October 25, 2014
Africa: Ebola Cases Now Exceed 10,000
An overview of the current state of Ebola infections is provided by excerpts from the October 25 situation report of the World Health Organization's Ebola Response Roadmap: Read more »
October 23, 2014
Africa: How I Could Have Brought Ebola to Washington
In September, I spent time with an American woman who had recently been in Lofa County, Liberia, an Ebola hot spot bordering the village in Guinea where the first case was… Read more »
Lesotho: Top Basotho Security Chiefs Step Down
Three top Basotho military and police commanders implicated in recent political turmoil in the country will step aside to help create a climate in which new elections can be held. Read more »
Africa: Woman Attacked in Rome Over Ebola Fears
A woman from Guinea has reportedly been attacked by angry bus passengers who told her she was infected by Ebola and had to get off, according to media reports. Read more »
October 21, 2014
Central Africa: African Ministers Ready to Order Attack on Rwandan Rebels
Defence and foreign ministers from the Great Lakes and Southern African regions resolved on Monday that military action be taken against Rwandan rebels in the eastern Democratic… Read more »
October 20, 2014
Liberia: Long-term Cure for Ebola - Sirleaf
As the Ebola nightmare continues in Liberia and as we battle to contain the epidemic, it is important to look beyond the immediate crisis. Many more lives will be lost before this… Read more »
Lesotho: No End to Lesotho's Instability?
A political and security crisis in Lesotho has eased since parties agreed to call early elections next February in a bid to secure a new government with a clear mandate. But one of… Read more »
Nigeria: Chibok Girls - Seeing Is Believing
Only when the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram militants six month ago actually emerge from confinement can the world believe that the deal reportedly negotiated with the… Read more »
Nigeria: Ebola Outbreak 'Defeated' in Nigeria
An excerpt from an address on October 19 by Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, to its Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean: Read more »
October 19, 2014
West Africa: How Ebola Could Save Thousands of U.S. Lives
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October 16, 2014
Kenya: Silicon Savannah Reimagines Cities
He has struggled to find jobs since he finished high school a decade ago – but if Alex Muoki has bet right this time, he may turn out to be a winner. Read more »
Kenya: Konza – City of Dreams
What if there were a city where big ideas become real, where traffic jams are obsolete, where women and men develop futuristic technologies together, where natural and urban… Read more »
October 15, 2014
Africa: Do African Union Governance Reviews Work?
Is the instrument adopted by the African Union to improve the quality of governance across the continent actually working? Yarik Turianskyi and Steven Gruzd look at what the… Read more »
October 14, 2014
West Africa: Zuckerberg & Chan Contributing $25m to CDC to Fight Ebola
Facebook statement announcing contribution from Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan Read more »
October 13, 2014
Africa: At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Young, Growing Cities - Mamadou Biteye
An agriculture economist by training, Mamadou Biteye has worked in many parts of Africa for organizations as diverse as the African Development Foundation, Oxfam and the World… Read more »
Botswana: Could Mining Help Conserve Okavango Delta?
Understandably, the mining industry is not perceived as a bastion of environmental preservation. That many of the world's minerals and hydrocarbons are found in pristine… Read more »
Africa: Isolate Ebola, Not Countries, Says IMF Chief
An excerpt from a statement by International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde at a news conference after meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in… Read more »
Africa: U.S. Makes Urgent Plea for World to 'Step Up' Anti-Ebola Effort
President Obama has made it crystal clear that Ebola is an urgent global crisis that demands an urgent global response. Read more »
Africa: Flying Toilets & Futuristic Technopolis – Challenges & Solutions for Cities
Little more than three decades from now, as many as three-fourths of the world's people will live in cities. More than half already do – crowding neighborhoods, straining… Read more »
October 11, 2014
Africa: Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize for AllAfrica's Amadou Mahtar Ba
Amadou Mahtar Ba, executive chair and AllAfrica co-founder, is recipient of the Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize (LAAP) by the Millennium Excellence Foundation for his… Read more »
October 10, 2014
West Africa: Ebola Hits Health Workers
The World Health Organization (WHO) says in its latest Ebola report that those dealing with the outbreak in Liberia are so overwhelmed that they cannot keep reliable statistics on… Read more »
October 09, 2014
Liberia: Oil Blocks Attract Bidder Interest
Liberia has entered discussions with major international oil companies to encourage bids for drilling in four blocks off the coast near the capital Monrovia. The talks are… Read more »
Liberia: Death of Thomas Eric Duncan, Liberian Ebola patient in the U.S.
The first person diagnosed with Ebola on U.S. soil, Thomas Eric Duncan, has died, according to CNN. Read more »
October 08, 2014
West Africa: Journalists Must Avoid Mass Hysteria Over Ebola
Journalists need to up their game in the way they report the impact of Ebola on Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, says Bernadette Paolo, writing for AllAfrica. Arguing against the… Read more »
October 07, 2014
West Africa: Companies Fill Gaps in Ebola Response
When United States Ambassador to Liberia Deborah Malac needed help last month to support the arrival of international health workers, she turned to a private-sector group that had… Read more »
