1st Malaria Vaccine Tried Out in Babies in 3 African Nations

CARA ANNA and LAURAN NEERGAARD /The Associated Press Jan 16, 2020 Spread by mosquito bites, malaria kills more than 400,000 people every year, two-thirds of them under 5 and most in Africa. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

African Feminists Emphasize Key to Global Peace

H. Patricia Hynes / Truthdig Sep 25, 2018 Our planet's fate is tied to the status of women, whose revolutions have freed and saved the lives of millions without weapons, without fists, without a drop of blood spilled. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Kofi Annan, Former U.N. Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dies at 80

JOHN HEILPRIN and FRANCIS KOKUTSE / The Associated Press Aug 18, 2018 Annan was one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become its first black African leader. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

What Africa Taught the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jan 15, 2018 On a 1957 trip to Ghana in connection with its independence from Britain, King and his wife, Coretta, learned the sordid story of colonial oppression. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Grace Lee Boggs: A Century of Grass-Roots Organizing

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Oct 8, 2015 She was not only a grass-roots organizer, but a philosopher, a teacher and a revolutionary. She devoted her life to empowering the poor, the working class and communities of color, and was deeply involved with a constellation of movements. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Celebrated Statesman, Artist Killed in Kenya Attack (Audio)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 23, 2013 Professor Kofi Awoonor, former chairman of Kenya's Council of State and a poet of African decolonization, was among those killed in the attack on the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi on Saturday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama to Seek to End Africa’s Conflicts

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2009 It seems that President Obama has finally taken Africa seriously -- and in a way that doesn't look like Bush-era health funding that reeks of an infomercial for Christian charity. In a speech on Saturday, Obama is expected to focus on the importance of democratic governance on the continent and will make the ending of conflicts a key diplomatic initiative. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who is Mogae?

Gbemisola Olujobi / Truthdig Apr 11, 2009 Almost everyone in the United States or indeed anywhere else in the world knows about Zimbabwe’s sit-tight president, Robert Mugabe. But who is Mogae? Who is Chissano? Who is Kikwete? And who is Kufuor? Sadly, very few people outside Africa recognize these names. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Bush Makes Cameo Appearance at White House

Staff / Truthdig Sep 19, 2008 President Bush had been laying low over recent days, but it seems his inner circle considered it prudent to trot him out for a brief appearance at the White House. He surfaced on Thursday to speak vaguely about the snowballing economic crisis on Wall Street before disappearing once again. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Penalty Leads to Elimination in World Cup

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2006 America fell 2-1 to Ghana, ending U hopes of advancing in the competition The game was tied 1-1 until an American defender pushed a Ghanaian player near the penalty area--which triggered a penalty kick that won the game for Ghana . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )