Nigeria: Public Or Private Rescue For The Film Industry

Motion picture producers in Nigeria this week agreed that funding was the answer to their problems, but there was no agreement on who was to provide it. Read more »

Africa: Show Off Your Photography and Be Eligible for a Prize

Our special coverage of the African Solar Eclipse of 2001 has relied on photographs sent to us from a Williams College expedition to gather scientific data on the sun's corona.… Read more »

Africa: No Safety Across Borders In Many Nations

Africa's refugee numbers are grim enough. 460,000 have fled Sudan, placing it at the top of Africa's refugee list. Angola's war has driven more than 400,000 across borders.… Read more »

Africa: Ending AIDS Scourge Top Priority Says Gates' Foundation Senior Health Advisor

In our lifetime no disease has caused the havoc that the AIDS epidemic has, in the view of Dr. Wiliam H. Foege, a senior advisor on global health affairs to the Bill and Melinda… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Country "Changing Rapidly" Says Official

Cecil Blake, Sierra Leone's information minister describes his country's situation as "changing rapidly based on the speed at which the diarmament process is taking place." Read more »

Africa: Eclipse Diary 3

AllAfrica has been following preparations for scientific observation of the June 21, 2001 solar eclipse by a team of astrophysicists from Williams College in the United States.… Read more »

Africa: AllAfrica Interview: Preparing for the Eclipse

Tourists, journalists and scientists have been arriving in southern Africa to view the total solar eclipse on June 21, 2001. Dr. Jay Pasachoff, an expert on the solar corona, is… Read more »

Nigeria: A Movie Industry In Search Of Investors

What should an authentically Nigerian film be like? And what's the best way to distribute it to ensure maximum returns to the producers or investors? Read more »

Sudan: Crocker Refusal Highlights Political Crosscurrents on Sudan

The decision of former Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Chester Crocker to decline the position of special envoy to Sudan is another sign that pressure from two directions… Read more »

South Africa: Soweto Remembers June 16 Uprising

The now-famous image of a young man, holding a dying schoolboy in his arms, as his hysterical sister runs alongside screaming, dominated the 25th anniversary commemoration Saturday… Read more »

Nigeria: Workers Fight Against Use of Casual Labor

In Nigeria, oil-producing and marketing companies' preference for hiring casual labour has provoked protest by junior workers in the industry who are threatening a work stoppage… Read more »

Nigeria: Doctors and Nurses Call Off Crippling 18-day Strike

Doctors and nurses in Nigeria Friday called off their 18-day strike action, called to protest against the government's failure to offer better conditions of service, according to… Read more »

Africa: Warming World Challenge for Africa

There is now "observational evidence" that the earth is getting warmer than it has been at any other time during the last 10,000 years, according to Dr. Robert Watson, World Bank… Read more »

Algeria: Are Algeria's Current Problems Ethnic or National?

More than one million protestors took part in a peaceful demonstration that turned violent in the Algerian capital Algiers on Thursday. The protestors who came from various parts… Read more »

Africa: Eclipse Diary

AllAfrica is following the work of an international group of scientists visiting Zambia. Led by a team of astrophysicists from Williams College in the United States, the group will… Read more »

Nigeria: Ministers and Chief Economic Adviser to Obasanjo 'Resign'

President Olusegun Obasanjo seems to have heeded the calls from many quarters in Nigeria, for a change in his economic management team, with the 'resignation' Tuesday of his Chief… Read more »

Sudan: House Votes Aid To Southern Sudanese Rebels

By a huge 422-2 margin the U.S. House of Representatives has approved the "Sudan Peace Act" authorizing President Bush to make US$10 million under the Foreign Operations, Export… Read more »

Africa: Bush Administration Believed Willing To Urge Ratification Of Child Soldier Protocol

The just released report by the International Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers is generating considerable interest, says Jo Becker, Chairperson of the Coalition and… Read more »

Africa: Over 100,000 Children Bear Arms in Africa

Three hundred thousand children, some as young as seven and eight, are fighting in conflicts in forty-one countries around the world and more than a third of them are in Africa. Read more »

Nigeria: Eight Years On, Memories of '93 Election Still Burn Bright

The military authorities nullified it before the final results were collated. Its presumed winner, Chief M.K.O. Abiola, died in jail three years ago, detained by the military for… Read more »

Southern Africa: Eclipse Diary

This is the first of a series of diary entires from members of an observation team for the solar eclipse on June 21, 2001. Read more »

Zambia: Holding Power Too Long Corrupts, Says Opposition Leader

When the oppositon United Party for National Development (UPND) ran an ad using a Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) soundbite of President Chiluba promising to honor… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Buries Young AIDS Hero Nkosi Johnson

Twelve year old Nkosi Johnson, who became the symbol of the battle against HIV/AIDS in South Africa, was given a hero's burial in Johannesburg on Saturday in a funeral attended by… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Old, New Questions Emerging As Gunfire Quiets

The steady UN-supervised withdrawal of foreign troops from fighting fronts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and slowdown of rebel activities are seen as convincing signs… Read more »

Burundi: As Rebels Creep Closer, Nervous Watching In Washington

With rebel fighters of the Forces Nationales de Libération (FNL) now on the edge of Bujumbura, worry grows that efforts to stabilize the Great Lakes region may come undone. Read more »