Sudan: Face of a Nation on the Brink

Today, Sudan stands on a precipice - of partition, and perhaps a return to all-out war. The next 18 months will determine not only the future of Sudan, but also what the coming… Read more »

Africa: No Ibrahim Leadership Prize to be Awarded This Year

Business magnate Mo Ibrahim, founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, has announced that the Foundation will not be awarding prize money to any former African leaders for good… Read more »

Africa: 'Greener' Green Revolution the Aim of New Gates Foundation Grants

In advance of World Food Day, marked on 16 October every year, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a total of $120 million in grants for nine agricultural projects.… Read more »

Africa: Green Revolution Alliance to Form Agriculture Policy Hubs

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is getting U.S. $15 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support policy innovations and implementation to… Read more »

Africa: Gates Foundation Provides Grants for Agriculture Projects

In advance of World Food Day, marked on 16 October every year, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will announce a total of $120 million in grants for agricultural projects.… Read more »

Guinea: 'Another Strategy' Required to Deal with the Deteriorating Situation - Challenor

An international observer group on Guinea has recommended setting up an international commission of inquiry into last month's crackdown that news reports say claimed more than 150… Read more »

Madagascar: Ravalomanana Attacks International Mediators

Deposed Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana has accused an international contact group trying to mediate an end to the country's constitutional crisis of failing to respect a… Read more »

Africa: Obama Wins Nobel Prize - Full Text of Announcement

President Barack Obama was named winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, boosting to eight the number of laureates of immediate African descent who have won the … Read more »

Madagascar: Ravalomanana Refuses to Sign Interim Deal

The agreement on a multi-party transitional government for Madagascar has got off to a difficult start, with the deposed head of state, Marc Ravalomanana, refusing to sign the… Read more »

Guinea: African Union, Ecowas Must Help End Human Rights Abuses

The victims of 60 years of human rights violations in Guinea deserve to be heard, and West Africa and the African Union should join calls for an international inquiry into the… Read more »

Guinea: Military Junta Must Go, Says Clinton

The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has called for the ousting of Guinea's military junta in the wake of what she described as the indiscriminate murder and rape… Read more »

Madagascar: Leaders Agree on Interim Govt Until Elections

Madagascar's political leaders have agreed to appoint a multiparty transitional government, headed by Andry Rajoelina, the leader who seized power last March, until new elections.… Read more »

Africa: Continent's Best, Worst-Governed Nations

Southern Africa is the continent's best-governed and Central Africa its worst-governed region, according to a new ranking of Africa's quality of governance published today. Read more »

Africa: Viable Nations Depend on Integrating Economies, Says Business Leader

Ahead of Monday's announcement of the 2009 Ibrahim Index of Governance, the survey which ranks the quality of Africa's governments, Mo Ibrahim, the Sudanese-born cellphone pioneer… Read more »

Somalia: Somaliland Elections - Fifth Time Lucky?

Last week the citizens of Somaliland were due to have elected their president for the next five years. However, they did not get to the polls, since elections were postponed for… Read more »

Africa: Pioneers of African Governance Rankings Split

The launch of the 2009 results of an ambitious survey which ranks the quality of governance across Africa has been marred by a split between the foundation which inaugurated the… Read more »

Guinea: African Union to Increase Pressure On Junta

Jean Ping, who as chairman of the African Union Commission is the continent's top diplomat, was in Washington, DC, for the United States-Africa Business Summit this week. On the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Food Company Stops Buying Grace Mugabe's Milk

The international food company, Nestlé, has announced that it is to stop buying milk from a dairy farm owned by Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe. Read more »

Africa: Four Presidents Address Regional Integration at U.S. Business Summit

As part of the U.S.-Africa Business Summit being hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa this week, four African heads of state, participated in a Presidential Roundtable on… Read more »

Africa: Microfinance Innovator Jennifer Riria Challenges Marginalization of Women

Dr. Jennifer Riria was moved to tears – and not tears of joy – listening to the roundtable of African presidents at the annual U.S. Africa Business Summit, held this… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Will Hit Ten Million Children - Report

Climate change will increase the number of malnourished children in Africa by 10 million to 52 million  in the next 40 years, and the continent needs new agricultural… Read more »

Malawi: President 'Determined' to Lead Country Out of Poverty

Bingu wa Mutharika, who was elected to a second term as president of Malawi in May, is an international economist with a PhD from Pacific Western University in Los Angeles in the… Read more »

South Africa: The Right to Know and Justice in Africa

Ironically, International Right to Know Day, which is celebrated today, has been one of the world’s best-kept secrets. Read more »

Sudan: Bashir Ends Pre-Publication Censorship

Sudan's government has replaced pre-publication censorship with "self-censorship," reports the Sudan Tribune from Khartoum. Read more »

Liberia: Refugees Produce CD of Music With Canadian University

A musical link has been formed between a Canadian university and Liberia in the form of an annotated CD produced by the University of Alberta and Liberian refugee musicians. Read more »