Africa: U.S. Private, Public Sectors Step Up to Power Challenge

My grandmother spent her whole life in southern Ethiopia and passed away a few years ago without ever having switched on a light. I also spent much of my early life in Africa,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Stop Arresting Journalists, Say World Editors, Publishers

The text of a resolution of the General Assembly of the International Press Institute calling on the Ethiopian government to review its use of anti-terrorism laws against… Read more »

South Africa: Press Leaders Struggled to Get Visas for Congress

The text of a resolution of the General Assembly of the International Press Institute expressing deep concern that South African diplomatic missions were obstructive in responding… Read more »

South Africa: Send 'Secrecy Bill' for Court Review, Says IPI

The text of a resolution of the General Assembly of the International Press Institute calling on South Africa's president to send the 'secrecy bill' for constitutional review: Read more »

Eswatini: IPI Calls On Swazi Govt to Free Editor

The text of a resolution of the General Assembly of the International Press Institute calling on Swaziland's government to drop charges against jailed editor and human rights… Read more »

Africa: From North to South, East to West, Media Freedom in Africa Under Challenge

The executive director of the International Press Institute (IPI), Alison Bethel McKenzie, delivered a wide-ranging report on press freedom in the world to the institute's world… Read more »

Nigeria: President Has Failed, APC Ready to Lead - Tinubu

Nigeria's election next February will be the first nationwide two-party contest since the end of military rule in 1999. The emergence last year of the All Progressives Congress… Read more »

Africa: World Bank Seminars to be Streamed Live

A series of seminars focusing on key issues affecting Africa's development will be held in Washington, DC, this week - and streamed live on the web - to coincide with the World… Read more »

Nigeria: Memorandum on Security Challenges in Borno & Yobe States

We are all members of the Borno and Yobe States Peoples Forum who actively participated in the preparation of the Press conference held in Abuja on 30th March 2014. The message of… Read more »

Nigeria: Borno-Yobe Forum Questions Security Forces on 'Continuous Bloodletting'

Presentation by the Borno-Yobe People's Forum at the World Press Conference on the Crises in the North East Held on 31st March 2014 at Barcelona Hotel, Abuja Read more »

Ghana: Student Accepted to All Ivy League Schools in U.S.

A New York high school student whose family immigrated to the United States from Ghana has been accepted to all eight Ivy League schools in the U.S, according to CNN. Read more »

Africa: Young Leaders Have Hope for Africa

Hundreds of people packed a Congressional committee room last week to see a panel of young leaders discuss their ideas for positive change across Africa. Read more »

Mali: Malians Show Dramatic Leap in Confidence

The return of democracy and peace to much of Mali has generated a complete turnaround in public confidence in the country's future, according to a new opinion survey. Read more »

Africa: Europe and Africa - Crocodiles With One Stomach

Two heads, one stomach? This is how a former minister described Africa-Europe relations last month, using the West African metaphor of an Adinkra crocodile to say both continents… Read more »

South Africa: 'I Never Did Anything Wrong' - Zuma

President Jacob Zuma has responded to the controversy over the spending of U.S. $23 million in government money on his private country estate by declaring: "I never did anything… Read more »

Africa: Top Africa Think-Tank Pushes Reform - ECA's Carlos Lopes

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) drives Africa's political and economic agenda, along with the African Union – the 54-member organization of African… Read more »

Egypt: Court Sentences 529 Mursi Supporters to Death

AFP reports that 529 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi have been sentenced to death during a mass trial. Read more »

Ghana: Akufo-Addo Announces Plan to Run for President

Opposition politician Nana Akufo-Addo, who narrowly lost Ghana's last election to President John Dramani Mahama, has announced that he will be seeking his party's nomination for… Read more »

Mozambique: The Bishop Who Smashed Guns At the Altar

The longest-serving Anglican bishop in the world, Bishop Dinis Sengulane of Lebombo, a church diocese which covers southern Mozambique, is to retire after nearly four decades… Read more »

Liberia: War Refugees Rebuilding Liberia - Gyude Moore

Only 10 years ago, Liberia began to emerge from a quarter-century of instability, punctuated by what Liberians call World Wars I and II. The names reflect the lived realities of… Read more »

Africa: Stolen Funds Dwarf Development Aid - Mbeki

The illicit flow of money out of Africa is at least double what the continent receives from development assistance, according to conservative estimates. Large corporations are… Read more »

Somalia: Piracy Declines Dramatically, Report Insurers

Somali piracy could be eliminated within a few years if foreign navies continue their patrols off the country's coast, reports a major insurance company. Read more »

Africa: U.S. Star To Tackle Electricity Problems in Africa

Senegalese-American singer Aliaune Badara Thiam, popularly known as Akon, has launched an initiative to provide electricity to one million households in Africa by the end of 2014. Read more »

West Africa: Shipping Industry Calls for Joint Action on Piracy

West Africa's coastal states need to step up co-ordination to beat the growing incidence of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, says an international maritime organisation. Read more »

Africa: Who Tweets Most in Africa?

Tweeters in Accra, Cairo, Johannesburg and Nairobi are the most active in their respective regions of the continent, and football is the most popular topic of discussion. Read more »