Africa: Low-Orbiting Satellites to Slash Internet Costs

As East Africa awaits the expanded high-speed Internet connectivity that new submarine cables will bring the region, another endeavor is aiming higher – targeting all of the… Read more »

Sudan: Prosecutor Accuses Darfur Rebels of War Crimes

The International Criminal Court (ICC), which is already considering charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arising out of the war in Darfur, has now been asked to… Read more »

Africa: Top Egyptian Soccer Club Triumphs

The Egyptian club Al-Ahly of Cairo have won the African Champions League trophy for the sixth time, winning 4-2 on aggegrate over Coton Sport of Cameroon. They concluded their… Read more »

Somalia: Pirates' Daring Attack 'Stuns' U.S. Navy

Somali pirates have "stunned" the United States' top military leader by seizing a supertanker three times as big as an aircraft carrier hundreds of nautical miles off the Kenya… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: War Crimes Suspect Finally Faces Trial

The first suspect to face war crimes charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC) - Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo - is now scheduled to go on trial next… Read more »

Africa: G20 Must Give Africa Better Deal

Africa's sole representative at the weekend's Group of 20 (G20) summit of world leaders, South Africa's President Kgalema Motlanthe, says reforms agreed on at the summit would… Read more »

Africa: Top U.S. Charity Lauds Bush Africa Policy

Africare, the leading United States charitable organization helping Africa, has awarded President George W. Bush the 2008 Bishop John T. Walker Humanitarian Service Award. Read more »

Guinea Bissau: High Voter Turnout in National Polls

There was a high turnout and voting had been orderly in Guinea-Bissau's parliamentary elections on Sunday, news agencies report. Read more »

Somalia: Pirates Hijack Saudi Ship Off Kenya

Pirates have seized a Saudi-owned supertanker and its 25 crew members off the Kenyan coast, the United States Navy announced Monday. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: UN Envoy Obasanjo Plans to Meet Rebel Leader

Olusegun Obasanjo, the former Nigerian president who has been appointed special United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is planning this weekend to meet… Read more »

Africa: How South Africa Should Handle G20 Summit

South Africa is the only country from Africa represented at Saturday's summit of the heads of state of the G20 grouping of countries, called to discuss the global financial crisis… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: People Flee, and Flee Again

Civilians fleeing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic sometimes  find a safe place, only to have to flee gain when fighting spreads, says Francois Dumont of… Read more »

Africa: Beyond Paid Content

An occasional blog by AllAfrica's chief content and strategy officer Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Armed Men are Raping Women, Looting Homes, Says NGO

Armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are looting homes, raping women and forcing civilians to carry water for them, says Rebecca Wynn of the Oxfam agency.… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: 100,000 Cut Off By Fighting, Says UN Chief

Zimbabwe: Regional Leaders Decide Against Tsvangirai

Southern Africa's leaders have told Zimbabwe's two main parties to form a unity government and to share control of the ministry which supervises the country's police force, but… Read more »

South Africa: Miriam Makeba Sang the Music of Her Roots

Singer, song writer, political activist and actress Miriam Zenzi Makeba,  or "Mama Africa" as she was popularly known, was born in Johannesburg on March 4 1932. Read more »

South Africa: Miriam Makeba Sings to the Last

Miriam Makeba, the South African singing star whose career took off in the 1950s and who famously appeared at the United Nations to condemn apartheid, has died suddenly after a… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Summit Tells Leaders to 'Show Maturity'

South Africa's President Kgalema Motlanthe opened an extraordinary summit of southern African leaders on Sunday with a call to Zimbabwean leaders to "show political maturity" by… Read more »

Kenya: The Day After in Obamaland

Today is a Kenyan public holiday in honor of President-elect Barack Obama. Kisumu city is quiet, save for the barrage of Obama songs playing from speakers, and the loud snippets of… Read more »

Zimbabwe: South Africa Takes Hard Line Over Talks

The South African government will be taking a hard line with Zimbabwean political parties at a summit meeting this weekend over their failure to agree on a power-sharing cabinet,… Read more »

Kenya: Nation Erupts in Ecstasy at Obama Election

Kenya is ecstatic at the news of Barack Obama's historic election as president of the United States. Upon hearing news of their beloved "son's" win Wednesday morning (East Africa… Read more »

Kenya: 'We Are Ready to Take White House,' Sing Kenyans

AllAfrica's Katy Gabel blogs from the birthplace of Barack Obama's father in western Kenya on the first responses to his historic victory. East Africa Time is eight hours ahead of… Read more »

Africa: Media Have Central Role in Development

The media have a central role to play in improving the human condition in Africa, and should collectively address a range of issues to enable them to fulfill their potential. Read more »

Africa: Media Leaders Forum Convenes in Dakar

Over 32 CEOs of African media organizations met in Dakar, Senegal, and called for a stronger push for media development in Africa, and agreed to collaborate so that media can play… Read more »