Tanzania: This Year's Final Fiesta Headlined by Lil' Kim

After a series of concerts held throughout Tanzania, this year's final Fiesta was held in Dar es Salaam on August 7. The annual concert series, organized by Clouds FM, has a… Read more »

Kenya: Chronicle of a Newspaper and a Nation's Birth

One of the chapters in Gerard Loughran's new book on the history of Kenya's Nation newspaper is prefaced with a quote from Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United… Read more »

Africa: Young Africans Seek U.S. Partnership to Boost Democracy and Development

The Obama administration this week commemorated Africa's historical achievements by engaging youth leaders in a dialogue on the continent's future. Read more »

Guinea: Rio Tinto Plans Large Increase in Iron-Ore Investment

Rio Tinto has announced plans to invest $170 million in its mining Simandou project in the iron-ore-rich region in south-east Guinea. Read more »

Kenya: Obama Praises 'Significant Step for Democracy'

President Barack Obama of the United States today lauded Kenya's approval of its new constitution in a referendum as "a significant step forward" for the country's democracy. Read more »

Kenya: Nation to Enter Period of Peace and Maturity

Kenya is a colourful country, and nowhere more so than in the world of politics. During the last constitutional referendum in 2005, the opposing sides selected oranges and bananas… Read more »

Guinea: Due Process Bodes Well for Country's Political Future

The past two decades in Africa have shown that the holding of elections is no guarantee for democracy. Independent institutions, military officers who support civilian rule and a… Read more »

South Africa: Court Jails Nation's Former Top Police Officer

South Africa's former national police chief, Jackie Selebi, has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for corruption. Read more »

South Africa: Court Jails Nation's Former Top Police Officer

South Africa's former national police chief, Jackie Selebi, has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for corruption. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: New Evidence Shows U.S. Role in Congo's Decision to Send Patrice Lumumba to His Death

Fifty years ago, the former Belgian Congo received its independence under the democratically elected government of former prime minister Patrice Lumumba. Less than seven months… Read more »

Africa: Upcoming Conference 'to Make the Connection' between U.S. and Continent - Hope Masters

The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation Africa Policy Forum: a Vision for the 21st Century to be held in Atlanta in September, aims to help build a U.S.-Africa dialogue based on mutual… Read more »

Africa: Obama Team 'Actively Engaged' to Promote Progress, Carson Says

President Barack Obama will host some 120 African youth leaders from 40 African nations in Washington next week, part of a commemoration of 50 years of independence for 17… Read more »

Kenya: The Great Rift

A most intriguing political development occasioned by the constitutional referendum is how former President Daniel Arap Moi and his onetime political protégé, William… Read more »

Rwanda: The Politics of Genocide Denial

Rwandan officials have defended the government of President Paul Kagame against recent criticism that it was cracking down on its opponents and the press ahead of upcoming… Read more »

Botswana: Court Bars Community's Access to Water

A Botswana judge has prohibited the Basarwa people of the Kalahari from re-equipping a borehole or drilling a new one in the Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve - the latest incident in… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Attorney General on Visit to Underscore Anti-Terror Cooperation

Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Kampala to address African heads-of-state during the opening day of the Africa Union summit on Sunday. Read more »

Somalia: Conflict Will Spread Unless International Community Acts - U.S. Policymaker

Sudan: Carson Says U.S. is Boosting Efforts to Back Peace

Conflict in Sudan has been a thorny issue for President Barack Obama and his administration since he took office. This week, a leading voice for a more vigorous American approach… Read more »

South Africa: Tutu Pulls Out of Most Public Engagements

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu announced on Thursday that he will retire from public life on his 79th birthday in October. Read more »

Rwanda: Govt 'Manipulates' Genocide Memory - Law Professor

The Rwandan government has made remarkable strides in infrastructure, the economy, healthcare and gender equity in political representation, but their continued attack on… Read more »

South Africa: Scientists Proclaim Breakthrough in HIV Prevention

Scientists have proclaimed a breakthrough in research into the use of an antiretroviral microbicide which they say could prevent more than 500,000 new HIV infections in South… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Improvements Necessary to Deal with IDPs, U.S. Official Says

Tens of thousands of people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been fleeing a government offensive against Ugandan rebels, adding to the nearly 2.5 million people… Read more »

South Africa: Zuma Warns Against Xenophobic Attacks

President Jacob Zuma has entered the debate on the threat of xenophobic attacks on migrants from other African states by calling on South Africans to "isolate and report to the… Read more »

Uganda: Obama Offers U.S. Assistance in Phone Call to Museveni

Following the bombings in Kampala on Sunday, the White House announced that President Barrack Obama phoned Ugandan President President Yoweri Museveni Monday morning to express… Read more »

Liberia: Resources, Post-Conflict Recovery Draw Global Investment

In the latest of several major investment deals, the Liberian government has signed an estimated U.S.$3 billion agreement with Australian mining giant BHP Billiton. Read more »