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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Sudan: Court Ruling Will Test Peace Prospects

A small piece of land in Sudan and one of the international tribunals based in the Netherlands are about to have a large impact on Sudan's present and future. Read more »

Mauritania: Coup Leader Elected President

General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who overthrew an elected government in Mauritania 11 months ago, was himself chosen president of the country in a new election at the weekend. But… Read more »

Congo-Brazzaville: Sassou-Nguesso Re-Elected With 78 Percent of Vote

Denis Sassou-Nguesso was yesterday declared the winner of last Sunday's presidential elections in Congo-Brazzaville. Read more »

Niger: Lawyers Strike, President Clamps Down on Press

Lawyers in Niger went on a one-day strike this week in solidarity with the Constitutional Court, which was dissolved by President Mamadou Tandja - an act the lawyers deemed… Read more »

Africa: Zimbabwe Has 'Potential for Change' - Says Top U.S. Congressman in Wide-Ranging Interview

Donald M. Payne, who has represented New Jersey's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives since 1989, chairs the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and… Read more »

Mozambique: Conference Seeks to Entice American Companies to Southeast Africa

The American Embassy in Mozambique - in collaboration with the U.S.-Mozambique Chamber of Commerce, Center for Business Promotion, and the Confederation of Business Associations -… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor to Testify in His Own Defense

Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor is scheduled to take the witness stand this week to testify in his own defence at his trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against… Read more »

Africa: Brother Barack Admonishes - and Encourages - Africa

Speaking to Africans with the intimacy of a brother, and citing the heritage he shared with them, President Barack Obama of the United States delivered an uncompromising message to… Read more »

Africa: Support Democracy, Africans Urge Obama

From across Africa, messages for President Barack Obama, submitted to allAfrica.com, have appealed for government by the people. "WE NEED DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA," insisted a… Read more »

Africa: G8 Nations Pledge U.S. $20 Billion for Agriculture

Nations represented at the G8 Summit of the world's major industrial powers have promised to raise U.S. $20 billion to promote sustainable agricultural development in developing… Read more »

Madagascar: Elections Before End of Year?

The transitional authority in Madagascar is willing to bring forward elections for the presidency and the legislature and hold them before the end of this year, writes Iloniaina… Read more »

Africa: Obama Explains Food Security Initiative

During a news conference after the G8 Summit ended in L'Aquila, Italy, on July 10, President Barack Obama explained and answered questions on the summit's announcement on food… Read more »

Africa: Obama's Trip to Ghana - Special Report and Interview

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Kenya: Annan Sends Polls Violence Names to World Court

The top mediator in Kenya's election crisis last year, former United Nations chief Kofi Annan, has sent the International Criminal Court (ICC) an envelope containing the names of… Read more »

Africa: G8 Leaders Pledge to Meet Promises to Continent

Leaders of the world’s eight biggest industrialized nations have promised to boost development assistance to Africa by U.S. $25 billion a year over 2004 levels by 2010. Read more »