U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson sat down with allAfrica.com to talk about U.S. efforts on issues such as trade, investment and mutual security interests linked to the rise in narco-trafficking and proliferation of armed groups in Africa.
Greenpeace took Oscar-winning actress, Marion Cotillard, to see logging in the heart of DR Congo's tropical rainforests firsthand.
This IRIN video highlights the many difficulties that confront a polio survivor living in one of Nairobi's biggest and dirtiest slums.