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- Zambia's food crisis will worsen in next 10 years
- A new study says Zambia's climate could bring losses of more than US$4 billion in agricultural income in the next ten years, making hundreds of thousands of ...
- New TB vaccine in pipeline
- A new tuberculosis vaccine developed in South Africa has been found to be effective in the second stage of clinical trial. TB is a major problem among adults ...
- Uganda food crisis hits fight against HIV
- The food crisis in Uganda is taking its toll on the fight against HIV/AIDS. Those living with the dreaded disease are beginning to reduce their dosages of ...
- Hunger gap threat growing in Sudan
- Delayed rains in southern Sudan have precipitated the fear of food insecurity in the country. Aid workers and government officials have warned of a major ...
- Malaria vaccine in the offing
- Scientists have announced that they are on the threshold of inventing a malaria vaccine. Researchers, however, are skeptical of Africa’s readiness to make use ...
- The boy who harnessed the wind
- Malawian teenager William Kamkwamba dropped out of school due to poverty and went on to build a generator out of a bicycle and tractor fan. Today he is being ...
- Disaster looms for Delta region in Egypt
- Managing scarce fresh water resources and mitigating the effects of rising sea levels must become the top priority of the government in Egypt. The country’s ...
- Family planning: Men prove tough nut to crack in Kenya
- There are many misconceptions about contraceptives and other family planning measures in Kenya. In view of hostility faced by community health workers from men ...
- Food crisis deepening for millions across Africa
- Despite good global cereal harvests this year, millions of people in dozens of poor African countries are in desperate need of emergency humanitarian aid due ...
- Sierra Leone: Maternal deaths a 'human rights emergency'
- Amnesty International’s new report reveals that Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal death rates in the world. As world leaders meet in New York to ...
- Africa becomes the world's largest nuke-free zone
- With another African country, Burundi, ratifying the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, the southern hemisphere has been declared free of nuclear weapons. The ...
- Second chance at education for Angolan children
- Decades of civil war in Angola took a massive toll on the country’s school infrastructure and created shortage of trained teachers. With the government trying ...
- Theatre to empower women farmers in southern Africa
- Women constitute about 70% of the total workforce engaged in agricultural activities in the entire Sub-Saharan Africa. A new project will use community theatre ...
- Kenya set to host Africa's biggest wind farm
- Around 365 giant wind turbines will be installed in the deserts of Kenya creating the biggest wind farm in Africa. Reeling under energy crisis, the continent ...
- UN sounds alarm on food situation in Kenya
- Life has never been easy for poor Kenyans but failed rains have made the food crisis even more acute. The WFP has warned of desperate conditions, the worst in ...
- UNAIDS to keep babies HIV-free in Africa
- UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages Project, together with local governments in African countries, have joined hands to curb mother-to-child HIV transmission. ...
- Morocco farmers overcome water scarcity
- Researchers in the central Moroccan region are introducing new agricultural techniques that increase production while reducing water usage. With a combination ...
- Africa's amazing acacia tree
- This super tree has nitrogen rich leaves that shed during the early rainy season to fertilize the soil and crops. It also acts as a hardy windbreak and cuts ...
- Aid for free healthcare in developing nations
- At least 10 million people in developing nations, including Nepal in South Asia, will get access to free healthcare, in an aid deal spearheaded by UK PM Gordon ...
- Global call to end violence against women
- A global advocacy initiative launched by UNIFEM in Kenya aims to stop violence against women. The campaign will encourage and stimulate actions such as ...
- Scientists hopeful of malaria free Kenya
- Scientists in Kenya are optimistic that current technology and funding can help eliminate malaria by 2017. To meet the target, the country needs to strengthen ...
- Food insecurity deepens in Horn of Africa
- Failure of monsoon for four consecutive seasons has left the trail of drought, hunger and disease not only in Kenya, but throughout the Horn of Africa. Some 24 ...
- Sun energy illuminates Ethiopian village
- A solar power project funded by international aid groups in northern Ethiopia has turned around the lives of villagers. Providing electricity in rural area had ...
- Shining the spotlight on the displaced of Africa
- Africa’s leaders are all set to make legal history by adopting a new instrument to assist people displaced within the borders of their own countries. This is ...
