South Africa: Pretoria-Kigali Ties Plunge to New Low

South African intelligence officials are accusing the Rwandan Embassy in Pretoria of involvement in an attempt to assassinate an exiled Rwandan general living in Johannesburg, a… Read more »

Liberia: Resilience and Resolve – a Personal Story

On the morning of August 2, 1991, Anna Musu Sherman fled fighting and famine in Liberia's capital, but she couldn't outrun fear. Read more »

Senegal: Dakar Reaches Out to Finance Big Development Plans

Senegal's Minister of Budget Mouhamadou Mactar Cisse met with business representatives in Washington, D.C. last month to present the country's ambitious development plan and… Read more »

Liberia: Convincing the World 'Liberia Is Back' - Foreign Minister Ngafuan

Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has been involved in Liberian politics since student days during his country's long period of conflict and civil strife in the 1990s. President Ellen… Read more »

Guinea: Rapid Steps Needed to Ensure Credible Elections

When Guinea's Supreme Court announced the final results of the legislative elections on November 15, 2013, Guineans finally, and quite understandably, breathed a massive sigh of… Read more »

Uganda: Museveni Signs Anti-Gay Law

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed the country's anti-gay bill into law, rejecting protests issued by leaders ranging from President Barack Obama to retired South… Read more »

Nigeria: Women's Group Receives Major U.S. Award

A Nigerian organization dedicated to promoting the rights of women in the country's legal systems has received a major award from an American foundation for its "outsized impact"… Read more »

South Africa: Nation Faces 'Bafana Bafana' Future, Says Think Tank

If South Africa's governance continues on its current path, the country faces a "Bafana Bafana" scenario in which it remains a "perennial underachiever, always playing in the… Read more »

South Africa: South African Singer Wins Seacrest Contest

YouTube sensation Filipa Carmo da Silva has won RyanSeacrest.com's cover song competition for her rendition of One Direction's hit song Story of my Life. Read more »

South Africa: Nation Faces 'Bafana Bafana' Future, Says Think Tank

If South Africa's governance continues on its current path, the country faces a "Bafana Bafana" scenario in which it remains a "perennial underachiever, always playing in the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Pilot in Custody After Hijacking - Report

Authorities in Switzerland are holding the hijacker of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that was forced to land at Geneva's international airport early on Monday morning, airport… Read more »

Sudan: Mbeki Says Sudan Mediation Continues Amid Conflict

Despite fierce fighting in South Sudan, efforts to address unresolved issues between the young nation and its northern neighbor Sudan continue, former South African President Thabo… Read more »

South Africa: Ford Foundation Pledges Support for 'Visionaries' Tackling Inequality

In 2004, a decade into South Africa's extraordinary experiment with democratic government, Archbishop Desmond Tutu reminded us that we could "kiss reconciliation and forgiveness… Read more »

Africa: Opposition Rolls the Dice in South Africa

For months now, the focus of political attention in South Africa has been on the left and on the politics of populism. Read more »

Africa: Debunking Myths Around Farming in Africa

New technologies and ideas - from mobile phone information systems to new crop varieties - are rapidly transforming agriculture across Africa. Read more »

Malawi: Former Justice Minister Arrested

Former Malawian Justice Minister Raphael Kasambara and a senior civil servant were arrested on money-laundering charges on Monday, report the country's newspapers. Read more »

Africa: Africans Struggle to See Oil, Mineral Revenues

A major new survey of African countries which depend on mining or oil revenues shows that six in 10 people have difficulty in finding out how their governments spend the proceeds… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's Ladysmith Black Mambazo Win Fourth Grammy

Traditional acapella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo have won the Grammy Award for Best World Album for Live: Singing for Peace around the World - sharing the award with the… Read more »

Morocco: Parliament Repeals Controversial Rape Law

The Moroccan parliament has amended a controversial law that allowed a rapist to marry his underage victim in order to escape prosecution, according to Al Jazeera. The vote to… Read more »

South Africa: Fabled Mine Produces New Vivid Blue Diamond

A fabled mine near Pretoria has produced another rare blue diamond potentially worth millions of dollars. Read more »

Africa: Gates Tackles Prophets of Doom On Poverty, Foreign Aid

The American entrepreneur and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has mounted a vigorous attack on prophets of doom who say that poor countries are destined to remain so and that foreign… Read more »

Africa: Three Myths That Block Progress for the Poor

The introduction to the 2014 Gates annual letter, published by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Read more »

Africa: Empowering Women Builds Better Futures

Melinda Gates says everyone wins - and lives are saved - when teenage girls are in school rather than having babies. Excerpted from the 2014 Gates annual letter, published by the… Read more »

Central African Republic: Mayor of Bangui Named Interim President

Mayor of Bangui Catherine Samba-Panza has been elected the Central African Republic's interim president by the transitional parliament, according to an Al Jazeera Television… Read more »

Central African Republic: More CAR Peacekeepers May Be Needed

Amid fears that the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) could descend into a genocide, a senior member of the Obama administration's foreign policy team says the time… Read more »