Africans Leading the Way

AllAfrica has three top stories today highlighting the successes Africans are having in various fields crucial to effective self-government. This type of thing is needed for the African continent to finally become a functional part of the world community.

Dusty Namibia won honors from the U.N. for its efficiency in using environmental grants to meet conservation goals.

Civil society in Kenya is holding the government to account: a private legal group will prosecute a number of government ministers on corruption charges.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) approved Togo's new interim president. Last week, ECOWAS put the kibosh on a military coup without resorting to violence. New elections in Togo will be watched especially closely.