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 »

Congo-Kinshasa: States Still Far Apart as Another Round of Ceasefire Talks Approaches

Parties to the warfare in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are scheduled to meet for ceasefire talks later this month. But security for Rwanda, feeling threatened by the… Read more »

Central African Republic: Confusion Lingers in Central African Republic

Reports from the Central African Republic say parts of the capital Bangui are still under heavy artillery fire. Government forces continue their mop-up operations in areas… Read more »

Rwanda: Security Requires Troops Deep In Congo, Says Ambassador

Rwandan troops have penetrated far into the Democratic Republic of the Congo in what DRC government officials charge is an invasion aimed at exploiting the central African nation's… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Intensifying Conflict In East Threatens Peace Effort, says Ambassador

Despite the optimism of a just-returned United Nations investigating team, worry over continuing armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is mounting. Speaking to… Read more »

Africa: Africa Prominent At Global Health Awards

Saying that it "doesn’t take a scientist to know that our health, like our freedom, is ultimately indivisible," Melinda French Gates awarded the first annual Gates Award for Global… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Interview With DRC Ambassador Faida Mitifu

Dr. Faida Mitifu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ambassador to the United States is one of six women ambassadors representing African nations. "We're the best men for the… Read more »

South Africa: Reflections On Truth And Reconciliation

AllAfrica's Charles Cobb asked John Allen, former Secretary of Communications for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and long-time Press Secretary to Archbishop Desmond Tutu,… Read more »

Central African Republic: Situation still unstable in Central African Republic

Two days after an armed mutiny broke out in the Central African Republic, the situation in the capital Bangui remains unstable. Although the army has regained control over most… Read more »

Sudan: Powell Signaling Shift On Sudan?

Describing northern Sudan as in a "desperate situation", US Secretary of State, Colin Powell announced Monday that the Bush Administration will end a policy of shipping most of its… Read more »

Central African Republic: Situation under control, says army in Central African Republic

One day after a group of mutineers tried to topple President Félix Patassé of the Central African Republic, the army says it regained control of all parts of the capital Bangui,… Read more »