South Africa: Ferial Haffajee: South Africa's First Woman Newspaper Editor

She has a fine mind and a brilliant, dimpled smile. And now, Ferial Haffajee really has something to smile about. The 36 year old journalist has been appointed the new editor of… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Settlement Possible in 'Days', Says State Department's Top Africa Diplomat

Although the goal of a December 31 peace agreement in Sudan has been missed, the government of Sudan and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement and Army (SPLM/A) have… Read more »

Africa: Two African Students At Elite French Military School Die Of Cold In Training Exercise

Two African student soldiers from the prestigious Saint Cyr military school in France died of exposure overnight on Tuesday, after a snowstorm during a training exercise in the… Read more »

South Africa: Mbeki On Landmark Visit To DRC, Assessing Peace Process And Looking For Trade

South African President Thabo Mbeki is making the first state visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by a South African leader. Mbeki flew into Kinshasa on Tuesday,… Read more »

South Africa: Mbeki Has Weekend Health Scare As ANC Launches Re-Election Campaign

South African president, Thabo Mbeki, was rushed to hospital Sunday, suffering from breathing problems at the launch of his African National Congress (ANC) party's re-election… Read more »

Mauritius: Country Seeks to Become a Global Cyber Island Paradise

First came California's Silicon Valley, then India took the honours. Next, if all goes according to plan, the tiny Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius hopes to lead the way in Africa,… Read more »

Somalia: Somaliland Deserves A Closer Look

At least a small part of the future of Africa is being played out in Somaliland, the northwest portion of Somalia that declared its independence in 1991. In its bustling but… Read more »

Rwanda: School-Going Girls Learn 'We Too Can Be Engineers,' Rwandan Teenager Tells Educators

In sub-Saharan Africa, 24 million girls did not attend school in 2002, according to the annual State of the World's Children report released last month by the United Nations'… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Former Rebels Return to the Government in Abidjan

The former rebel ministers in Cote d'Ivoire have ended their three month boycott of the coalition government in Abidjan. Now known as the New Forces, most of the ministers… Read more »

Africa: Bush Expected to Tap USAID Official for Top Africa Post

The White House is expected to announce as early as this week the appointment of Constance Berry Newman as assistant secretary of State for African Affairs. Newman currently is in… Read more »

Gambia: Information Minister Arrested

Reliable sources say Gambia's Information Minister Yankuba Touray has been arrested. Touray was arrested shortly after his plane landed at Banjul International Airport Tuesday as… Read more »

Ethiopia: 100 Reported Dead After Soldiers Target Civilians in Gambella

Soldiers in the town of Gambella, 450km (280 miles) west of Addis Ababa, are reported to have engaged since Saturday in violent attacks against leading members of a local ethnic… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Health Train a New York Hit

It began as a project to provide primary eye care to rural South Africans, launched by the optometry department of Rand Afrikaans University and Transnet, a parastatal… Read more »

Africa: African Ministers Leave Forum Hopeful But Uncertain of Agoa's Future

On Tuesday, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice was meeting with African Trade and Finance ministers in the Executive Office Building next to the White House about the… Read more »

Africa: Transafrica Arthur Ashe Library Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Actor and Activist Harry Belafonte joined the 10th anniversary celebration of the Arthur Ashe Foreign Policy Library of Transafrica Forum, Tuesday night. Ashe, a U.S. tennis star… Read more »

Africa: USAID Forges a New Model for Development Assistance

Andrew Natsios, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, seldom misses an opportunity to promote the agency's Global Development Alliance (GDA)… Read more »

Africa: Doubts About Bush Administration Commitment to Agoa

There is an undercurrent of growing concern among supporters of the African Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa) about the legislation's future. As key Agoa meetings get underway in… Read more »

Sudan: President Bush Telephones Bashir And Garang in Sudan

In a surprise move to propel Sudan towards a peace settlement, U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday telephoned Sudan president Omar al-Beshir and SPLM/A rebel leader, John… Read more »

South Africa: Target the Poor and Quality Education For All, Says SA Education Minister

South Africa has made huge strides since liberation from white minority rule almost ten years ago. But one of the key sectors the government is still determined to reform is… Read more »

Mauritius: High Literacy Due to Country's Size and Vision, Says Education Minister

The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has a population of just 1.2m. But it boasts a high literacy rate and a country that is technically bilingual - or trilingual, combining… Read more »

Angola: A Death For a Song and the Triumph of Impunity

Angolan writer and human rights activist Rafael Marques wrote this account of the late-November killing of a member of the public by presidential guards. Read more »

Morocco: 'Talk' To Each Other About The Polisario, Colin Powell Tells Morocco And Algeria

Assisting "negotiations between Morocco and Algeria on a way forward," is what the Bush administration is emphasizing as a way to end the 20-year conflict over the phosphate-rich… Read more »

Mali: Malian Leader Still Hopeful for Ivory Coast Despite 'Complex Conflict,' Takes Swipe at Nepad

President Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali is the guest of honour at the 6th biennial conference of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), which opened in… Read more »

Africa: Disabled People 'at Significantly Increased Risk' of HIV Infection

Major gaps in national HIV/Aids prevention campaigns and treatment programs have made disabled people more vulnerable to HIV infection than their non-disabled counterparts,… Read more »

Namibia: 'The Disease Is Here, So We Must Fight it Here'

Dr. Libertine Amathila, Namibia's Minister of Health and Social Services, has been a leader in the fight against HIV/Aids in Africa. Trained as a medical doctor, she has… Read more »