South Africa: Two ANCs Emerge Amid Unprecedented Tensions

Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who reports on the ANC conference principally for National Public Radio in the United States, continues her personal reflections on the process.  Read more »

South Africa: Mbeki Defends Record, Condemns 'Lies,' Confronts Divisions

The president of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, Thabo Mbeki, defended the party's record under his leadership, condemned some practices in the party and… Read more »

South Africa: ANC Displays Growing Pains of Democracy

Award-winning South African journalist Zubeida Jaffer, who has chronicled South Africa's struggle for liberation from the inside, sums up the first day of the ANC's five-yearly… Read more »

South Africa: Key ANC Conference Sees Partisan Responses

Charlayne Hunter-Gault continues her reflection from the floor of the ANC conference in Polokwane, in South Africa's northern Limpopo province. Read more »

South Africa: ANC Conference Starts on Raucous Note

The leading American public broadcast journalist, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, blogs for allAfrica live from the floor – literally – of the ANC conference during President… Read more »

South Africa: Mbeki Admits Mistakes, Plans Fightback

South Africans woke on Sunday morning to read what appeared to be President Thabo Mbeki's strategy for a fightback to try, against the odds, to secure his re-election as leader of… Read more »

South Africa: Tension Underlies Backslapping at ANC Meeting

One of America's most renowned public broadcast journalists, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, is blogging for allAfrica from the University of Limpopo which, situated near the city of… Read more »

South Africa: Presidential Hopefuls Speak for Themselves

IF YOU LISTEN to the detractors of the two principal protagonists in this week's African National Congress leadership election, you will hear that the choice is between a ruthless,… Read more »

Africa: Leaders Divided on Rights, Says Amnesty Chief

A group of international figures gathered in Cape Town this week to launch a new global campaign for human rights. One of them was Irene Khan, who as secretary-general of Amnesty… Read more »

Mali: Bed Nets From Vietnam Protect People From Malaria

On the second day of a visit to Mali, Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, tells of the logistics of a campaign to get bed nets, which… Read more »

Nigeria: Yar'Adua Visit to U.S. Launches New Era

Nigeria, apart from being the fifth-largest source of American oil imports, is a key partner of the United States in containing a range of emerging transnational threats, writes… Read more »

Mali: Health Groups Rally to Improve Children's Health

Through this blog, Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, will share his observations from the Republic of Mali, where he is part of the… Read more »

Africa: 'Elders' Condemn Human Rights Abuses

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has joined leading international figures in appealing to the global community to fight human rights abuses in countries including Sudan, Zimbabwe and Chad. Read more »

Africa: Our Tradition Upholds Free Speech, Democracy

To suggest that Africans do not care about free speech, electoral fairness or misappropriation of public funds is to misread African traditional culture, write Kwaku Asante-Darko… Read more »

Africa: Baroness Amos of Brondesbury, Valerie Ann Amos

Leaders of over 70 African and European countries have arrived in Lisbon for this weekend's African Union/European Union summit. Refusing to attend, in protest at the inclusion of… Read more »

South Africa: 2nd test message on allafrica blog

well, today's conference proceedings were much more exciting than yesterday;s. Read more »

South Africa: first test message on allafrica blog

Early reports on the first summit day show that Mugabe had already invited attention after he commandeered a plane to take him to Lisbon on Thursday, leaving hundreds of passengers… Read more »

Nigeria: 'Brothers At Each Others' Throats'

Roy Mog-Appia's attention is focused on a sheet of white paper, where he scribbles hastily. A few minutes later, he slides the notepad across the table. Read more »

South Africa: Mbeki Seeks to Cool Party Leadership Fight

The forthcoming national conference of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, where the party will elect a new leader, should not be seen as "the beginning and… Read more »

Liberia: New Study Spotlights Sexual Violence

Preliminary findings of a new study by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Columbia University may have given relief workers the evidence they say they need to focus… Read more »

Sudan: Darfur Peace Efforts Must Embrace New Reality

Darfur has dropped out of Western headlines again for the moment, eclipsed by events in Pakistan, the Middle East and Iraq. But while the erratic attention of the international… Read more »

Africa: UN Chief Calls for Arrests of War Crimes Suspects

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the international community to do more to help arrest leaders indicted on war crimes charges. Six Sudanese and Ugandan… Read more »

Zimbabwe: U.S. Tightens Sanctions Screw

The United States is to bar the children of some Zimbabwean officials from studying in the United States. Read more »

South Africa: Miners Launch Strike Over Safety

Tens of thousands of South African miners held a one-day strike today in support of demands for safer working conditions. Read more »

Gabon: Uncertainty Looms as Bongo Marks 40 Years of Power

Gabon faces an uncertain economic and political future after marking the 40th anniversary of President Omar Bongo Ondimba’s accession to power on Sunday. Read more »