Africa: New Technology Sweeps Continent

African farmers of the 21st century can decide what crops to plant by checking prices at local markets using their cell phones. Physicians can help nurses in rural clinics diagnose… Read more »

South Africa: Ruling ANC Heads Towards Split

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) moved closer to its most significant split in half a century on Wednesday, when the country's former defence minister, Mosiuoa… Read more »

South Africa: Lekota's Journey From Black Consciousness to Leader of ANC Breakaway

Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota, leader of the prospective breakaway from South Africa's ruling African National Congress, cut his teeth in politics as a follower of the… Read more »

Africa: Guide to Technologies

Technologies that may have an impact on lowering prices and widening access in developing countries: Read more »

Africa: Women's Rights Linked to Good Governance

In an interview marking the publication of the 2008 Ibrahim Index of African Governance, Mary Robinson, a board member of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, discussed with AllAfrica's Katy… Read more »

Africa: Government Improves Across Continent

The quality of governance improved in nearly two-thirds of sub-Saharan African nations between 2005 and 2006. Liberia showed the biggest leap in government performance in the… Read more »

Nigeria: Rewarding Non-Violence in the Niger Delta

At a time of historically high oil prices, a model has emerged in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta that could allow more than a million barrels per day of production to come back… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Making the Most of the Deal

The people of Zimbabwe have looked desperately for months to the political negotiations between the ZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) under… Read more »

Africa: Obama's Three Objectives for Continent

Witney W. Schneidman, an adviser on Africa to the campaign to elect Senator Barack Obama as President of the United States, sets out Obama's fundamental policy objectives for… Read more »

Africa: McCain's Vision for Freedom, Peace and Prosperity

J. Peter Pham, a foreign policy and national security advisor to the campaign to elect Senator John McCain as President of the United States, outlines McCain’s approach to… Read more »

Kenya: Battle Tanks in Pirate Drama Off Somalia

A hijack drama is playing out off the coast of Somalia, where pirates have seized a cargo ship reportedly carrying Russian T-72 tanks destined for Kenya. Read more »

Africa: U.S. Campaigns' Africa Advisers Go Head to Head

Foreign policy advisers for the campaigns of the principal protagonists in the U.S. presidential election, Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama, have spelled out their… Read more »

South Africa: New President Removes Health Minister

New South African President Kgalema Motlanthe has unexpectedly removed controversial Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang from her portfolio. Read more »

South Africa: Hell Breaks Loose Within Ruling ANC

The rifts run deep. After South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) forced President Thabo Mbeki to resign last weekend, nearly half his cabinet chose to follow him,… Read more »

Eswatini: Reforms Long Overdue

Swaziland’s parliamentary elections have underlined the dire and longstanding problems that confront the small southern African nation. The country needs seriously to… Read more »

South Africa: 11 Cabinet Ministers Resign in Shock Move

One day after South Africa's ruling party leader and prospective president, Jacob Zuma, appealed to members of President Thabo Mbeki's cabinet to stay in their posts, more than… Read more »

South Africa: Mbeki Hands in Resignation

President Thabo Mbeki formally announced his early resignation in an address televised live in South Africa on Sunday night. Read more »

South Africa: Mbeki to Resign After Party Clashes

President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa is being forced out of office early after a bitter struggle with his rival and successor, Jacob Zuma, over the fallout from a U.S.$5 billion… Read more »

South Africa: Ruling Party Calls on Mbeki to Resign

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has called on President Thabo Mbeki to resign. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Victims Get Short Shrift in Power-Sharing Deal

The power-sharing agreement which sets up a coalition government for Zimbabwe offers little scope for dealing with past human rights abuses, denigrating the role of civil society… Read more »

Liberia: Key Survey of Nation's Health Unveiled

Liberia has taken another important step towards strengthening its nascent democracy by completing a nation-wide survey which provides a wide range of up-to-date information… Read more »

Kenya: HIV Tests Launch Wider Health Campaign

A week-long campaign launched in Lurambi division in western Kenya this week aims to test 80 percent of the population for HIV/Aids, and to supply those tested with a package of… Read more »

South Africa: Bitter Struggle Against Mbeki Escalates

The bitter confrontation between structures of the South African government and the ruling party appeared set to intensify on Thursday as President Thabo Mbeki's cabinet rejected a… Read more »

Africa: Cellphones Erase Boundaries

Zain, formerly known in Africa as Celtel, operates one of the continent's major mobile phone networks. AllAfrica's Cindy Shiner discussed the company's business with Mwambu… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Cell Phone Pioneering in Mobutu's Zaire

One of the pioneers of cellular telephone technology in Africa, Joe Gatt set up the first mobile phone network in what many would have considered among the least likely countries:… Read more »