A major pharmaceutical company in Kenya alleges that special trade measures to make medicines available in poor countries create "loopholes" for counterfeit medicines to enter the market – a claim that health rights advocates refute.

Uganda's National Drug Authority (NDA) says the failure rate among samples of medicines tested at their laboratories has fallen by 15 percent from the early 2000s. This serves as a possible indication of a drop in the availability of counterfeit medicines in the East African country.

European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht has appeased leading European civil society organisations about the negotiations for a Southern African economic partnership agreement (EPA), promising "not to put undue pressure" on countries.

The Malawian government has again stood firm in the face of calls by the European Union (EU) to sign an economic partnership agreement (EPA) -- even after top-level EU officials visited the southern Africa to convince it to put pen to paper.

Terrorism in Africa is increasingly linked to organized crime, and the continent's governments must take stronger steps to try to break those connections, a senior United Nations official said as he called for countries worldwide to broaden their anti-terrorist strategies beyond involving only the military and law enforcement agencies.

The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation Africa Policy Forum: a Vision for the 21st Century to be held in Atlanta in September, aims to help build a U.S.-Africa dialogue based on mutual respect and mutual benefit. It will encompass cultural discourse as well as talks on business and national security issues. Hope Masters, CEO of the Sullivan Foundation, spoke with Saratu Abiola and Carine Umuhumuza of allAfrica.com about what informed her approach to the conference, and what she would like to see in the future regarding U.S.-Africa relations.How does the conference tie in to what the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation is trying to achieve?Our overarching purpose is to build a bridge, to make the connection between African Americans, in particular, but really people of the African Diaspora in general, to connect us all back to the continent. Traditionally we have chartered planes and taken people to the continent. We believe now that the bridge goes both ways. We've been trying to get the bridge across to the continent but now with brilliant young people, there's so many people coming back and forth.

To her friends, she is know simply as mama Ngwaci, though Mary Anyango Oyunga does not boil and hawk sweet potatoes in the streets.

Acclaimed academics and experts attending a United Nations round table on peace in Asia last week heard how the Commonwealth is striving to help policymakers resolve "deep seated conflicts" around the world.

M-NET'S Big Brother All Stars is into its second week and, in stark contrast to last week, the housemates were very clear about who they wanted to see up for eviction this time around.

Paris nie tout enlèvement de civils maliens au cours de l'opération anti-Aqmi menée conjointement par la France et la Mauritanie, le 22 juillet dernier en territoire malien. Mais ce n'est pas ce qu'affirment des représentants de la communauté arabe de Tombouctou qui ont porté plainte devant la justice malienne contre les armées française et mauritanienne.

La chape de plomb pesant sur le rôle de l’armée française lors du génocide de 1994 ne devrait pas être levée de sitôt. La Commission consultative du secret de la défense nationale a émis un avis négatif - qui devrait être suivi par les autorités - concernant la demande d'accès à un document de la juge d'instruction Florence Michon.

Avec « Routes d’Arabie », le musée du Louvre à Paris crée l’événement en regroupant 300 pièces toutes plus exceptionnelles les unes que les autres. La majorité d’entre elles n’ont jamais été présentées au public et révèlent l’existence d’une culture préislamique et anthropomorphe.

President Barack Obama will host some 120 African youth leaders from 40 African nations in Washington next week, part of a commemoration of 50 years of independence for 17 countries. The President's Forum is intended "to deepen and broaden our understanding of the trajectories of African societies, and to reflect on how the next generation are building their communities' and their nations' futures – just as their predecessors did in the era of independence from colonial rule," the White House said in a statement.

African countries receiving Multichoice Africa satellite services will see improvements to the quality of the products supplied by the company, due to investments made in equipment and technology, Angop learnt from a source of the institution.

À moins d’un an de la date prévue pour les élections générales de 2011, l’encadrement du scrutin s’est précisé avec la création, le 30 juillet, d’une nouvelle Commission composée exclusivement de membres des partis politiques.

Dr. Rose Mensah-Kutin, Director, Abantu for Development, has attributed incessant poverty in Africa, particularly sub-Saharan Africa to policy failure.

Après deux reports successifs, la date des élections présidentielle et législatives en Centrafrique a enfin été fixée. Selon un décret du président François Bozizé, lu à la radio nationale vendredi, le scrutin aura lieu le 23 janvier 2011.

At the ongoing African Union (AU) summit in Kampala, Uganda, African leaders are being urged to push for Africa's interests on the international scene.

Heads of Public Services in Commonwealth Africa have re-affirmed the need to fight corruption and engage in all stages of national planning.