Africa: Attacking Malaria Before it Sickens (Part2)

"We are now witnessing a true renaissance, an awakening, about malaria," Carlos (Kent) Campbell said when he accepted a lifetime achievement award in November at the American… Read more »

Africa: Investing in Africa 'The Savage Way'

In his memoir, "The Savage Way, Successfully Navigating the Waves of Business and Life", Frank Savage writes about a love of the continent that began before he went there for the… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Bring Women into DRC Peace Talks - Diop

It's a country the size of all of western Europe, with enormous mineral riches that enable the artifacts of modern life, from mobile phones and tablets to circuit boards and solar… Read more »

Africa: Development Requires Investment, Democracy - Moeletsi Mbeki

This week's African National Congress elective conference will decide who should lead South Africa's ruling political party into the next election in 2014. But key issues… Read more »

Africa: Remarkable Strides, Formidable Challenges, Says Malaria Fighter (Part 1)

In receiving the distinguished Joseph Augustin LePrince Medal in recognition of outstanding work in the field of malariology, Carlos (Kent) Campbell said last month that the world… Read more »

Mali: President Appoints New PM

Dioncounda Traoré, the interim Malian president, has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra, immediately appointing Django Sissoko to replace him,… Read more »

South Africa: Doctors 'Satisfied' With Mandela's Progress

Doctors attending to former President Mandela have reported that he has made progress during the past 24 hours and they are satisfied with the way he is responding to treatment. Read more »

Southern Africa: Regional Leaders Propose Madagascar Election Bans

Southern African leaders want to bar Madagascar's deposed president, Marc Ravalomanana, from standing in new elections - despite condemning as unconstitutional his ousting in 2009. Read more »

Africa: UN Official Calls for Boost to Smallholder Farming

The African Green Revolution Forum held earlier this year in Arusha, Tanzania, aimed to put smallholder farmers at the center of the conversation … Read more »

Mali: Prime Minister Resigns After Arrest

Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra has resigned, with all the members of his cabinet. Read more »

Egypt: Mursi Backs Down - Partially

President Mohamed Mursi has backed down in response to protests across Egypt and rescinded a November decree granting himself sweeping powers, but has refused to call off a… Read more »

Egypt: Several Dead in Egyptian Clashes

Six people were killed and 450 injured after clashes between protesters and supporters of President Mohamed Mursi on Wednesday night, reports Ahram Online from Cairo. Read more »

Africa: Twelve Countries Rank in Top 75 on Anti-Corruption Index

Twelve African countries are ranked among the 75 least corrupt nations in the world, according to the 2012 index published Wednesday by Transparency International. Read more »

Africa: Preparing Youth for Africa As a Country

More than 1,000 participants from around the world recently gathered in Doha, Qatar, for the fourth annual World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), convening under the theme… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Africanists Worry Over Obama's Next Secretary of State

As President Barack Obama decides whom to nominate to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state during his second term, Africa specialists in the United States are beginning to… Read more »

Africa: The Fight Against Aids - No Time to 'Rest on Our Laurels'

Saturday marks World Aids Day. Stephen Lewis, chair of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which helps fight HIV/Aids, says the human face of the disease needs to be restored and that it… Read more »

Ethiopia: Africa's First Commodity Exchange Revolutionizes Economy

While government leaders, NGOs and corporations devise strategies to churn out more food for future generations, Eleni Gabre-Madhin is taking a different approach. Concerned by a… Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica Founder Named Among 'Most Influential Africans'

AllAfrica co-founder and chair Amadou Mahtar Ba has been included on New African magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential Africans. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Ouattara Names New PM

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has named Daniel Kablan Duncan as the country's new prime minister, reports Radio France Internationale (RFI). Read more »

South Africa: Protesters Camp Out to Oppose 'Secrecy Bill'

"We love Zuma but down with him", chanted a group of more than 20 protesters at the gates of Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, during a rally against the implementation of the… Read more »

Eswatini: Ellinah Wamukoya Becomes Africa's First Female Bishop

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has consecrated the continent's first woman bishop. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Seize Goma

Rebels of the M23 group seized part of the regional capital of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, reports Radio Okapi. Read more »

Liberia: Pipe Dreams - Waiting for Water in Monrovia

"The hanging latrines" of West Point are not one of Liberia's most celebrated beauty spots. But this modest collection of elevated toilets, erected on the banks of the Mesurado… Read more »

South Africa: Chasing the Final Flush

There is no shortage of jokes and a long list of euphemisms when it comes to talking about toilets. Read more »

Liberia: Tapping Official and Grassroots Efforts On Water

In July 1990, as then-rebel leader Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia advanced on Monrovia, Taylor's guerrilla fighters attacked the White Plains water treatment… Read more »