Central Africa: Review of Roots of Rumba Rock - Congo Classics

This 40-track, multi-artist compilation takes us to the origins of African rumba, a musical genre that was developed during the 1930s-40 and later gained continent-wide acceptance. Read more »

Africa: Textile Producers Get a Boost from Trade Bill Adopted in Pre-Adjournment Congressional Flurry

Legislation that has been credited with spurring expanded American trade with Africa received a late-hour extension from the United States Congress just before both houses… Read more »

South Africa: Strategic Concerns Deepen S.Africa-U.S. Shared Interests

Nigerian oil may be crucial to U.S. energy needs but South African President Thabo Mbeki seems to be the crucial figure in U.S. political needs in Africa, and also increasingly… Read more »

Africa: Help Children by Empowering Women

One in every 16 women living in sub-Saharan Africa will die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth, as against one in 4,000 in industrialized countries. Read more »

Sudan: Bush, Mbeki Urge Quick Deployment in Darfur

U.S. President George W. Bush and South African President Thabo Mbeki are pushing for an urgent increase in the number of peacekeepers in Darfur. In talks at the White House on… Read more »

Africa: 'Blood Diamond' Entertains, Educates

In the early days of Master Sergeant Samuel Doe's 1980 coup in Liberia, I was entering a hotel in Monrovia with my five-year-old son when soldiers lounging in the lobby started… Read more »

Africa: Senator Brownback and Representative Lee Say Continent Deserves More Focus

Republican Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Democratic Representative Barbara Lee from California were honored by the Africa Society of Washington, D.C. on Thursday for their… Read more »

South Africa: Reserve Bank Pushes Up Interest Rate Again

South Africa's central bank today hiked interest rates for the fourth time in six months, increasing the rate at which it lends money to commercial banks to nine percent per… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila Inaugurated Amid Tight Security

Joseph Kabila was sworn in on Wednesday as the first democratically-elected leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo in four decades. Read more »

Africa: Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives: Female Sex Practices in Africa

This book is a compilation of articles on the experiences of lesbian women in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland. The stories were born out of the… Read more »

Africa: Adjustment Problems of African Students at Public Universities in America

The basis and rationale for this book is great. It is mean to be a tool for African students wishing to study in the United States. The book begins with steps to take after one… Read more »

Chad: Bringing Chad Back from the Brink - A Humanitarian Imperative that Serves U.S. National Interests

With all eyes on the horrifying genocide in Darfur, we must not ignore the growing instability next door in neighboring Chad, where the government is on the brink of complete… Read more »

South Africa: Government Takes Lead in Tackling HIV-AIDS Crisis

The South African government has moved to end the years-long controversy over its policies on HIV and AIDS by unveiling the outline of a four-year national strategic plan to cut… Read more »

Sudan: Review of 'All About Darfur'

All About Darfur: Is Sudan in a culture of war? Read more »

Somalia: Getting It Wrong, Again

Already notorious as the world’s only state without a functioning government, Somalia may be about to deteriorate even further. The country is rapidly sliding back toward… Read more »

Sudan: President Blasts UN, Asserts Sovereignty

Sudan's President Umar el-Bashir reiterated Monday in Khartoum his agreement to an international force in Darfur. Such a force could be composed of African Union (AU) troops or… Read more »

Rwanda: Second Annual National Conference on Pediatric Aids Opens

National attention is focused on Kigali as the Second National Paediatric Conference on Treatment, Care and Support to Children Infected and Affected by HIV and Aids opens Monday.… Read more »

Guinea: Country Finds Hope in Alumina Refinery

In the dry season, a pervasive red dust wafts from the crushers at the bauxite operations that have dominated economic activity for over three decades in Guinea – home to a… Read more »

South Africa: More Action Needed by Business on Poverty

Futhi Mtoba, Chairman of Deloitte Southern Africa, provides a look at where the corporate responsibility movement stands in South Africa, particularly as it relates to poverty… Read more »

Nigeria: Media Coverage Critical for Emerging Business Climate

The media has only just begun to play a significant role in the development of the Nigerian economy, or rather in the expansion of the business environment. For many years,… Read more »

Africa: Free Media a Barometer of Democracy in Africa

Sometime last year, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo’s aides began testing the third-term debate, lobbying for an amendment to the constitution to do away with term… Read more »

Africa: Time for a New Story to Be Told

Average economic growth of more than five percent, record flows of foreign direct investment and stock markets that routinely outperform London, New York and Tokyo. This is Africa… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Joseph Kabila Wins Run-Off

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of the Democratic Republic of Congo declared in a statement on Wednesday evening that incumbent Joseph Kabila had won the October 29,… Read more »

Sudan: U.S. Congressmen Urge State Governors to Divest

U.S. Congressional Representatives Frank Wolf (Republican), Donald Payne (Democrat), and Jim Moran (Democrat) today called for states to divest public funds from companies doing… Read more »

South Africa: Rough Guide to the Music of South Africa

Rough Guide to the Music of South Africa (2nd Edition) Read more »