Congo-Kinshasa: Where Giving Birth Is Deadly

Her limbs flaccid, her eyes wide with fear and pain, Théthé's cries seem oddly detached from her body, as if part of her isn't lying on a brown vinyl mattress, slick… Read more »

Mali: Attack On Timbuktu World Heritage Site May Spark Revolt

There are fears that the population of Timbuktu may react violently after fighters from a religious sect desecrated the tomb of a saint. Read more »

Africa: Trade Talks Threaten Access to Aids Drugs

Humanitarian aid has come a long way in the last 40 years, says the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr. Unni Karunakara, but he warns that… Read more »

Africa: Raising 'Uncomfortable Questions' in a Changing World

Part 2 of a conversation with the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières. Read more »

Africa: Great Gains Against Killer Diseases At Risk

Part 1 of a conversation with the international president of Mèdecins Sans Frontières. Read more »

Kenya: Court Ruling on Generic Drugs Sets Precedent for the Region

Thousands of people living with HIV and Aids in East Africa were given new hope on 25 April 2012, when a high court judge in Nairobi ruled that Kenya’s anti-counterfeit law… Read more »

Africa: HIV Funding Boosts General Health Services - Study

The debate within the global health community about the impact of dedicated HIV/Aids funding on general public health services has been taken a step further with a study showing… Read more »

Africa: Two Countries Named in 10 Worst for Censorship

Eritrea experiences the worst censorship in the world, while Equatorial Guinea is among the five most heavily-censored countries, says the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Read more »

Central Africa: U.S.-Sponsored Visit to Anti-Kony Staging Camp Produces Flurry of News

An unusual dateline - Obo, Central African Republic - appeared in newspapers and on radio broadcasts across the globe Monday morning. Read more »

Africa: Fugitives Take Note - Justice Can Be Done

Liberia's "big man" surely thought he'd enjoy a comfortable retirement when he left power back in 2003. But on April 26 the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted Charles Taylor… Read more »

Malawi: President Banda Announces Her New Cabinet

Malawian President Joyce Banda has announced her new 23-member cabinet, which includes members from various political parties. Read more »

Liberia: The Crimes of Charles Ghankay Taylor

The special tribunal which tried the former Liberian president found him guilty of aiding and abetting crimes including acts of terrorism, murder, rape, sexual slavery,… Read more »

Africa: Fighting Malaria - 'Best Investment in Health in Decades'

The pay-off from investment in anti-malaria programmes has been nothing short of spectacular, and every effort must be made to maintain these efforts, says the director of the… Read more »

Liberia: Taylor Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has become the first African leader to be found guilty of war crimes by an international court. Read more »

Sudan: African Union Calls For End to Bombing, Troop Withdrawals

The African Union has called on Sudan to stop its aerial bombing of South Sudan and expressed "dismay and deep disappointment" with both countries for their involvement in the… Read more »

Africa: Malaria - a Mass Killer Under Fire

Malaria is in the bull's eye of a global campaign. The target is zero malaria deaths by 2015. The challenge is how to get there -- and stay there. Read more »

East Africa: Obama Extends U.S. Search for LRA's Kony

U.S. President Barack Obama has announced that American advisers helping with the mission to capture Joseph Kony will remain in East Africa to "bring this madman to justice.". Read more »

Africa: U.S. in Drive to Boost Africa's Energy Supply

As I fly over Africa at night - a regular occurrence in my job - the continent is an indelible image of sporadic pinpricks of light that identify the largest cities and towns, with… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Petition Requests UN to Supervise Polls

More than 200 singing and drum-beating demonstrators took to the streets of London in the hopes that their protest will push the United Nations (UN) to supervise the next general… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Country Rocked By Apparent Coup Attempt

Guinea-Bissau's military has taken control of the ruling party headquarters and national radio station on Thursday night as shots and rocket fire were heard in the capital,… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Congress Bill Calls On Obama to Engage African Markets

Brother, can you spare a dime? Read more »

Malawi: Banda Asserts Control, Summons Cabinet

Malawi's Vice-President Joyce Banda made a bid to take control of the country on Saturday, announcing the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika and calling a Cabinet meeting. Read more »

Malawi: Ministers in Bid to Block V-P From Taking Power

The struggle for power in Malawi came out into the open on Friday night when a group of Cabinet ministers appeared at a news conference to declare that Vice-President Joyce Banda… Read more »

Malawi: How Vice-President Joyce Banda Fell Out With President Mutharika

Malawi's Vice-President Joyce Banda gave her view of the deterioration of her relationship with President Bingu wa Mutharika in an interview with AllAfrica last September. She told… Read more »

Malawi: Chief Justice, U.S. Tell Govt to Transfer Power to V-P

Malawi's chief justice has told the country's government that it must obey the constitution and transfer power to Vice-President Joyce Banda, reports the Nyasa Times. Read more »