AllAfrica Global Media

08/02/2019

Russian influence in Africa collapsed after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. More than a quarter of a century later, President Vladimir Putin's desire to restore Russia to great power status has seemingly renewed its aspiration for the continent writes Theo Neethling for The Conversation.

08/02/2019

The demonstrations and sit-ins called for by the Sudanese Professionals Association and other signatories to the Declaration of Freedom and Change are calling for an end to President Omar al-Bashir's rule of over two decades.

07/02/2019

The government says an oil block auction conference that would have been held in London, has been put on hold after parliament insisted that the country has no petroleum bill or resource-sharing laws.    

07/02/2019

The reformed party, chaired by Abiy Ahmed  and his deputy Demeke Mekonnen, is enjoying wider acceptance and renewed political legitimacy but Ethiopians are aware that the recent political change has been achieved on the back of relentless popular protests. This suggests that there are still many is...

06/02/2019

An international group of public health and legal experts are calling on the World Health Organization to consider declaring the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo a "public health emergency of international concern".

06/02/2019

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Analysis - In the run-up to President Cyril Ramaphosa's 2019 State of the Nation address on 7 February, we check whether he's kept promises he made to South Africa this time last year.

06/02/2019

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that there has been a "quantum leap" in relations between the world body and the African Union and he hopes this can translate into progress on some of the continent's biggest challenges.

06/02/2019

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R**e of females has been an aspect of war as long as war has existed, but only in recent years has r**e in war been acknowledged as a weapon. The United Nations Human Rights Commission passed a resolution identifying r**e as a war crime in 1993.

23/11/2018

Worth 1,508.7 billion FCFA, the project took 8 years to complete.