June 02, 2008
Somalia: UN Security Council Pushes Peace Process
The United Nations Security Council is beginning a 10-day, five-nation mission to Africa with a drive to support the Somali peace talks being held in neighbouring Djibouti. Read more »
Liberia: Soccer Fans Die at World Cup Match
At least eight people died of suffocation caused by overcrowding at the stadium where Liberia faced the Gambia in a soccer match Sunday, according to published news reports in… Read more »
Liberia: Defense Attempts to Undermine Samuel Kargbo's Testimony
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org Read more »
May 30, 2008
Africa: Big or Small, Soccer Teams Race for World Cup
More than 40 soccer teams from across Africa this weekend join the race for one of the prize slots in the 2010 World Cup and in the African Cup of Nations finals. Read more »
May 29, 2008
Sudan: Abyei Conflict Threatens to Escalate
Sudan could be sliding back into a national civil war. Read more »
Chad/Sudan: World Cup Qualifier Called Off
This weekend's soccer World Cup qualifying match between Chad and Sudan has been called off, news agencies are reporting. Read more »
Africa: Soccer Teams Compete for 2010 Places
Most of Africa's national soccer teams are heading for stadia around the continent this weekend, only four months after the Cup of Nations ended in Ghana with Egypt pocketing a… Read more »
May 28, 2008
Sudan: U.S. Candidates Urge End to Darfur Violence
All three remaining United States presidential candidates have demanded that the "genocide and violence in Darfur be brought to an end" in an advertisement in Wednesday's… Read more »
Kenya: Top Community Organizer Empowers Youth
Kenyan health care advocate, activist and academic Dr. Miriam K. Were is in Japan today to receive a major new prize established by the Japanese government, the Hideyo Noguchi… Read more »
May 27, 2008
South Africa: The Mathematics of Migration
Unreliable and inflated statistics on the number of foreign nationals in South Africa have contributed to the growth of the xenophobia which has triggered violence against them,… Read more »
May 26, 2008
Africa: The Meaning of Africa Day
Oh, that sunset on the beach of Sali, south of Dakar… the peace and quiet of the mountains of Lesotho… the beat of Mozambican, Cape Verdean and Angolan music…… Read more »
South Africa: A Cape Town Suburb Copes With Refugees
Violence or the threat of it has forced an estimated 20,000 migrants out of their homes to places of temporary shelter in Cape Town. AllAfrica intern Faatimah Hendricks blogs on… Read more »
May 25, 2008
Congo-Kinshasa: Belgium Arrests Former VP
The former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Jean Pierre Bemba, was arrested on war crimes charges in Belgium Saturday. Read more »
May 23, 2008
Africa: Food Crisis Threatens Democracy
More than half the nations of the world in which riots have broken out over food prices are in Africa, says Julius E. Coles, president of Africare, a U.S.-based organization which… Read more »
May 22, 2008
Senegal: Entrepreneurs Chosen For Unique Award
Thirty African social entrepreneurs have been selected by a U.S.-based organization for an ambitious program designed to help them achieve their desired social yields. Read more »
May 21, 2008
South Africa: Army to Combat Attacks on Migrants
South African troops will move into flashpoints in the country's economic heartland to help police end attacks on migrants from other parts of Africa. Read more »
May 20, 2008
Zimbabwe: Group Warns of Coup, Calls for Coalition
There is a growing risk of a military coup in Zimbabwe to prevent opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai from taking power, says the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG). Read more »
Zimbabwe: Weapons Not Delivered, Says Union
The international union federation which has been tracking a Chinese arms shipment to Zimbabwe said Tuesday the weapons have not been delivered. Read more »
South Africa: Mbeki Condemns 'Shameful' Attacks
South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki has condemned as "shameful and criminal" the recent attacks on foreign nationals living in the country. Read more »
May 19, 2008
Africa: Putting Human Faces on HIV/Aids
The widely acclaimed book, 28: Stories of Aids in Africa, has been highly praised for humanizing the story of HIV and Aids in Africa for readers around the world. The book tells… Read more »
South Africa: Legislators Condemn Attacks on Foreigners
South African legislators from across the political spectrum have unanimously condemned attacks on foreign nationals which are sweeping parts of the country. Read more »
Liberia: Defense Begins Cross-Examination of Moses Blah
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org Read more »
May 18, 2008
Zimbabwe: Step Down, South African Minister Tells Zanu PF
A South African Cabinet minister has called on Zimbabwe's ruling Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) party to "surrender power" to the Movement for… Read more »
May 16, 2008
Zimbabwe: Presidential Polls Set For June 27
The second round of Zimbabwe's presidential elections, in which the first-round winner, Morgan Tsvangirai, will challenge President Robert Mugabe, will be held on June 27. Read more »
Nigeria: An African Finds Peace in Europe
In her first moments with the reader, Oge is seated on a train, moving cautiously towards its destination, with passengers moving in and out of stale railway carriage seats,… Read more »