August 10, 2009
Angola: Stand Against Corruption, Clinton Tells Legislators
The visiting United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has called on Angola's national assembly to demand from the country's government "accountability and transparency,… Read more »
August 07, 2009
Nigeria: Violence in North Is Not What It Seems
Nigeria's latest spate of violence -- which began with attacks on police stations in four northern states -- is not what it seems. Read more »
Gambia: Court Jails Six Journalists
Six Gambian journalists, including the editors of two independent newspapers, have been sentenced to two-year jail terms and each fined about U.S. $10,000 on sedition and criminal… Read more »
August 06, 2009
Africa: U.S. Military Command Aims to Help Africans Help Themselves - General
Soon after General William E. (Kip) Ward became the first commander of the United States Africa Command, known as Africom, in October 2007, he summed up his vision for his new… Read more »
South Africa: Zuma Nominates New Chief Justice
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has moved to end a political battle which has threatened to damage the country's judiciary and its independence by making an early… Read more »
Africa: World Cup Organizers Appeal to Continent For Volunteers
The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee in South Africa is calling for volunteers from across Africa and the world to help with the soccer spectacular next year. Danny… Read more »
Somalia: Clinton Calls Eritrea's Interference 'Unacceptable'
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged strong support for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG), while vowing to take action against Eritrea's… Read more »
August 05, 2009
Africa: Aid Plus Trade Can End Extreme Poverty
Against the backdrop of an international economic downturn and changes in government leadership in the United States and United Kingdom, donors, development officials and… Read more »
Africa: Aid Plus Trade Can End Extreme Poverty
Against the backdrop of an international economic downturn and changes in government leadership in the United States and United Kingdom, donors, development officials and… Read more »
August 04, 2009
Africa: Invest in Small Farmers, Says IFAD Chief
Kanayo F. Nwanze, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), recently spoke with AllAfrica about the future of international assistance and the role… Read more »
Madagascar: Rivals to Meet in Top-Level Summit
Preparations are on the way in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, for a summit on Friday that will for the first time bring together all four previous heads of state of Madagascar… Read more »
Africa: Local Skills Boost Development, Says Foundation Head
Lloyd Pierson of the U.S. Africa Development Foundation (USADF) rejects claims that foreign aid has had little impact in Africa. He says aid is most effective when programs are… Read more »
Africa: Mobile Phones Achieve More Than Aid, Says Industry Chief
Michael Joseph, CEO of Safaricom in Kenya, believes the mobile phone has had a greater impact than aid on development in the country. Read more »
Africa: We Can Eliminate Extreme Poverty By 2025
Jeffrey Sachs, author of The End of Poverty, is the director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York. He believes that extreme poverty can be eliminated by 2025… Read more »
Africa: Change Ways of Giving Aid, Says Economist
Paul Collier is the author of "The Bottom Billion," an award-winning book that shines a light on some 50 failing states in the world and the billion people who live in them. He… Read more »
Africa: Best Aid Monitors Are Those At Grassroots
Africa needs to reinvigorate its traditions, revitalize its academic institutions and move away from aid to infrastructural development and intra-African trade, says Njongonkulu… Read more »
August 03, 2009
Africa: Clinton Visits Seven Countries to Highlight Africa as Policy Priority
Hillary Clinton, making her first journey to Africa as U.S. Secretary of State, begins a seven-nation visit Monday with a stop in Kenya to take part in a forum on trade and… Read more »
Sudan: More Than 150 Die in Ethnic Violence in South
Gunmen have killed more than 160 people, mostly civilians, in a pre-dawn attack on a camp in South Sudan, news agencies are reporting. Read more »
July 29, 2009
Somalia: Clinton to Meet Transitional Govt President
The American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, is to meet Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the president of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG), during her visit to… Read more »
July 28, 2009
Africa: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Visit Continent
The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, will begin a seven-nation trip next week during she will visit a range of key countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »
July 27, 2009
Guinea Bissau: Nation Hopes Election Will End Instability
Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls on Sunday for the second round of voting in a presidential election to determine a successor to President João Bernardo Vieira, who… Read more »
July 24, 2009
Ghana: New Deal to Help Conserve Forests
The Ghanaian government has signed a landmark agreement which will help it stop the export of illegally-cut timber, thus helping to conserve the country's forests. Read more »
July 22, 2009
Sudan: Tribunal Cuts Size of Disputed Abyei Region
An international tribunal has cut the size of the disputed Abyei region of Sudan, rejecting the formal claims of both north and south Sudan and slicing at least 18,000 square… Read more »
Liberia: Journalists Work to Improve Standards, Expand Press Freedom
Liberia's umbrella organization for journalists, the Press Union of Liberia (PUL), will be 45-year-old in September. Ahead of the anniversary, AllAfrica's Boakai Fofana asked the… Read more »
July 21, 2009
Africa: Uphold Continent's Contribution to Human Rights, Urges Top Diplomat
This week the United Nations General Assembly is to debate the responsibility of nations and the international community to protect people around the world from crimes such as… Read more »