Africa: Ibrahim Warns of 'More Tahrir Squares'

Standards of governance have declined significantly in Madagascar in the past five years, while those in Liberia and Sierra Leone have improved significantly, according to Africa's… Read more »

Cape Verde: Pires Wins African Leadership Prize

The former president of Cape Verde, Pedro Pires, has been awarded an African leadership prize of U.S. $5 million for transforming his country "into a model of democracy, stability… Read more »

Sudan: Harvard Team Refutes Critique of Report on Mass Killings

Following is the text of an October 6 letter to Dr. Andrew Natsios from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Natsios, who served as U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan from October 2006 to… Read more »

South Africa: Is South Africa Ready For Its Census?

Just days before South Africa's national census is set to begin, the government body in charge of this massive national exercise, Statistics South Africa, claims that all is well… Read more »

Liberia: Collecting Stories to Heal a Nation

When journalist Agnes Fallah Kamara-Umunna returned to her native Liberia in 2003, she found a country that was a shell of its former self. As the nation sought to rebuild,… Read more »

Malawi: Engaging Local Leaders to Save the Lives of Mothers

Joyce Banda is Malawi's first female vice president. Before taking office in 2009, Banda served as a member of parliament, minister of Gender, Child Welfare and Community Services,… Read more »

Liberia: Nation Ships First Iron-Ore After Two Decades

A colorful ceremony commencing Liberia's first shipment of iron ore since of the end of the country's civil war took place on Tuesday in the southeastern port city of Buchanan. The… Read more »

Kenya: Tree Planting, Forest Queens Highlight Wangari Maathai's Legacy

"Just look at that hillside over there," Mary Kiptanui said pointing at a green hillside sparsely scattered with trees. "That used to be covered, a forest, and now there's hardly a… Read more »

Equatorial Guinea: Unesco Should Reject Obiang's Prize

Over the past year, the world has watched, with great interest, the Arab Spring dissolve decades of repression as citizens weary of injustice have stood up and demanded control of… Read more »

Zambia: Banda Accepts Defeat

Outgoing president Rupiah Banda has conceded defeat in Tuesday's election, saying "the people of Zambia have spoken and we must all listen". Read more »

Liberia: Prisons Report Upsets Assistant Minister

The Liberian government has rejected criticism of conditions in its prisons made by an international human rights group. Read more »

Zambia: Election Too Close to Call

Opposition presidential challenger Michael Sata's party claimed he was ahead in the vote count from Tuesday's election, but news agencies reported that the poll was too close to… Read more »

Botswana: Diamond Sorting, Sales to Move From London to Gaborone

Botswana aims to transform itself into an international hub of the world diamond industry, boosted by a deal in which the De Beers mining and sales empire will transfer the… Read more »

Africa: Presidents Launch Malaria-Beating Scorecard

A coalition of African leaders on Monday launched a "scorecard for accountability and action" to track their progress in the fight against malaria, following on successes in… Read more »

Libya: Burkina Faso and Niger Back Gaddafi's Victims

There is good news in the world of international justice: Burkina Faso and Niger have said unequivocally that they will not give safe haven to former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi… Read more »

Libya: African Union Edges Towards Recognizing New Govt

An African Union (AU) panel on Libya has taken a step towards allowing the new transitional administration in Tripoli to take the country's AU seat. Read more »

Kenya: Clean Water as a Life Force

The streets of Gatwekera village in Nairobi's Kibera slum throng with people on a recent Sunday afternoon. Small shops and kiosks line the dirt paths separating brightly colored… Read more »

Nigeria: Did Vengeful Gaddafi Order Abuja Bombing?

It is now widely accepted that Boko Haram, an Islamic sect based in northeastern Nigeria, was responsible for the recent bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja, Nigeria's… Read more »

Africa: Stuff is Cool, If You're a Materials Scientist

If postgraduate students at the Pan-African School of Materials (Pasmat) are asked what they're studying this month, they aren't being flippant if their answer is "stuff". That's… Read more »

South Africa: Preparing for the Inevitable Power Outages

ESKOM is South Africa's state electricity provider, which is supremely unpopular with consumers, not only for the frequent "load-shedding", but because of… Read more »

Africa: Surfing the Radio Waves for Sustainable Agriculture

While the use of mobile phones is rapidly surging across Africa, access gaps persist between urban and rural users. But a new generation of social entrepreneurs is remedying this… Read more »

Somalia: Let Somalis Manage Aid for Development, Doctor Says

Dr. Hawa Abdi is a woman of many firsts, including being Somalia's first female gynecologist and establishing one of the country's first NGOs. Along with her daughters, Deqa and… Read more »

Sudan: Obama Names Two Experienced Diplomats to Team As Problems Mount

President Barack Obama has tapped two experienced U.S. diplomats to represent him in Khartoum and Juba as tensions grow between Sudan and South Sudan. Read more »

Liberia: Not Out of the Woods Yet

Talk to any number of Liberians today about President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and you will get different opinions, many of which contrast with her glowing international profile. Read more »

Niger: New Leader Emphasizes 'Accelerating Development' to End Famine and Improve Lives

Mahamadou Issoufou assumed the presidency in Niger on April 7 after winning second-round balloting in March. A long-time political figure in the landlocked west African nation,… Read more »