Congo-Kinshasa: Scramble for Resources in DRC Leads to Massive Deaths, But Scant Attention

With an estimated 3.5 million Congolese dead over the last six years due to war, starvation and disease, the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the… Read more »

South Africa: Bittersweet Travels - A Journalist Comes to Terms with a Troubled Continent

Mandela, Mobutu and Me: A Newswoman's African Journey, by Lynne Duke. Doubleday, ©2003. $24.00 hardcover. Website: http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday Read more »

Africa: Attention for Africa Not Easy In an Election Year - Donald Payne

The following exchange with Rep. Donald M. Payne (Democrat - New Jersey) is one of an ongoing series of conversations about Africa policy in the next U.S. presidential… Read more »

Africa: A Kerry Presidency Can Restore Rapport With Africa, Rangel Says

Although little discussed in the current election campaign, the next president of the United States will have to confront a number of critical issues in Africa. In an ongoing… Read more »

Uganda: Human Rights Activist Encouraged by ICC Investigation

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced the launch of a formal investigation to see if potential crimes against humanity and war crimes have been committed in Uganda… Read more »

West Africa: Debate Over al Qaeda's Connection to West Africa's Diamond Trade Takes New Turns

The arrest of a Tanzanian fugitive in Pakistan last week, release of the 9-11 Commission report in Washington and a forthcoming finding by a war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone… Read more »

Sudan: To Save Lives in Darfur, Back African Peacekeepers and Demand War Crimes Accountability, Says ICG's Prendergast

Nearly four months after President Bush called the situation in Darfur the "worst humanitarian crisis of our time," the international community has responded with resolutions from… Read more »

Zambia: Steps Forward for Women's Economic and Political Empowerment

Mary Silavwe Mulenga is taking part in the International Visitor Regional Project for Africa through the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Program. She is traveling… Read more »

South Africa: The Private Sector, Political Elites and Underdevelopment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Why are most Africans in Sub-Saharan Africa poor and why are they getting poorer while most people in the rest of the world are becoming better off? The World Bank and the… Read more »

Africa: New Study Shows Aid for Short Term Projects Has Positive Effects on Economic Growth

The Center for Global Development has released a new study that examines the growth effects of short-impact aid - such as infrastructure building, agricultural or industry support,… Read more »

Liberia: Refugees `Wasting' in U.S. While Wanting to Work

Torli H. Krua, founder and president of Universal Human Rights International (UHRI), came from Liberia shortly after the war started and is an active advocate for African refugees. Read more »

Mozambique: `Women Have Society in Their Hands'

Ana Rita Geremias Sithole is visiting the United States on a three-week study tour with eight other female African leaders as a part of the U.S. State Department's International… Read more »

Sudan: Crisis in Darfur Does Not Require Military Intervention, Says U.S. Official

The United States is waiting for Sudan to act responsibly in the Darfur crisis and is not planning a military intervention, said Charles Snyder, principal deputy assistant… Read more »

South Africa: Ten Years Later, Shared Interest Continues Anti-Poverty Mission

Shared Interest, an organization that guarantees loans for thousands of black South Africans, recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. In an interview with AllAfrica's Maria… Read more »

Sudan: U.S. Holocaust Museum Issues First Ever 'Genocide Emergency'

The Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum issued a "genocide emergency" yesterday, red-flagging the continuing violence in Darfur, Sudan. This is… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Grave Humanitarian Crisis Worsening In Eastern Congo, Where 3.5m Have Already Perished

Violence continues in eastern Congo, where rebel groups have clashed with United Nations peacekeepers and government forces, in violation of the peace accords signed in 2003, Rep.… Read more »

Liberia: ESPN Honors Liberian Soccer Star George Weah

Retired Liberian soccer star George Weah was honored this month at the 12th annual ESPY awards organized by the U.S. sports television network ESPN. Weah received the Arthur Ashe… Read more »

Sudan: 'Call Darfur a Genocide' Say Coalition Protestors

Hundreds of protestors rallied Thursday in front of the White House, calling on the United States and the UN Security Council to officially call the crisis in Darfur, western… Read more »

Rwanda: Ladies First: The Role of Women in Rwanda's Nation Building

In the aftermath of a devastating period of civil war and genocide in the 1990s, the challenges of nation building are the hallmark of today's Rwanda. Currently in Rwanda, the need… Read more »

South Africa: Clegg Returns to U.S. for Major Tour

Johnny Clegg is a singer/songwriter who grew up in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia and is best known for his work with Sipho Mchunu as part of the band Juluka. His later work… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Must `Walk the Walk' in Africa

Chester A. Crocker is the James R. Schlesinger Chair in Strategic Studies and serves as an Associate in the Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. Crocker's… Read more »

Africa: Conservation Should Be Major U.S.-Africa Policy Issue, Report Says

Nicholas P. Lapham, Vice President for Policy at Conservation International, joined other experts in making recommendations for U.S.-Africa policy in a Center for Strategic and… Read more »

Sudan: U.S. Lawmaker and Church Leader Arrested to Highlight Darfur Deaths

The campaign to highlight the growing humanitarian crisis in Sudan has gotten a publicity boost this week from the arrests at the Sudan Embassy in Washington, DC. of U.S.… Read more »

Africa: `Spend More Money and Put More People in Africa'

Paying more attention to Africa will help both Africa and the United States, according to Robert Rotberg, a foreign policy scholar who has written extensively about the continent.… Read more »

Sudan: Panelists Urge the World to Act on Darfur, Sudan Official Denies Government Involvement

The international community has a responsibility to act immediately to prevent the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)… Read more »