill the post of ambassador to Pretoria: South African-born luxury handbag designer Lana Marks. Read more »

South Africa: Foreigners Are a Burden on Our Health System - Minister

South Africa's Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says foreign nationals are burdening the South African health system. Read more »

Africa: #IdibalaChallenge Goes Global, People Are Fainting Everywhere!

You've probably been wondering what this dancing fainting craze videos are all about, unless you've been living under a rock for the past week or two... Read more »

Cameroon: Journalist Mimi Mefo's Release - Pressure or President's Magnanimity?

Equinoxe Radio-Television English news presenter Mimi Mefo Takembou has been released from the Douala New Bell prison after a 72 hours. Takembou was charged with the propagation of… Read more »

South Africa: High Court Orders Liquidation of VBS Bank

The North Gauteng High Court has ordered the liquidation of VBS Mutual Bank, eNCA reports. This comes after an application by the South African Reserve Bank's Prudential Authority… Read more »

Gabon: Presidency Denies Ali Bongo is Dead

Gabonese presidential spokesperson has finally revealed how President Ali Bongo is faring. The president was admitted to hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 24. Read more »

Africa: Bank Finance Program Mobilizes Resources for Poorest Nations

The number of people living in extreme poverty around the world continues to decline – in 25 years, extreme poverty was reduced from 36 percent to 10 percent, which… Read more »

South Africa: After State Capture - Populism, Corruption & Decline or Growth, Jobs & Prosperity?

Former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas is renowned in South Africa as the man who refused a $40 million bribe and the finance minister's job, offered to him by former… Read more »

Africa: Women and Children the Big Losers When Governance is Measured

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has released 2018's Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG). It is the foundation's 12th annual edition since it was launched in 2007. This index shows… Read more »

Uganda: Head of the House Never Goes into the Kitchen - Museveni

Do people still believe a woman's place still is in the kitchen in the 21st century? Well, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni seems to think so. The 74-year-old has come under fire… Read more »

Cameroon: Biya Sworn In, Challenger Arrested - Report

President Paul Biya of Cameroon has been sworn into serve his seventh consecutive term as the head of state. This comes after he was declared winner of the presidential elections… Read more »

Africa: Continent's Biodiversity Crisis - A Call to Action

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has called on his fellow African leaders to take action to tackle the current biodiversity crisis facing the continent and do more… Read more »

Nigeria: Fast, Free Google WiFi Could Transform Nation's Health

Nigeria is the fifth country – and the first in Africa – to get Google Station super-fast Internet at selected locations. Read more »

Namibia: First Lady Monica Geingos Receives World Without Aids Award

The first lady of Namibia, Monica Geingos, and singer and political activist Sir Bob Geldof have won the 2018 World Without AIDS Award. Read more »

Africa: How to Transform an Index Into Better Governance

The publication of this year's Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) highlights the importance of both state and non-state actors in countries across the continent taking… Read more »

Cameroon: A Foregone Conclusion – Cameroon's Presidential Election

These three leaders have something in common, however, that distinguishes them from Paul Biya. Read more »

Africa: How We Invest In - and Achieve - Health for Africa

Now is the time for African women to stand up for ourselves and nurture leadership among others. We have been fantastic in many areas essential to progress at the family and… Read more »

Africa: Trade Holds Key to Wealth Creation - Afreximbank's Oramah

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is one of the long-established but lesser known continent-wide institutions. Created by African governments and private and… Read more »

Africa: Waging Justice: The Alchemy of Living with Optimism

We are living in a time of huge social and geopolitical upheaval. Institutions and established doctrines that once appeared predictable and protective now seem crazily unmoored. Read more »

Africa: Spotlighting Innovation for Infrastructure – CCA's Florie Liser

The 25-year-old Washington, DC-based Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) is hosting on 5-6 November in Johannesburg its first U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference to be held outside… Read more »

Africa: 'We Were Never Meant to Struggle' - Samia Nkrumah Speaks on Why Africa Needs to Unite

In an exclusive interview, Samia Yaba Nkrumah explains why a more profound African unity is needed to achieve the benefits of democracy - economic growth and prosperity for all. Read more »