November 03, 2011
Nigeria: Polio Survivor Helps Others With Mobility
Although Ayuba Gufwan, 39, is a deeply religious man, he has not accepted his fate in life sitting down. Instead, he has taken matters into his own hands and made it his life's… Read more »
Africa: The New Global Crossroads
Following is the text of a lecture to the UCLA Anderson Center for Global Management. Read more »
November 02, 2011
Africa: 'Environmental Challenges' Threaten Growth, UN Report Says
Over the next four decades Africa's progress in human development could outpace any other region of the world, but environmental challenges could threaten the continent's… Read more »
October 30, 2011
Africa: U.S. Senate Body Examines China's Impact and Influence
The Senate Foreign Relations Africa Subcommittee will convene a hearing Tuesday focused on China's role in Africa. Read more »
October 28, 2011
Africa: Remembering Howard Wolpe, the Tireless Peacemaker
I have known Howard Wolpe for over 30 years. When he took over as Chairman of the Africa Subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1981, I had… Read more »
Africa: Legislative Warrior with a Passion for Peace - Howard Wolpe
I knew of Howard Wolpe long before I had the honor of having a friendship with him. Read more »
October 27, 2011
Africa: Tributes Pour in for Africa Champion Former U.S. Rep. Howard Wolpe
Howard Wolpe, 71, a former chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Africa Subcommittee and senior adviser for Africa to two Democratic presidents, died on Tuesday at his home… Read more »
October 25, 2011
Congo-Kinshasa: Only a 'Team of Rivals' Can Defeat Kabila
The November 28 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the second since the ousting of President Mobutu Sese Seko 14 years ago, will be a key milestone for the… Read more »
October 20, 2011
Liberia: Talk of Taylor's Return Sparks Sharp Responses From U.S. Congressmen
Two influential members of the U.S. Congress have warned that a return to Liberia by former president Charles Taylor would have far-reaching consequences and seriously undermine… Read more »
October 18, 2011
Africa: Malaria Vaccine Trials Offer New Hope to Children
A malaria vaccine undergoing trials across Africa show that it reduced the risk of clinical malaria by half in children aged five to 17 months - a result that health experts say… Read more »
Africa: U.S.-Africa Business Leader Wants Summit to Spur Ties
The Corporate Council on Africa, whose members include the largest U.S. firms doing business in Africa - along with many smaller companies - … Read more »
Liberia: Open Statement to the Liberian People from Ambassador M. Nathaniel Barnes
Following is a statement sent to AllAfrica by Nathaniel Barnes, leader of the Liberian Destiny Party and presidential candidate in the 2005 election. Barnes, who served… Read more »
October 17, 2011
Africa: No One Should Die From Malaria, Say Experts
Only four African countries have eliminated malaria so far but Gambia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe and Madagascar are accelerating efforts to eradicate it and in southern Africa… Read more »
October 15, 2011
Africa: Simple Steps Can Curb Childhood Deaths
Although she is five years old, Rose Nduta is about the same height as a 20-month-old toddler. Pale, spindly-limbed and severely underweight, the Kenyan girl suffers from chronic… Read more »
Kenya: Social Media Leapfrogs Drought-Hit Nation into a New Generational Order
Defying elders who flatly reject western culture, youth in northeastern Kenya are resisting efforts by spiritual leaders to ban social media. Read more »
October 14, 2011
Africa: Tapping the Potential of Women Entrepreneurs
Secretary of State Hilary Clinton admits she is surprised when she speaks with male economists and government leaders who doubt the ability of women to contribute to economic… Read more »
October 12, 2011
Gabon: Local Voices Spread Conservation Message
Although Gabon is a poster child for globalization's accelerated reach for resources, its president says he is committed to increasing support for national parks. Taking on the… Read more »
Africa: Elumelu Sees Impact Through Large-Scale Entrepreneurship
Tony Elumelu, who made a meteoric rise as a banking executive before retiring last year, knows what he'd like to accomplish with his new initiatives. Read more »
October 11, 2011
Benin: Indoor Spraying Shows Promise Against Resistant Mosquitoes
A recent study by the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene shows that indoor spraying with the insecticide bendiocarb has dramatically decreased malaria transmission… Read more »
October 10, 2011
Africa: Ibrahim Warns of 'More Tahrir Squares'
Standards of governance have declined significantly in Madagascar in the past five years, while those in Liberia and Sierra Leone have improved significantly, according to Africa's… Read more »
Cape Verde: Pires Wins African Leadership Prize
The former president of Cape Verde, Pedro Pires, has been awarded an African leadership prize of U.S. $5 million for transforming his country "into a model of democracy, stability… Read more »
October 07, 2011
Sudan: Harvard Team Refutes Critique of Report on Mass Killings
Following is the text of an October 6 letter to Dr. Andrew Natsios from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Natsios, who served as U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan from October 2006 to… Read more »
South Africa: Is South Africa Ready For Its Census?
Just days before South Africa's national census is set to begin, the government body in charge of this massive national exercise, Statistics South Africa, claims that all is well… Read more »
October 04, 2011
Liberia: Collecting Stories to Heal a Nation
When journalist Agnes Fallah Kamara-Umunna returned to her native Liberia in 2003, she found a country that was a shell of its former self. As the nation sought to rebuild,… Read more »
September 30, 2011
Malawi: Engaging Local Leaders to Save the Lives of Mothers
Joyce Banda is Malawi's first female vice president. Before taking office in 2009, Banda served as a member of parliament, minister of Gender, Child Welfare and Community Services,… Read more »
