September 04, 2013
East Africa: Using African Staple Foods to Promote Nutritious Diets
It’s time for East Africans to prepare their palates. Read more »
Africa: How to Achieve a Green Revolution in Africa
Excerpts from the conclusion of the African Agriculture Status Report 2013, published today by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa: Read more »
Africa: Genetically Modified Crops - - 'Fear of the Unknown'
A new report on the state of African agriculture is scathing about opposition to planting genetically-modified crops as a way of growing more food for the continent. Read more »
Africa: Africa Loses As Women Farmers Are Marginalised
The “enormous potential” of small-scale farming to reduce poverty in Africa is not being realised mainly because rural women are neither recognised nor supported enough… Read more »
Africa: New Report Proposes Steps to Boost Food Growing
Africa has 60 percent of the world's arable land and most of its countries depend on farming as the mainstay of their economies, yet productivity is low, the average size of land… Read more »
September 02, 2013
Burkina Faso: President Compaoré Survives Assassination Attempt
A renegade soldier has made an attempt on the life of Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré, reports Fasozine. Read more »
Egypt: Ousted President Mursi to Stand Trial
Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi will be tried in a criminal court for “incitement to murder”, according to an AFP report. Read more »
August 31, 2013
Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Peace Efforts Should Focus on Economics First
The clashes in the eastern Congo over the past week have once again brought into sharp focus the enduring conflict between the M23 rebels and the Congolese military as well as the… Read more »
August 28, 2013
Tanzania: Group Shines Spotlight On Mines Over Child Labour
Thousands of children, some as young as eight years old, are working in Tanzania's small-scale gold mines, exposed to numerous health risks, says a report published today. Read more »
Tanzania: Govt Fails to Enforce Child Labour Laws, Says HRW
Excerpts from the Human Rights Watch report, Toxic Toil - Child Labor and Mercury Exposure in Tanzania's Small-Scale Gold Mines published today: Read more »
Tanzania: Accounts From Tanzanian Child Miners
Quotes from child miners, collected by Human Rights Watch: Read more »
August 26, 2013
Madagascar: Rajoelina Withdraws from Polls
Madagascar's leader, Andry Rajoelina, has confirmed that he will respect the decision of an electoral court, and will not stand for election in October's presidential poll. Read more »
August 21, 2013
Ethiopia: African Media Leaders Must Boycott Ethiopia
Ethiopian journalists have come to expect the worst from our government. Read more »
South Africa: Jazz Singer, Composer Sathima Bea Benjamin Dies
Renowned jazz singer and composer Sathima Bea Benjamin has died, the South African Broadcasting Corporation has reported. Sathima returned to Cape Town from New York in 2011, where… Read more »
August 19, 2013
Mali: Can the New President in Mali Sow the Seeds of Change That He Planted?
In Mali, the votes of the run-off have been cast. And in sharp contrast to elections in Africa or even Western democracies, the defeated candidate conceded not by press release or… Read more »
Egypt: Court Orders Mubarak's Release
A Cairo criminal court accepted on Wednesday an appeal by former president Hosni Mubarak against a recent detention order he received, setting him free, reports Ahram Online. Read more »
Angola: Billionaire Daughter Enriched Through Dos Santos - Report
A detailed investigation by a major American business magazine suggests that Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos has acquired her wealth through her father, President Jose… Read more »
August 16, 2013
Africa: Nigerian Central Bank Official Takes On Development Dogma
On a sun-soaked mid-August morning in the American capital - when attracting even a small gathering to a serious discussion of international economic affairs is considered near… Read more »
August 15, 2013
Africa: Africa as the 'Last Frontier' - Moghalu Presentation
Talking Points for a presentation at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars co-sponsored by the Africa Program and AllAfrica. Read more »
August 14, 2013
Egypt: Bloodshed and Chaos After Authorities Break Up Sit-in
Dozens of supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi are reported killed and hundreds arrested after security forces moved Wednesday to end a weeks-long standoff and cleared two… Read more »
August 12, 2013
Nigeria: Thousands Face Eviction in Lagos - NGOs
Tens of thousands of people living in the Badia East area of Lagos face forced eviction from their homes by the Lagos State government, and possible destitution as a result, warn… Read more »
August 11, 2013
Africa: U.S. Promotes Private-Sector Led Growth - Froman
Since 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which allows eligible countries to export products duty-free to the United States) has defined American trade relations… Read more »
August 09, 2013
Africa: Public-Private Partnerships Can Transform Africa
While unveiling a bold initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa, President Barack Obama made it unequivocally clear that this undertaking will require private… Read more »
August 06, 2013
Tunisia: Tunisia Mulls Referendum to Resolve Crisis
Tunisia's Islamist-led coalition government has raised the prospects of a referendum to resolve the country's worst political crisis since the revolution that ousted former… Read more »
Zimbabwe: African Observers Question Credibility of Polls
The dispute over the fairness of Zimbabwe's election last week appears headed for the next summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) after Botswana called the… Read more »