Africa: 'The Most Effective Vaccine against Child Death in Africa is a Glass of Clean Water'

Kevin Watkins, the lead author of the UN Human Development Report and head of the office that produces it, visited AllAfrica recently to discuss this year's document. Released on… Read more »

Angola: A New Diamond War

The upcoming Hollywood feature movie "Blood Diamond," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, promises to cast a spotlight on the role of so-called conflict diamonds in fueling… Read more »

South Africa: A History of the Marashea Gangs in South Africa

We Are Fighting the World: A History of the Marashea Gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999 Read more »

Africa: China-Africa Relations

At the recently concluded Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) in Beijing, 50 African heads of state attended, reaffirming the growing evidence that African countries are… Read more »

Southern Africa: Catch a Fire: New Film on 1980s Apartheid South Africa

Catch a Fire Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Debate

Climate change is slowing development across Africa, and affecting the daily lives of millions of Africans. According to a new report, Africa - Up in Smoke 2, the international… Read more »

Ethiopia: New Film on the Plights of Ethiopian Coffee Growers is Creating a Buzz

Black Gold: Wake up and Smell the Coffee Read more »

Africa: Leadership Prize for Liberian President Is a Challenge to End Hunger

When she walked up the podium on Saturday evening, October 21, 2006 to receive the Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of… Read more »

Africa: Record-Breaking Governance Prize Launched

After a professional career spent proving that investing in Africa can be profitable, telecommunications entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim has embarked on a new task: to improve the quality… Read more »

Africa: Governance Index Is a Work in Progress, Rotberg Says

Dr. Robert Rotberg, professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, told AllAfrica about the index he is working on that will be used, among other purposes, to guide the… Read more »

Africa: Celtel Founder Explains Reasons for Leadership Prize

Celtel founder Mo Ibrahim told AllAfrica about his groundbreaking $5 million prize for African leadership, the largest award in the world. Excerpts: Read more »

Mozambique: Visitors are Discovering Country's Charms, Says Tourism Minister

Fernando Sumbana Jr, who has been Mozambique's minister of tourism since the department was created in 2000, believes his country has the assets required to attract tourism… Read more »

Africa: Calls for African Empowerment as Clinton Accepts Africare Award

Former U.S. president William J. Clinton on Wednesday night joined Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Colin L. Powell, and Graca Machel as recent recipients of the 2006 Africare Bishop… Read more »

Africa: Speech of William Jefferson Clinton Accepting the 2006 Africare Humanitarian Award

The following is a transcript of William Jefferson Clinton's Acceptance Speech for the 2006 Africare Humanitarian Award. Read more »

Liberia: A Conversation with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

At a breakfast fundraiser in Washington DC for the Liberian Education Trust, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf discussed the nation's prospects for development and peace with… Read more »

Liberia: President Calls for Faster Aid Flows: Speech at Georgetown University

The following is the text of a speech given by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at Georgetown University. Read more »

Liberia: Liberian Education Trust Aims to Get Children Back to School

Fourteen years of war destroyed most of Liberia's schools and forced tens of thousands of children to become soldiers or sex slaves – or, in the case of many girls, both.… Read more »

Uganda: The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland Read more »

South Africa: Women's Empowerment May Take Two

This week, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan released two long-awaited reports on human rights issues affecting billions of people worldwide: the Study on Violence Against Women and… Read more »

Africa: Violence Against Women Inherently Linked to HIV, Advocate Says

In August, the Global Aids Alliance released a report, Zero Tolerance, that outlines the impact of violence against women and girls on the fight against HIV/Aids. AllAfrica's… Read more »

Africa: 'New News' from Africa - Looking Beyond Death, Disease, Disaster and Despair

Charlayne Hunter-Gault, one of the best-known and most award-winning journalists in the United States, has focused her recent career on covering Africa. After nearly two decades as… Read more »

Cape Verde: Well-Governed African Nations Merit Attention, Says Prime Minister

"In African countries at-large there is not close attention being given to countries that have good government," Cape Verde Prime Minister, Jose Maria Neves said Thursday… Read more »

Cape Verde: Is Good Governance Rewarded?

At Independence in 1975, Cape Verde was one of the world's poorest countries whose index of economic vulnerability was one of the highest in the world. Yet today, many outsiders… Read more »

Sudan: Crisis in Sudan

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Sudan: We Saved Europeans. Why Not Africans?

With Darfur set to be hit by a second wave of genocide, world leaders are shifting into diplomatic high gear. The government of Sudan flatly rejects deployment of a 22,000-strong… Read more »