Africa: Top Soccer Teams Aim for Gold

African teams aimed high in the second round of Olympics soccer matches. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mbeki Heads for Harare to Push Deal

South African President Thabo Mbeki will spend the weekend in Zimbabwe attempting to facilitate a settlement of the country's political crisis. Read more »

Africa: Athletes Will Go Faster, Higher, Stronger in Beijing

The 29th Olympic Games of modern times, now under way in China, give Africa's athletes a chance to surprise the world with their performances and achievements. Read more »

Sierra Leone: Govt Has Real Chance to Boost Peace

Although Sierra Leone has made marked political and economic progress since the end of its civil war in 2002, worrying institutional and social ills are still untreated, foreign… Read more »

Africa: Youssou N'Dour, Other Top Talent Appear in U.S. Capital

African superstar Youssou N'Dour joined some of Africa's finest musical and fashion talent and African-American stars for a celebration of the continent's achievements at the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Will Robert Mugabe Face Trial?

Whether Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s ruler for the past 28 years, relinquishes power now or in a few years’ time, Yarik Turianskyi of the South African Institute of… Read more »

Mauritania: President Deposed By Military Officials

Mauritantia's President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi was deposed early Wednesday in what appears to be a bloodless military coup, local sources said. Read more »

Liberia: Cross- and Re-Examination of Witness Jabati Jaward

The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org Read more »

Africa: The Politics of Combating Aids

As this year's International Aids Conference begins in Mexico City, AllAfrica guest columnist George Katito says African governments and civil society will need to assert… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Talks Must Address Violence, Displacement

If talks between Zimbabwe’s government and the opposition are to help Zimbabweans regain the kind of society they deserve, they will sooner or later have to address a number… Read more »

Africa: Bush Commits U.S. $48 Billion to HIV/Aids

President George W. Bush at a White House ceremony Wednesday signed into law a bill to reauthorize and expand his HIV/Aids aid program, viewed by many as one of the major… Read more »

Sudan: World Shamed Over Darfur Helicopters

An international coalition of activists on Thursday set out to name and shame governments around the world for their failure to provide even one of the additional helicopters… Read more »

Liberia: U.S. Representative Calls for $225 Million in Funding

Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (Democrat - Illinois) has proposed legislation in the United States Congress which would authorize U.S. $225 million in assistance to Liberia over the… Read more »

Liberia: American Investors Plan Luxury Resort

Liberia, just years removed from civil war, may not seem like an ideal place to open an all-inclusive luxury resort. But one group of American entrepreneurs want to change that… Read more »

Liberia: U.S. to Debate New 'Seeds' for Development

Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., an Illinois Democrat who is a member of the United States House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Talks to Resume Soon, Says Mbeki

Zimbabwe's power-sharing talks have adjourned while negotiators consult with their party leaders, but will resume by the end of the week, South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki… Read more »

Sudan: South Africa Asks UN to Suspend Indictment

South Africa, supported by China, is trying to persuade the United Nations Security Council to suspend the attempt to prosecute Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir for genocide and… Read more »

Africa: Editors Support Continent's Detained Journalists

South African editors have expressed their concern at the detention of Eritrean journalists and the harassment of Zimbabwean and Somali journalists. Read more »

Sudan: Security Council Should Set Govt Benchmarks

The United Nations Security Council is no stranger to intractable international disputes. But soon Sudan will present it with a different kind of problem, one it has not faced in… Read more »

Kenya: Mr David Blunkett - Apology

AllAfrica published an article from one of its content providers, which remained on the website from July 7 to 9, 2008, which included a number of factual inaccuracies in relation… Read more »

Africa: Countries Must Plan Road Map for eHealth

Developing countries in the Global South, which have already introduced innovative technology such as mobile banking, need to drive the development of "eHealth" –… Read more »

Africa: Internet Technology Can Boost Healthcare

AllAfrica's Boakai Fofana, based in Monrovia, is one of a few media professionals brought to Bellagio, Italy by the Rockefeller Foundation to attend an invitation-only… Read more »

Africa: eHealth - Boosting Healthcare Via the Internet

From Bellagio, Italy, AllAfrica's Boakai Fofana blogs on a Rockefeller Foundation conference on how to use information technology to improve access to health care. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mugabe, Tsvangirai Shake Hands on Deal

Zimbabwe's principal political protagonists, Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai, have signed an agreement which establishes a framework for substantive negotiations to end the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Parties to Sign Talks Deal, Says South Africa

Zimbabwean political parties are on the verge of signing an agreement which establishes a framework for substantive negotiations to end the country's political crisis. Read more »