All Africa
The hidden force behind Islamic militancy in Nigeria? Climate changeEcological disasters have frequently been the precursors of major social upheavals across Africa, writes analyst Jim Sanders.聽
Kenyan peacekeepers accused of creating buffer state inside SomaliaMogadishu says Nairobi is creating an autonomous state of Jubaland on its border and backing a hand-picked warlord to run it. It's asking Kenyan troops to leave.
Will Ghana's judges turn the West African democracy on its head?Ghana's political opposition says the December 2012 presidential election was stolen from them. Now, the country braces for the Supreme Court's ruling.
In mineral-rich Guinea, can reform leader keep it together?In the oft-ignored West African nation, President Conde is pushing civil society norms as investors eye potential. But it is an uphill effort.
Obama's big Africa push: Let there be lightPresident Obama pledged loan guarantees to help expand electrification in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mandela prayer vigil turns politicalAs Mandela supporters send their prayers, politicians are vying for political advantage by proving they have close ties with him.
Far apart on US shores, Bush and Obama find time to meet in AfricaThe two US presidents, in Tanzania together by 'coincidence,' will lay a wreath at the site of a 1998 Al Qaeda bombing of the US embassy.
In Africa, Obama steps into frontpage moment that's not his ownConcerns about Nelson Mandela's health are taking some of the focus away from President Obama's African tour.
Obama pledges to help double electricity in sub-Saharan AfricaPresident Obama is casting the $7 billion initiative as part of a new US strategy to move the region forward with development, not charity dollars.聽
Mandela family and friends rankled by media fascination with death watch'All the preparations, all the talk of Madiba as if he is already dead. It is something offensive' -- young resident of Mandela's home town.
Circle of history: Will Barack Obama visit Nelson Mandela?With Obama in South Africa, Mandela's family has said a private visit between the two men might be meaningful for the South African leader.
Nelson Mandela and the qualities 'within easy reach of every soul'President Obama shouted him out today. Only recently has Mandela's private thinking during his darkest days come to light: 聽'Never forget that a saint is a sinner who keeps on trying.'
On first day in Africa, Obama calls Mandela a 'hero for the world'The White House is in Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania for a week, to make up for lost ground as China's influence rises. But the status of Mandela looms over visit.聽
Obama lands in an Africa more skeptical of his presidencyWhite House predecessors George W. Bush and Bill Clinton left a mark on Africa. Obama in his first term did not. Will his second term bring a different story?
Kenyans in small uproar as Obama Africa trip bypasses his father's homelandObama has affirmed his African family roots. But with Kenya's leaders facing ICC trials this fall, a trip to Nairobi was probably a non-starter.聽
Obama prepares to visit an Africa more skeptical of his presidencyPresidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush left a mark on Africa that Obama so far has not. Will Obama's second term change that?聽
Will Ethiopia's 'grand' new dam steal Nile waters from Egypt?Africa's largest hydropower project, a new 6,000-megawatt dam on the Blue Nile, has sparked a row between Egypt and Ethiopia.聽But it could increase the overall water flow in the Nile.
Cover StoryAIDS: How South Africa is beating the epidemicAIDS turning point: South Africa is the worst-hit country in the worst-hit region of the epidemic. But the disease is no longer an acute emergency. The spread of infection has slowed sharply and those infected are living close-to-normal lives. Still, an exhausted nation deals with the aftereffects.
AIDS: Orphanage closes its hospice, babies no longer dyingAIDS killed a baby a week during the height of the epidemic at the Cotlands child-care facility in South Africa. But because treatment has improved so much, infected babies aren't being abandoned as much, nor are they dying. The Cotlands has closed its hospice for lack of ill infants.
Al Qaeda-allied suicide team blasts UN compound in MogadishuAl Shabab fighters launch one of worst attacks since being largely driven out of the Somali capitol two years ago. 'We knew it was dangerous here,' says UN spokesman in country.聽
