With less than a year to go to the end of his term, Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta is worrying about the legacy he will leave behind...
Global intellectual property rights system constraining Africa's industrialization - Wamkele Mene
CARICOM and AU commits to foster increased trade and investment through specific agreements and the enhancement of transportation links between the two regions.
Expected outcomes could include greater economic trade and investment opportunities between Africa and the Caribbean
Vaccine production within the continent is seen as key to meeting the stated target of vaccinating 60 percent of Africa’s population
Those of us interested in advancing sustainable development in Africa need to find ways to broaden and deepen engagement and conversation around critical issues and create...
Reuters | U.N. Security Council members on Thursday backed African Union mediation efforts between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in a dispute over the operation of a...
Africa is the second least affected region of the world
The dependent on pharmaceutical imports leaves Africans vulnerable to shortages of medication. More local manufacturing of medications could strengthen health systems throughout the continent.
"It is not the intention to keep people at home for a long period" - PM Keith Rowley
Since 1996, Strive and Tsitsi Masiyiwa's Higherlife Foundation has provided education to vulnerable and orphaned African children.
The African Union (AU) has allocated 1.5 million doses of the US manufactured Johnson & Johnson vaccines to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Guyana’s Health Minister, Frank...
As the High Representative, Mahama will work with Somali stakeholders, to reach a mutually acceptable compromise towards an all-encompassing resolution for the holding of elections in...
The African Union on Friday authorized sending 5,000 peacekeepers to Burundi to stop the unrest there from deteriorating further over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s extended tenure in...
U.S. President Barack Obama landed in Ethiopia on Sunday, beginning a two-day stay and becoming the first American leader to visit Africa’s second most populous nation....
The out-going president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Donald Kaberuka says time has come for Africa to become the world’s manufacturing hub and this can...
African leaders from across the continent have for the 25th summit of the African Union, which runs until 15 June, under the theme: “Year of women...
South Africa is to establish a free trade zone between its southern African neighbors and its counterparts in the eastern and western regions of the continent....
By Erastus Mwencha A few days ago, in meetings with both members of the United States Congress and the Obama Administration, each of the officials reaffirmed...
Chad and Niger launched a joint army operation against Boko Haram militants in Nigeria on Sunday, military sources said, intensifying a regional push to try to...
I wish, at the very outset, to express appreciation to the African Union Commission for, firstly, inviting me to this meeting of the High Level African...
Sometime last year, a high-ranking Ugandan Minister sent an email to a contact in a United States Agency. Like any good college alumni, Mr. Minister had...
By Murithi Mutiga So what that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is the new African Union (AU) chairman? How many people know whom he replaced in that...
The African Union has endorsed a West African plan to set up a regional task force of 7,500 to fight al-Qaeda-linked Islamist Boko Haram militants, a...
Last week, in what can only be considered a historical feat, the African Union dispatched a delegation of African Ministers of Trade to Washington, D.C. to...
Ghana’s President John Mahama has asked African leaders to prepare a coordinated plan to defeat al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants like the al-Shabaab in Kenya and Boko Haram...
The African Union was preparing Monday to send a team of 30 health workers and other specialists to help fight an Ebola outbreak that killed more...
African leaders proposed on Tuesday creating a special fund to combat Islamist militant groups growing in strength from Kenya to Nigeria. African Union states announced the...
The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, today appointed Lt. Gen. (Rtd.) Jackson Kiprono Tuwei, a Kenyan national, as the new...
African leaders called on Thursday for firm action against a rising Islamist militant threat creeping across the continent from Nigeria to Kenya and pledged to furnish...
The African Union (AU) ended the suspension of Egypt and Guinea Bissau from the grouping on Tuesday after both countries elected new leaders, a senior AU...
Showing progress towards greater cross-border cooperation to develop renewable energy projects, energy ministers from 19 countries are pushing ahead with the creation of the Africa Clean...
Partners in the Grow Africa, a program by the World Economic Forum, NEPAD and the African Union, said it doubled its agricultural investment commitments from companies...
The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Infrastructure and Energy Department and the Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology of the Kingdom of Swaziland and Internet...
Voter casts ballot in Mali presidential election, November 24, 2013. PHOTO/Habibou Kouyate/AFP African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has approved an observer mission to South...
African Union Peacekeepers in Dafur, Sudan. PHOTO/Abd Raouf/AP In the last decade, the African continent has experience dramatic political, economic and social progress. Thus changing the...
A special interview by The Africa Report: Sixteen months into her mandate, Dlamini-Zuma, Head of the African Union, is encouraged by consultations on the future and...
The African Union (AU) has urged its members to “speak with one voice” against criminal proceedings at the International Criminal Court against sitting presidents. The 54-nation...
Analysis by Liesl Louw-Vaudran Last week, the world’s rich and influential once again gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum...
Madagascar President-Elect Hery Rajaonarimampianina. PHOTO/Reuters Madagascar on Friday declared Hery Rajaonarimampianina, a former finance minister backed by strongman Andry Rajoelina, as the country’s new president, after...
By Tony Elumelu (Reuters) – To Africa’s many challenges, add one more: unemployment. Unemployment, independent of any other factor, threatens to derail the economic promise that...
African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka. PHOTO/File African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka was last week named African of the year by Africa’s media in recognition...
Uganda is holding the military commander of Congo’s defeated M23 rebel movement after he surrendered, a Ugandan officer said on Thursday, allaying fears that it could...
The M23 rebel group, blamed for the revolt in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R. Congo) over the last year and a half, has announced...
By Carlos Lopes This year Africa celebrates fifty years since the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU); never before has the continent been so...
Voter casts ballot in Madagascar presidential elections. PHOTO/Stephane De Sakutin/AFP Residents of the island-nation of Madagascar voted Friday in a presidential election they hope will restore...
(AFP) – African nations this past weekend, demanded the International Criminal Court (ICC) defer the “crimes against humanity” trials of Kenya’s leadership, as the country’s president...
By Carlos Lopes Africa’s political economy is deeply ingrained with its history of the exploitation and (mis)-management of its mineral and natural resources. More than 500...
Former UN secretary-general., Kofi Annan. PHOTO/AFP/Getty Images Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said Monday it would be a “badge of shame” for Africa if its leaders...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. PHOTO/File By Stephen Lande & Dennis Matanda | Just like Kenya deftly managed a post-inferno crisis that shut down its international airport...
Traders on the floor of the Nigerian Stock exchange. PHOTO/File Global investors are being enticed by bountiful opportunities to do business in Africa, as the continent...
Ask anyone with insider knowledge of Africa’s regional economic communities – and they will tell you that most of the issues keeping Africa apart are not...
Somalia named Yussur Abrar as the country’s first female central bank governor, replacing Abdusalam Omer, who resigned after a United Nations monitoring group accused him of...
(Reuters) – African leaders will meet in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, on October 13 to take a common stance on whether to join Kenya’s planned...
Kenya’s parliament on Thursday passed a motion to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) just before the country’s deputy president face trial at The Hague...
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe. PHOTO/Reuters Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has indicated a willingness for “tit-for-tat” retaliation against companies from Britain and the United States on Sunday...
Mali Presidential candidates Soumaila Cisse (l) and Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (r). PHOTO/File (Reuters) – Poll workers in Mali are counting votes in Sunday’s high stakes presidential...
The African Union suspended Egypt from the continental body on Friday after the ousting of president Mohammed Mursi, in line with its strict rules against unconstitutional...
Hissène Habré (Reuters) – Hissène Habré, Chad’s former leader, was arrested on Sunday in Senegal, where he has been living in freely in exile for 22...
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys. PHOTO/Abukar Albadri/EPA Unconfirmed reports from Somalia indicate that one of the senior officials of the radical Islamist al-Shabaab, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys...
Lalao Ravalomanana (Reuters) – The wife of deposed Madagascar leader Marc Ravalomanana deflected international demands to pull out of a presidential election in August, telling reporters...
African Union mediators failed Wednesday to convince Mali’s interim president to sign a deal with northern Tuareg rebels that would pave the way for nationwide elections...
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. PHOTO/Getty Images Liberia’s president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been elected Chairperson of the African Peer Review Mechanism by African leaders have...
(Reuters) – African leaders decided on Monday to immediately establish a military rapid reaction force to deal with regional security emergencies, in a move to reduce...
(AP) – African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continent-wide organization that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonialism. Now...
East African Community partner states are looking into the possibilities of raising more money from international capital markets and in turn reduce donor dependency. The plan...
The African Union has said it will not recognize Andry Rajoelina as Madagascar’s president if he wins July’s presidential election, piling more pressure on the incumbent...
Ambassador Carlton Masters Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has appointed Carlton Masters as the island-nation’s first Representative to the African Union. He, (Masters) has also been...
A younger Barack Obama with his grandmother during his first trip to Africa to visit the family of his father, Barack Obama, Sr. PHOTO/Maya Soetoro-Ng The...
By Tolu Ogunlesi Africa is all the rage these days. Every week, it seems there’s yet another Africa conference somewhere outside the continent – investors, bankers,...
Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir arrived in South Sudan on Friday for the first time since Africa’s once-largest country split in 2011, raising cautious hopes the...
The African Union suspended the Central African Republic on Monday and imposed sanctions after President Francois Bozize’s ouster, warning that rebel coup leaders could face trial....
Africa’s push for a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council has gathered pace with the meeting in Sierra Leone of a select committee of...
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir. PHOTO/Gregorio Borgia/AP Sudan’s president said he intends to step down in 2015 after more than 20 years in power. In an interview...
Bosco Ntaganda. PHOTO/Getty Images Barely a week after 11 African Union leaders met in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa in a bid to find a solution...
ICANN – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the body that regulates the naming systems for websites, has announced plans for major expansion expansion...
The Security Council yesterday extended for another year the mandate of the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, as it continues to consider a revised United...
Central Africa, one of the regions that has recorded the slowest progress in regional integration despite huge natural resources, is seeking to forge a harmonized regional...
Hissène Habré A special African court set up to try former Chadian President Hissène Habré for war crimes and crimes against humanity has officially began its...
The African Union has raised over US$450 million to support the African Union military intervention in Mali (AFISMA) and towards the resolution of the potential humanitarian...
Mali is hoping to organize elections on July 31 this year. Mali’s interim President made this revelation while attending the recent African Union summit in Ethiopia....
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. PHOTO/File Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was elected by African heads of state as chairman of the African Union today, replacing...
The war against al-Qaeda linked militants in northern Mali including the deployment of African troops is expected to dominate talks at the African Union summit in...
High level representatives of the African Union and African regional economic blocs have been invited to attend the the fifth Brazil, Russia, India, China and South...
There are now about 1,000 African Union troops in Mali to take part in the military intervention to dislodge al-Qaeda linked militants from the north of...
The African Union is next week expected to hold a conference with potential donors to raise funds to support the planned African military intervention in northern...
Omar al-Bashir and Salva Kiir try to push forward on stalled security, oil and border agreements.
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized military action to wrest northern Mali from the control of al-Qaeda-linked extremists but demanded progress first on political reconciliation,...
Ivory Coast’s president says mandated African Union forces could intervene in lawless northern Mali early next year, calling such an operation “urgent” to prevent the area...
Niger’s president says his country is ready to help Mali regain its northern region which is occupied by al-Qaeda linked insurgents. Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou spoke...
Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have started withdrawing from two towns captured from government troops, following a deal brokered by Uganda, their military leader...
A planned African-led military offensive to reclaim northern Mali from al-Qaeda-linked insurgents is unlikely to begin before next year — despite growing concern about the terrorist...
High-level delegations from the West African bloc – the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the the United Nations met with Malian leaders Friday...
Haiti will become the latest member of the African Union sometime in January 2013. Haiti and Africa share a sense of history, and African countries stepped...
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma., the new Chairperson of the African Union. PHOTO/File South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma took over as head of the African Union Commission Monday, becoming the...
The U.N. Security Council on Friday unanimously approved a plan to back an African-led military force to help the Mali army oust Islamic militants who seized...
Kenyan troops invaded the al-Qaida affiliated al-Shabaab’s last stronghold in Somalia, coming ashore in a predawn assault Friday. Other African Union forces were traveling overland to...
Lawmakers in Somalia are scheduled to choose the next president Monday, moving the country a step closer to its first stable government since the 1991 ouster...
The current chair of the African Union, Benin President Boni Yayi, said Friday West African nations would soon meet on strategies to intervene in Mali, where...
A Uganda air force pilot, is rescued from the wreckage of a helicopter on Mount Kenya. Rescue teams were searching on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 for...
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma., the new Chairperson of the African Union. PHOTO/File Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a veteran of the fight against apartheid who has served in the cabinet of...
South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (l) and Incumbent African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping (r). PHOTO/File The battle for greater influence in Africa between Nigeria and South...
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (l) and Incumbent African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping (r). PHOTO/File South Africa on Tuesday made a last-ditch effort for its candidate to head...
Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir The African Union will move a July summit from Malawi if the country keeps up its efforts to block the attendance...
Sudan’s army will begin pulling out of the contested region of Abyei from Tuesday, as demanded by the United Nations, the army spokesman said. “We will...
The African Union (AU) says that Sudan has endorsed the AU’s roadmap to avert an all-out war with South Sudan. The AU Commission said late Wednesday...
The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday threatening non-military sanctions against Sudan and South Sudan if they don’t halt escalating violence on their border...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. PHOTO/John MacDougall/AFP (Reuters) – African Union finance leaders on Monday unanimously endorsed Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy to lead the World Bank and...
Joseph Kony. PHOTO/AFP The African Union (AU) said Friday it will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, a new...
The Eritrean government said Friday that the attack on its military outposts by neighboring Ethiopia was meant to divert attention from a border dispute between the...
Haiti links its history to Africa Haiti’s bid to join the African Union (AU) last month may evoke a little head scratching and confused double takes....
South Sudan has called on the United Nations to push Sudan to free dozens of its citizens that the later was holding in slavery. Chief negotiator...
African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping. PHOTO/File Following a deadlock during Monday’s African Union (AU) elections, with a tie between former wife to South African president...
Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi (pictured), was elected the African Union (AU) Chairman on Sunday, taking over the one-year post from Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang...
The African Union (AU) Commission top seat is now open for competition and South Africa is preparing to unseat the current holder, Dr Jean Ping, the...
A Somali government minister says 200 troops from Djibouti have arrived in Somalia’s capital to join the African Union (AU) force that helps protect the government...
(Reuters) – East African heads of state admitted South Sudan as a member the regional bloc Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Friday, some four months...
Ethiopia said Friday it may contribute troops to the African Union force in Somalia fighting al-Qaida-affiliated insurgents. East African leaders meeting in the Ethiopian capital of...
The cost of sending remittances to and within Africa could come down thanks to a new online database that will compare costs among money transfer service...
Kenyan military forces moved into southern Somalia on Sunday, an official and residents said, a day after top Kenyan defense officials said the country has the...
Heavy fighting broke out in Somalia’s capital on Monday after pro-government forces attacked militant positions following what the African Union force said were the deaths of...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - The U.N. has urged African leaders to "encourage new leadership" in Libya...
The African Union said in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday it has postponed by two weeks a donor conference to raise money for Somalis and other Horn...
Three more regions of Somalia have now been struck by famine, including the capital, Mogadishu, the United Nations announced Wednesday.
African nations will not execute an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, an African Union summit decided Friday. The summit...
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea — Organizers printed Moammar Gadhafi’s portrait and mounted it on one of the flags decorating the road to the African Union summit venue...
