Observers are questioning the UN and U.S. as neither called for action despite announcing that the country's recent elections were not credible, writes the East African. Read more »
The U.S. agency for international development will no longer have to "buy American", thanks to a policy change that will open up the agency's contracts to certain firms in ... Read more »
In the wake of a major study showing malaria deaths are twice what everybody thought comes a WHO study showing the highest levels of drug-resistant TB yet. Read more »
Software developers are creating new software for mobile phones and computers to help communities cope with the impact of global warming. Read more »
The United States Trade Mission is visiting Mozambique, Tanzania, Nigeria and Ghana to look at potential investment projects with the aim of enhancing the countries' ability to ... Read more »
Kenya's military operation has helped erode Al-Shabaab's control of southern Somalia, contributing to "internal divisions and diminished local support". Read more »
President Abdoulaye Wade has commissioned a U.S.-based law firm to assist him in his effort to seek a third term in office. Read more »
The U.S. paper that printed the story about a purported link between former president Charles Taylor and the U.S. CIA has printed a retraction, following threats of a lawsuit. Read more »
The school launched by American television star and business leader Oprah Winfrey in South Africa has graduated its first class. Read more »
For a long while, Africa's diaspora have been a trump card afro-optimists have wielded against the pessimists despairing about the future of the continent. Read more »
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