Africa: International Women's Day - AllAfrica Global Media is Honoring Female Leaders

The AllAfrica Global Media Group (editor of www.allafrica.com ) will give the AllAfrica African Women Leadership Award to four brave African women. Read more »

Africa: Crossroads for UN Environmental Body That Helped Put Climate Change on Global Agenda

With little over 1000 employees, an annual budget equivalent to that of a medium-sized corporation and headquarters in a developing country (Kenya), the United Nations Environment… Read more »

Africa: Egypt Business Forum Promotes Key African Ties

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el Sisi is calling on African leaders to invest in education so that the continent's peoples can acquire the skills to contribute to the region's… Read more »

South Africa: Popular Actor Rapulana Seiphemo in Hospital After Car Crash - Report

A lead actor in popular South African soapie Generations The Legacy is reportedly in a critical condition at a Johannesburg hospital after a car accident that left two other people… Read more »

Liberia: The Ebola Stories That Don't Get Told

International news reports about Liberia left the impression of overwhelming irrationality in response to the Ebola crisis – an impression that endures among both policy… Read more »

Liberia: Ebola - While World Waited, Liberians Acted

Ebola hit close to home – hard – as it reached its peak in 2014. Two members of my church - one a nun and the other a social worker who had been under 21-day quarantine… Read more »

Cameroon: Pioneering Company Brings African Myths to Gaming

When 14-year-old Madiba Olivier finished playing Final Fantasy VII for the sixth time, the young Cameroonian took the first step towards achieving a childhood dream. His passion… Read more »

Africa: What FIFA Can Do for African Football

Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan is one of the candidates standing for election as FIFA president, to replace Sepp Blatter, next month. In this column, first published on aKoma,… Read more »

South Africa: God, Lies and Spies - A Journalist's Story

God, Spies and Lies, John Matisonn's blend of memoir, political reporting, analysis, media history and lively anecdote demonstrates that although it may be clichéd to say… Read more »

Senegal: About 200 Billion CFA F Received from the Kuwait Fund Since the 1970s

Senegal is the first recipient of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) in West Africa. From the 1970s to the present day, Kuwait grant to Senegal is estimated at… Read more »

Africa: Africans Report Decline in Poverty

A decade of growth in Africa finally seems to have delivered "broad-based reductions in poverty", with Africans in 22 of 33 countries reporting an improvement in their access to… Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica Founder Appointed to UN Panel on Empowering Women

AllAfrica's co-founder and executive chair, Amadou Mahtar Ba, has been appointed to the United Nations' first-ever High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment. Read more »

Lesotho: Maseru Heads for Fall-Out With Region Over Killing of Army Leader

Southern African leaders have called off efforts to mediate Lesotho's political crisis and are set to suspend the country's government from the regional inter-governmental… Read more »

Africa: Mobile Phone Access Explodes Across Africa

The overwhelming majority of Africans - more than nine in every 10 people - now have access to mobile phones, says a new Afrobarometer survey of the continent's infrastructure. Read more »

Nigeria: Nation Faces Major Challenge to Vaccinating Children

As we look back on the public health issues that caught the world's attention in 2015, immunization stands out. Whether it was the measles outbreak in the US or the Ebola vaccine… Read more »

Africa: Nairobi Trade Talks Made History - Kenya Foreign Minister

At the start of 2015, the prospects for a successful outcome for the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Nairobi were dim. The pundits were forecasting… Read more »

Africa: What Obama Still Owes Africa (a Visit to Nigeria for One Thing)

After seven years in office, President Barack Obama has already engaged more broadly on Africa than any previous American president, but with one year remaining in the White House,… Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica's Top News Stories of 2015

1. This year U.S. President Barack Obama visited Kenya, the land where his father was born. His arrival in Nairobi was preceded by speculation that he would dodge the issue of… Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica's Top Entertainment Stories for 2015

As 2015 comes to a close, we look back at several of the biggest entertainment stories from the past 12 months. Our top stories of the year are the ones you, our readers, felt… Read more »

South Africa: Open Letter from Former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel to Lindiwe Zulu

Dear Minister Lindiwe Zulu, Read more »

Namibia: President Geingob Pledges 'All-Out War' – on Poverty

When Hage Geingob became Namibia's third president in March, he declared a 'war on poverty'. Since independence in 1990, the politically stable country has mended the rifts of… Read more »

Africa: Trade Talks in Nairobi Can Deliver a Transformed World

After a long and winding journey that started when the World Trade Organization first chose Nairobi as the venue for its 10th Ministerial Conference, known by the acronym MC10, the… Read more »

South Africa: Zuma's About-Turn Will Damage Him, Says Analyst

South Africa's position on world markets "should rally back very strongly" in response to President Jacob Zuma's about-turn on the firing of his finance minister, but there will be… Read more »

Africa: Idris Elba Nominated for African Warlord Role

The nominations for the 73rd annual Golden Globe awards have been announced in Los Angeles. Read more »

South Africa: South Africans Nominated in 2016 Grammy Awards

Three South African artists have been nominated for the prestigious 58th Grammy Awards. Read more »