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Oprah Winfrey sat rapt Friday in the front row of the state-of-the-art theater during a show put on by the poor girls she has built an exclusive school for. Complete Story...
A leading South African research group said one in four male South Africans it surveyed admitted to committing rape — a finding that cast a harsh light on a culture of sexual violence that victims groups say is deeply embedded in society.
South African health activist Thembi Ngubane, whose radio diaries of her struggle against the AIDS virus won her audiences and admiration around the world, has died of tuberculosis at 24.
Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu says that President Barack Obama's background and race will help him influence African leaders.
Italy has failed to meet its commitments to reduce poverty in Africa and has lost credibility in its relationship with the region, an aid group backed by Bono and Bob Geldof warned Thursday.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Obama administration will put women and girls first in the fight against AIDS.
Africa must seize the opportunity to turn the current economic crisis to its own advantage and reshape global institutions long dominated by the West, political and business leaders said at the annual World Economic Forum on Africa.
Helen Zille has a sharp tongue and a short fuse, and she doesn't dodge a fight. In apartheid times she enraged South Africa's white rulers, and lately she has ruffled South Africa's black political establishment.
President Jacob Zuma invoked the legacy of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela on Wednesday as he urged South Africans to pull together in a time of national and global uncertainty.
Africa contributes little to global warming but suffers disproportionately from its effects, the continent's environment ministers said Friday, calling for more money and support from rich nations ahead of a landmark climate conference.
South African authorities have started building a new Football for Hope center — the first of 20 planned around the continent as part of a 2010 World Cup campaign to combat AIDS, poverty and crime and to uplift local communities that live far away from flashy stadiums.
The Associated Press has appointed veteran correspondent Andrew Selsky to the new position of Africa Editor, overseeing coverage of sub-Saharan Africa.
The government on Thursday appointed an unknown police official to lead a new law enforcement unit in South Africa, which has one of the highest rates of violent crime in the world and has been rocked by corruption scandals.
Health activists said Tuesday that a shortfall in promised U.S. funding for HIV/AIDS projects would affect over 30 million people and means President Barack Obama risks reversing the gains made by his predecessor.
The U.N. Security Council said Tuesday that it had asked the Congolese government to investigate and arrest five high-ranking army officers known to have committed atrocities.
The U.N. Security Council arrived Friday in Ethiopia to begin a tour focusing on Africa's hotspots — the war in Darfur and its spillover into neighboring Chad, fighting in Somalia and efforts to bring peace to eastern Congo.
Amobi Okoye couldn't take his eyes off the little girl in the colorful dress.
Kenya and Tanzania could relocate black rhinos to neighboring countries under a plan to increase the endangered species and boost tourism in the region, wildlife officials said Monday.
President Jacob Zuma moved South Africa's respected finance minister to a new and powerful central planning post, and made other Cabinet appointments Sunday that underlined a drive to make government more responsive and effective.
Some of Ngobela Magwaza's fondest memories of his youth are of herding livestock through the lush Zululand wilderness of South Africa with Jacob Zuma, the man who is to become president of Africa's economic powerhouse.
The man who is to become South Africa's next president rarely misses an opportunity to entertain supporters with a rousing, hip-swinging rendition of the anti-apartheid song "Bring Me My Machine Gun."
Jacob Zuma took power Saturday in the culmination of an extraordinary political comeback, pledging to Nelson Mandela and the nation to renew the spirit of commitment and hope of South Africa's first black presidency.
African nations are scrambling to prevent swine flu from reaching a continent already struggling with the burden of AIDS and malaria, fearing an outbreak could wreak much more devastation than in North America or Europe.
There is growing evidence that battle-hardened extremists are filtering out of safe havens along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and into East Africa, bringing sophisticated terrorist tactics that include suicide attacks.
Phetsile Ndwandwe, short, skinny and 23 years old, accepts an apple from a development worker and nibbles at it, stripping the peel with her teeth before handing the fruit to Siphokazi, her baby daughter.
Survey: 1 in 4 South African men admit to rapeOne in four male South Africans surveyed admitted to committing rape, according to a research group.
Volunteers work to end child trafficking | Tallahassee DemocratFor two years I've been involved with Unseen Stories, a Tallahassee group dedicated to using documentary film to end child trafficking in Benin, West Africa.
Subsidized Fertilizer: The Answer to Africa's Food Crisis?Heavy use of fertilizers causes environmental problems in the United States and China, but a global team of scientists is prescribing more use of fertilizers for sub-Saharan Africa
Hotel bombing kills at least 20 in SomaliaA suicide bombing outside a hotel in western Somalia killed at least 20 people Thursday including the national security minister. The country's president accused al-Qaida of being behind the attack.
Weather Balloons to Serve Up Web Access in AfricaWeather balloons may soon provide the first affordable broadband Internet access to the one-billion-strong African mass market.
Bill Gates helps fund mass circumcision programmeThe NewScientist just published the article: Bill Gates helps fund mass circumcision programme. The comments to the article are interesting and show a strong anti-circ sentiment.
A 'time bomb' for world wheat crop - Los Angeles TimesThe Ug99 fungus, called stem rust, could wipe out more than 80% of the world's wheat as it spreads from Africa, scientists fear. The race is on to breed resistant plants before it reaches the U.S.
Sarkozy jeered at Bongo's funeral French President Nicolas Sarkozy was jeered as he joined heads of state in the capital of Gabon, Libreville, for the funeral of President Omar Bongo. Joining him, the French president's predecessor, Jacques Chirac, was also booed, according to AP news agency.
Facebook Swahili Version LaunchedThe social-networking website Facebook has launched in Swahili, targeting more than 110 million speakers of the language. Facebook use has spread over the past five years in East and Central Africa, where most Swahili-speakers live.
Amnesty International Reports on Kenya's Continued Human Rights Abuses Amnesty International (AI) released a new report calling on the Kenyan government to end the on going human rights abuses of law enforcement and the appalling living conditions in Kenyan slums.
Firms hoping to tap African sun to power German householdsA consortium of 20 top firms is planning a massive solar power project in sunny Africa to send electricity to grey Germany.
The world is moving beyond the Al-Qaeda momentThe world has probably begun to move beyond the "Al-Qaeda wave" that led all terrorist acts over the past decade. But that does not mean the risks have disappeared.
Wealthy Nations Stiffing AfricaWealthy Nations are not keeping their words regarding the pledged aid made to Africa. Statistics and figures are staggering, as indicated within this article.
Okonjo-Iweala: 16m Africans Made Poor by Meltdownthe global economic meltdown had further thrown a staggering 53 million people into poverty around the world. Sixty per cent of that figure is in Africa, "The crisis should not be seen as a challenge, but as an opportunity," she added.
African view: Obama snubs Nigeria? Sola Odunfa considers US President Barack Obama's forthcoming visit to Ghana in a letter from Lagos.
06/14/09 - MASSOB RESPONDS: backs security agencies against kidnappers - Vanguard ArticleLeader of Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has appealed to the security agencies to decisively deal with kidnappers whenever and wherever they are caught.
Gaddafi no-show angers Italians Col Gaddafi has prompted a number of controversies on his first visit to Italy, Libya's former colonial ruler. He and his 200-member entourage arrived to a red-carpet welcome on Wednesday hosted by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Attacks against al-Qaida continue in SomaliaHelicopter gunships launched new attacks Tuesday against suspected al-Qaida members, a Somali official said, a day after American forces launched airstrikes in the first offensive in the African country since 18 U.S. troops were killed there in 1993.
Today's Mystery Bird for you to Identify [pic] [Mystery bird], photographed in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, Africa. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] - wow, can you identify the species for this gorgeous little African jewel?
Some in Qaeda Leave Pakistan for Somalia and Yemen American officials say they are seeing the first evidence that dozens of fighters with Al Qaeda, and a small handful of the terrorist group's leaders, are moving to Somalia and Yemen from their principal haven in Pakistan's tribal areas.
Kenya charges 17 Somali piracy suspectsKenya charged 17 Somali men with piracy on Thursday, a day after the U.S. Navy handed them over to authorities in this East African nation.
Deadly New Ebola-like Virus DiscoveredExperts have identified a highly contagious and lethal new viral disease, which infected five people in Southern Africa. With some similarities to Ebola, the so-called Lujo virus may have passed to people from rodents. More Articles
It's not the Dark ContinentWhen Dambisa Moyo, author of Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa, was in Toronto recently, she was accosted by aid advocates and journalists for daring to say Africa does not need aid, it needs investment.
Congo ecosystem collapsing under the weight of civil war"By now, the internecine wars of eastern Congo have acquired a haunting familiarity: rebels plunder the country's natural riches, and the looting feeds a cycle of impoverishment, corruption, and violence.
African leaders 'must shape up' African leaders have been told by former UN boss Kofi Annan to shape up to their responsibilities in the face of the global recession. Mr Annan was speaking at the launch of a report that urged Africa to drive its own development.
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