Africa: Tanzania Minister Denies S.African Domination of Nepad

One of the decisions at the recent summit of the African Union (AU) in Durban, South Africa was that the regional implementation commissions of the New Partnership for Africa’s… Read more »

Africa: Gabon Minister Says AU Rules May Need to Be More Flexible

Gabon was one of the most senior member states of the now defunct Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was replaced by the African Union (AU) in early July, after 30 years as… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Deadline Passed, Farmers On Nervous Weekend Watch

Farmers who stay on their farms despite government orders to leave will face punishment by law, warned Zimbabwe's Vice-President, Joseph Msika, speaking on state television Friday. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Tense US Debate Pits Ambassador Against the Rest

Argument about the direction in which President Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party have taken Zimbabwe continues to rage in many parts of the world, with some arguing that his… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Farmers Reprieved by Court Decision

A Zimbabwe High Court decision Wednesday appears to have given hundreds of white farmers, ordered by the government to leave their land, a last-minute reprieve. Read more »

Central Africa: Hutus Can be Disarmed in 90 Days if Congo is Serious, Says Rwanda

In a peace deal reached last week, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo promised to disarm and arrest thousands of Hutu rebels, or interahamwe, and ex-members of the… Read more »

Rwanda: Fugitive War Criminals Moving Across The Region

War criminals sought by the the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda "transit" between countries in the region, according to Pierre-Richard Prosper, U.S. ambassador at large… Read more »

Africa: News From Allafrica

It has been a busy and challenging season at AllAfrica Global Media, the parent of allAfrica.com. We are an African ICT (information and communication technology) company,… Read more »

Angola: UN Head Calls for Urgent Action to Avert Angolan Disaster

In a report released today at UN Headquarters in New York. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has proposed the creation of a new United Nations mission for Angola,… Read more »

Zimbabwe: U.S. Zimbabwe Emergency Food Dispute Settled

The United States and Zimbabwe have reached agreement on supplying emergency food to the famine-stricken southern African nation, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa… Read more »

Africa: Women Must be Equals in AU, says SA Parliamentary Speaker

One of the historic but little publicised decisions at the recent summit of the African Union in Durban, South Africa was that five of the 10 commissioners - who will make up the… Read more »

Central Africa: Pretoria Pact "A Positive Step", Says Rwandan President

"Without peace in this region, without peace and development in central Africa we couldn't possibly talk about peace in the rest of Africa". The words of the South African… Read more »

Central Africa: Kabila Says He Wants Peace and Will Get It

The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo says he is optimistic about the latest South African and United Nations' brokered peace initiative to end the war in his country,… Read more »

Central Africa: Kabila And Kagame Sign Ambitious Congo Peace Deal

South African President Thabo Mbeki described the signing Tuesday of a highly ambitious peace accord between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda as "a bright day for the… Read more »

Africa: 'Momentum' in Sudan, 'First Step' In Congo/Rwanda Conflict - Kansteiner

The security pact signed Tuesday in Pretoria, South Africa by President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwandan President Paul Kagame is "a terrific… Read more »

Nigeria: U.S. Not Pressuring Nigeria On OPEC, Says Kansteiner

The United States is not pressuring Nigeria to pull out of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Walter Kansteiner… Read more »

Central Africa: Congo, Rwanda to Sign Landmark Security Pact, but Peace Not Guaranteed

The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are expected to sign an agreement, in South Africa, Tuesday, that may be the first step towards helping end the… Read more »

Africa: Trade Bill to Boost U.S. Textile Imports from Africa

Tucked away in the controversial trade bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives early Saturday morning are provisions that could provide a significant boost to African… Read more »

Africa: Global Inequality 'Grotesque', Trends 'Ambiguous' - UNDP Report

The Human Development Report, an annual measurement of global poverty issued by the United Nations Development Programme, once again provides an indicator of Africa's economic… Read more »

Africa: AU's Interim Boss Essy Struggles to Shed OAU Legacy

The outgoing interim secretary-general of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the Ivorian Amara Essy, was returned - again in an interim capacity - as the new head of the… Read more »

Africa: Libya’s 'Mr Africa’ on the AU, Nepad and Peer Review

The South African president, Thabo Mbeki, was the official host and chairman of the inaugural summit of the African Union (AU) in Durban earlier this month. But the leader who… Read more »

Central Africa: Congo and Rwanda Agree Peace Deal, says South Africa

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have reached agreement on steps to end the four year conflict in the DRC, South African negotiators announced on Monday. Read more »

Africa: 'Atlanta is a Model for Africa' Says Amb. Andrew Young

Few U.S. political leaders in the United States are as identified with Africa as Andrew Young, former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, former Congressman from that city and U.S.… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Role in Lumumba Murder Revealed

In his latest film, "Minority Report," director Steven Spielberg portrays a policy of "preemptive action" gone wild in the year 2054. But we don't have to peer into the future to… Read more »

Africa: US Inching Closer To Consensus on Sustainable Development Summit

High-level officials from 27 nations who met in New York Wednesday at the urging of South African president Thabo Mbeki, say outstanding differences between developing nations and… Read more »