Africa: What the G8 Leaders Say On Africa

Leaders of the world's eight major industrialized countries meeting in L'Aquila, Italy, have devoted about one-third of their declaration to African issues. The verbatim text of… Read more »

Ghana: Obama Visits a Hopeful Nation on a Troubled Continent

Guest columnist Richard Joseph, an Africa expert at the Brookings Institution and Northwestern University in the United States, has been travelling to Ghana for 30 years. Beginning… Read more »

Africa: G8 Offers Nothing New, Say Campaigners

Robert Fox, the executive director of Oxfam Canada, writes on the G8 meetings in Italy: Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Threatens Food Supply, G8 Warned

Sub-Saharan Africa is set to lose U.S. $2 billion a year as the viability of its maize crops declines as a result of changes in global weather patterns. Cash crops such as tea and… Read more »

Africa: Beating the Effects of Climate Change

An excerpt from the Oxfam report “Suffering the Science: Climate Change, People and Poverty”: Read more »

Africa: Losing Homes and Eating Ants - Floods in Zambia and Uganda

An excerpt from the Oxfam report “Suffering the Science: Climate Change, People and Poverty”: Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Threatens Crop Yields

Excerpts from the Oxfam report “Suffering the Science: Climate Change, People and Poverty”: Read more »

Africa: Ghana Visit to Highlight Effective Governance, Says Obama

"Lifting up successful models" of democracy in Africa encourages more democracy on the continent, President Barack Obama told AllAfrica Thursday, explaining why he chose the West… Read more »

Africa: Good Governance Drive Makes Progress

A day ahead of this year’s African Union summit in Libya, the 11th meeting of the forum of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) took place in the sweltering seaside town… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Wants to Spotlight 'Successful Models' And Be An 'Effective Partner' - Obama

Barack Obama makes his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president of the United States next week, following a trip to Russia as well as to Italy, where he will participate in a… Read more »

Niger: U.S. Criticizes Tandja's Bid to Keep Power

President Mamadou Tandja has undermined Niger's efforts over the last 10 years to advance good governance and the rule of law, President Barack Obama's spokesman said on… Read more »

Africa: Obama Administration Tackling Wide Range of African Issues - Johnnie Carson

After a slow start on Africa, the Obama administration is picking up the pace. President Barack Obama will make his first stopover in a sub-Saharan African country next week when… Read more »

Rwanda: On Independence Day, Not Quite Free?

As Rwanda celebrates its independence on Wednesday, it stands as one of those African countries which appears on the face of it to be working well, despite pursuing a homegrown… Read more »

Africa: Zuma is Out of Step With History

Just ahead of this week’s African Union summit in Libya, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has advocated an old and discredited approach for dealing with African… Read more »

Somalia: U.S. Ships Small Arms, Munitions to Govt

The United States has shipped about 40 tons of small arms and munitions to Somalia in the last two months to help the country’s transitional government fight off a challenge… Read more »

Somalia: Militant Islamists Try to Draw Kenya Into a Trap

As Somalia's transitional government fights for its existence and the region's governments debate how to respond, guest columnist Daniela Kroslak argues strongly against another… Read more »

Africa: Carson Outlines Four Key Areas of Obama Africa Policy

The United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, promised Tuesday that he will "remember to listen and not forget to learn." Read more »

Africa: Business Engagement Critical to Global Health, Says Obama Adviser Gayle Smith

Gayle Smith, a senior foreign policy adviser to President Obama and senior director for relief, stabilization and development at the National Security Council, addressed the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Reforms 'Irreversible' Tsvangirai Tells British PM

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe told his British counterpart in London on Monday that his country was engaged in "an irreversible process" of consolidating democratic… Read more »

Africa: Egypt, South Africa Hold Their Own in Confeds Cup

Africa's two contenders in the Confederations Cup - the curtain-raiser to next year's World Cup - are riding high after doing relatively well in the first part of the tournament. Read more »

Madagascar: Region Appoints Chissano as Mediator

Southern African leaders have responded to the deadlock in talks over Madagascar's future by appointing former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano as a mediator to lead an… Read more »

Madagascar: Regional Leaders Call Emergency Summit

Southern African leaders will begin an emergency summit in Johannesburg on Friday to discuss the deadlock in talks to end the political crisis in Madagascar. Read more »

South Africa: Bafana Bafana Stage a Comeback

South Africa is back on course to qualify for the second round of the Fifa Confederations cup after a 2-0 win over New Zealand. Read more »

Gabon: Delay in Presidential Elections?

Government and opposition parties in Gabon are discussing delaying presidential elections to enable the updating of voters' rolls, according to the Kinshasa newspaper, Le… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Is Tsvangirai's Optimism Enough?

I gained a new appreciation for Morgan Tsvangirai’s unique position recently. I had the good fortune of attending his first on-the-record event hosted by the Council on… Read more »