Liberia: Monrovia Bans Gatherings on Eve of Opposition Leader’s Return

A ban on all public gatherings issued by Liberia’s minister of justice late Friday has put into question a scheduled return this weekend by opposition leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf… Read more »

Liberia: Tortured Human Rights Lawyer Under Police Guard in Hospital

Liberian human rights lawyer Tiawan Saye Gongloe, who was beaten this week in detention by state security officers in Monrovia, by his own account, has told allAfrica.com that his… Read more »

Mali: Last Day of Campaigning Before Sunday's Presidential Poll

Twenty-four candidates are set to contest the presidential election in Mali on Sunday, 28 April. Their campaign posters, with enticing slogans and captions, are plastered all over… Read more »

East Africa: Controversy Continues to Dog Major World Bank Projects

"Everybody is talking about development effectiveness, but the question is, how do you measure it? ...So what we are trying to do now is to pull together a meeting in June at which… Read more »

Africa: 'Africa Does Matter to the US' Say Bush Officials

"September 11 did change our world and did change our approach to Africa," Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Walter Kansteiner told a symposium sponsored by the… Read more »

Africa: Seek Credit Rating, Powell Urges African Ministers

Not having a widely used credit rating system stymies investment in Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told two dozen African central bankers and Finance Ministers,… Read more »

Madagascar: Recount of December Poll's Votes Begins

Four days after a peace deal for Madagascar was signed in Senegal, a recount of the disputed presidential election results began this week, Monday. The recount was one of the key… Read more »

Africa: Still Stuck at the Bottom of the Pile: What Must Africa Do to Develop?

Africa's numbers remain awful but that's come to be almost routine at the annual Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Read more »

Africa: World Bank Claims "Consensus on Education For All"

"Education is the best anti-poverty strategy," said Gordon Brown, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer joining World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn, Norway Development Minister Hilde… Read more »

Africa: Common Ancestor, One African "Eve" for All World's People Portrayed

In a television documentary scheduled for airing on the Discovery Channel this Sunday, humankind is said to share a common genetic link that can be traced to one woman who lived in… Read more »

Africa: African solutions to African problems - Senegal’s Wade pulls off Diplomatic Coup

The Senegalese president, Abdoulaye Wade, shot a diplomatic hole-in-one on Thursday, with the agreement between the two Malagasy leaders who he had invited to Dakar to make peace. Read more »

Central Africa: Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Considered By Congressional Subcommittee

The House Subcommittee on Africa Thursday pondered the potential benefits and pitfalls of the Chad-Cameroon Oil Development Project. The project will develop several oil fields in… Read more »

Madagascar: Rival Presidents Strike Peace Deal in Senegal

The two rival presidents of Madagascar have signed a landmark power-sharing peace deal, late Thursday morning, in Senegal. Read more »

Madagascar: Rival Presidents Embrace in Senegal, Disputed Election Results Annulled

The two rival presidents of Madagascar met face to face on Wednesday, in an unprecedented peace gesture organised by the Senegalese president, Abdoulaye Wade, under the auspices of… Read more »

Madagascar: African Leaders Open Mediation Efforts, Meet Rival Presidents

The rival presidents of Madagascar, Didier Ratsiraka, and Marc Ravalomanana held separate late-night talks, Tuesday, in Senegal, with President Abdoulaye Wade and other African… Read more »

Africa: Could US Africa Policy be Derailed by the Middle East Crisis?

Across Africa, the Middle East crisis is provoking passionate debate bordering sometimes on angry condemnation. Both Muslim and "anti-colonial" sentiment, already stirred by the… Read more »

Madagascar: Presidential Rivals Set to Meet in Senegal

The self-proclaimed president of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, arrived in Senegal on Tuesday, ahead of his rival, the sitting president, Didier Ratsiraka, who was expected in the… Read more »

Africa: Senegalese President Confident of Nepad's Success Ahead of June G8 Summit

Picture President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, 74, nonchalantly wandering into the efficiently-run Cybercentre, at the plush hotel and conference centre in the capital, Dakar, where… Read more »

Africa: Absence of key African leaders at Nepad summit no big deal, says Senegal

Unofficial rumblings of discontent among senior government officials in Senegal, and outright irritation, annoyance and even anger by some Senegalese people, have greeted the… Read more »

Africa: Mbeki, Obasanjo, Bouteflika Absent from Nepad Meeting in Senegal

The programme for an important summit on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) in Senegal boasted an impressive line-up of African leaders. And many arrived. But… Read more »

Africa: 'Africa is Ripe for Investment - if Climate is Right'

Hundreds of business executives from Africa, Europe, America and further afield, squeezed into the main conference centre on Monday in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to hear about… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: One Week Extension for Peace Talks in Sun City

Peace talks aimed at resolving the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are likely to continue in South Africa for an unscheduled extra week. Read more »

Africa: World Bank Demands More Aid, Higher Investment for Africa

Development indicators are sending mixed signals about the African continent said a World Bank panel of experts briefing reporters Wednesday on the Bank's new report: African… Read more »

Sudan: No Training Camps Planned, Says Envoy

"We are not going to operate any camps to train terrorists in our country," Sudan's ambassador to the United States, Khidir Haroun Ahmed, told allAfrica.com. "But the Sudanese… Read more »

Madagascar: Ravalomanana's Prime Minister Speaks

Jacques Sylla, the Prime Minister appointed by Madagascar's unofficial President Marc Ravalomanana, has presented his government programme to the National Assembly in the Malagasy… Read more »