Sudan: 'Last Chance' on Darfur, Warns U.S. President

U.S. President George W. Bush has expressed skepticism over Sudan's announcement this week that it will accept United Nations personnel as part of a "hybrid"… Read more »

Ethiopia: After the Flood

It's a long way from Louisiana. But when you stand on the banks of the Dechatu River that runs through the southern Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa, you can feel that this is a… Read more »

Nigeria: Urgent Action Needed to Rescue Election

The month of April 2007 once seemed to hold great historic promise for Nigeria. The general elections offered a possibility for the country to experience its first ever transition… Read more »

Rwanda: Former President Pardoned

Pasteur Bizimungu, the former president of Rwanda, has been released from prison after receiving a pardon from current President Paul Kagame. Read more »

Nigeria: 'We Have to Change our Country' Says Anti-Corruption Chief Ribadu

Since the creation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in 2003 the spotlight on corruption in Nigeria has been bright. The commission has reportedly secured more than… Read more »

Guinea: Blood Aluminum?

Most Americans would be hard pressed to find the Republic of Guinea on a map. Not to be confused with Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, or Papua New Guinea, this small West African… Read more »

Africa: Kofi Annan to Chair Judging of Leadership Prize

Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is to head the judging panel which will select the winner of the new Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Tutu and Albright - A Cry for Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe, long plagued by the repressive leadership of President Robert Mugabe, has reached the point of crisis. Leaders of the democratic opposition were arrested and beaten, and… Read more »

Africa: Tutu Reflects - We Live in a Moral Universe; Zimbabwe Tests Our Resolve, Our Judgment

Nobel Peace Prizewinner, cleric and champion of justice for the world's poor: retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu still moves at a blistering pace, leaving aides and admirers… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Catholic Bishops Warn of Mass Uprising

The bishops of Zimbabwe's powerful Catholic Church have issued an unusually strongly-worded letter to their congregations drawing an analogy between the current struggle and the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Doctor Describes Human Rights Horror

Tuesday's arrest of Movement for Democratic Change leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, boosted the expressions of international outrage that began accelerating in early March over the… Read more »

Southern Africa: Mbeki Heads For Regional Talks on Zimbabwe

President Thabo Mbeki will represent South Africa at this week's extraordinary high-level summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which is expected to discuss… Read more »

Senegal: The Doors of Senegal: Les Portes Du Senegal

This book reminded me two people I used to see at my literature class at the University of Paris VIII. Read more »

South Africa: Is Black Empowerment Working in Economy?

If you have ever wondered what a gilded cage looks likes, search no more. South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment is your answer. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: New Accord Signals Peace

In a nationwide address on Friday March 9, 2007, Ivoirian President Laurent Gbagbo profusely thanked his colleague from Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré for successfully… Read more »

Zimbabwe: U.S. Says Mugabe 'Personally Responsible' for Attacks

The United States Government has said that it holds President Robert Mugabe "personally responsible" for the recent brutal attacks on opposition leaders. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Police Prevent Medical Evacuation of Tortured Leaders

Two women severely assaulted by police in last weekend's beating of opposition leaders in Harare, Zimbabwe, were prevented Saturday from traveling to South Africa for medical… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Africans Should 'Hang Heads in Shame' - Tutu

Africans should "hang our heads in shame" at this week's suppression of opposition protest in Zimbabwe, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa said today. Read more »

Nigeria: 'Mr Demolition' Talks of Changing a City and a Country

Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja and a senior member of Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party, last week visited… Read more »

South Africa: Gov't Calls on Zimbabwe to Respect Law

Under fire for failing to speak out on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, the South African government Tuesday night issued a cautiously-worded appeal for its neighbour to respect… Read more »

Kenya: HIV Center Running Out of Space

The Coptic Mission in Africa has operated the Coptic Hope Center, a comprehensive HIV health facility, in Nairobi since 2004. The facility, which has been very successful in… Read more »

South Africa: Country to Help Clear Liberia's Debt

South Africa is to contribute US$3,6 million towards clearing Liberia's debts to the African Development Bank (ADB). Read more »

Kenya: Odinga Says Now is the Time for Change

Kenyan Member of Parliament Raila Odinga is a leading contender for the nomination of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement of Kenya (ODM-Kenya) for this December's… Read more »

Nigeria: Yar'Adua in 'Good Health'

Nigerian presidential candidate Umar Yar'Adua is undergoing medical treatment in Germany and is in "good health and is stable," a diplomatic source in Germany told… Read more »

Ghana: Youth Vital for Ghana and Africa's Future, says Kufuor

Pride and a tough recognition of his nation's still-difficult road colored Ghana President John Kufuor's speech to a crowd numbering in the tens of thousands in Accra's… Read more »