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  The United States Government has said that 50 African heads of governments and states have signified interests to participate in the 2014 US-Africa Leaders Summit scheduled to open in Washington DC on August 4. US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,...

Experts from the agricultural sector in Africa emphasized that shift in mindset is paramount in breaking the problem of low production of both food and cash crops on the continent. The experts agreed that although Africa has a large labour force in its agricultural sector,...

          Guinea records more cases and deaths, as Senegal shuts crossings amid reports of cases in other neighbouring states. Health officials are racing to contain a deadly Ebola epidemic in Guinea, with one neighbouring state closing its borders and...

                One of the world’s most deadly viruses  Ebola, has spread from a remote forested corner of southern Guinea to the country’s seaside capital, raising fears that the disease, which causes severe bleeding and almost...

            The African Development Bank estimates that illicit financial flows have drained in excess of a trillion dollars from Africa since 1980. These flows undermine the tax base, damage political institutions and exacerbate inequality. With...

          The African Development Bank Group on Friday, March 21st, 2014, announced the conclusion of Negotiated Resolution Agreements with Kellogg Brown & Root LLC, Technip S.A. and JGC Corp. following the companies’ admission of corrupt...

          A serious gender imbalance in global education has left over 100 million young women in low and lower middle income countries unable to read a single sentence, and will prevent half of the 31 million girls out of school from ever enrolling....

                    What does it mean in today’s world to take an established tradition and make it your own? We are young women of the millennial generation, with more than 100 International Women’s Days (IWD) gone...

      Christian Aid says inequality on the continent has grown in the past decade as tax systems have failed to redistribute wealth. Soaring economic growth in many African countries is coming at the expense of the poor, according to a new report that urges...

      Music superstar Akon has embarked on an ambitious energy project to electrify one million households in nine West and Central African countries by 2014. The Senegalese American celebrity’s project, ‘Akon Lighting Africa’, involves installing...