June 3

• Africa: Bosco Ntaganda During His Initial Appearance Before the International Criminal Court [press release]

  Congolese rebel Bosco Ntaganda is the latest African to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Mr. Ntaganda faces several counts of war crimes and... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Youth Unemployment: Lessons From Ethiopia [press release]

  In Hawassa City in southern Ethiopia, 250 kilometres from the capital Addis Ababa, 24-year-old Mitike Paulos, her younger sister and three friends are busy producing leather bags... Read more »

• Africa: Africa's Greatest Assets Are Its Young People [interview]

  Ahmad Alhendawi was appointed in January as the UN Secretary-General's envoy on youth who will be the voice of young people all over the world. Read more »

May 8

• Kenya: Kenya Pushes Technology Into Overdrive

  The country that gave the world two groundbreaking innovations in tech-nology: M-Pesa, a mobile banking system, and Ushahidi, a platform for crowd sourcing information during... Read more »

• Africa: Africa Unveils its First Smartphone And Tablet

  Excitement greeted news that Vérone Mankou, the 26-year old entrepreneur from the Republic of Congo, has designed Africa's first smartphone and a tablet, the hand-held... Read more »

April 14

• Somalia: Somali Diaspora's Remittances Cast A Lifeline

  During two decades of conflict, famines and floods, money sent back home by Somali expatriates — known as remittances — has been instrumental in keeping Somalia afloat.... Read more »

• Africa: The Continent's Youth - A "Ticking Time Bomb" Or An Opportunity?

  Senegalese opposition politicians denounced the country's high unemployment rate to mobilize youth against former President Abdoulaye Wade in the country's 2012 presidential... Read more »

• Africa: A Seat At The Table

  Ask members of the African political elite, civil society activists or anyone else about the role of youth in national development and you will hear a lot of profound, if trite,... Read more »

• Africa: The Continent's Youth Hungry For Connectivity

  In a tiny sweltering tin-roofed shack tucked inside one of Mogadishu's bullet-riddled neighbourhoods, two brothers, Ali Hassan and Mustafa Yare, sit hunched over one of eight... Read more »

• Africa: The Continent's Mobile Youth Drive Change

  The sight of teenagers selling mushrooms using mobile phones is becoming a familiar one in rural Namibia. Namibia Polytechnic faculty member Maurice Nkusi, designer of a cell... Read more »

• Africa: What Does The 'Doha Climate Gateway' Mean For Africa?

  A UN climate change conference in Doha, Qatar, concluded in December 2012 with a new agreement called the "Doha Climate Gateway." Its major achievements included the extension... Read more »

April 13

• Africa: Japan - Africa's Subtle but Effective Partner [interview]

  Interview with JICA President, Akihiko Tanaka Read more »

April 12

• Nigeria: The Film Industry - A Potential Gold Mine? [analysis]

  As an entrepreneur, 32-year-old chemistry graduate Jason Njoku achieved success in a most unlikely way: he is Africa's largest distributor of Nigerian movies, and has raked in over... Read more »

April 7

• Rwanda: Rwanda Genocide Survivors Struggle to Rebuild Their Lives

  Waking up one day to hear that her entire family had been slaughtered sounded like a horror movie to Jacqueline Murekatete. And yet it happened to her and scores of men, women and... Read more »

March 21

• Africa: To Be Forever Free!

  Renewed focus on modern slavery on anniversaries of the transatlantic slave trade Read more »

February 24

• Zimbabwe: Learning Chinese Is a Lucrative Investment

  Ni hao, Chinese for "hello," or ting bu dong, meaning "I hear you, but I don't understand," are two expressions one often overhears today in Zimbabwe's capital. It is one of the... Read more »

February 12

• Africa: Mothers' Health Is Improving Across Continent

  In recent years, the shrill cries of a newborn baby have been bringing more shouts of joy than of anguish in maternity wards across Africa. That is because maternal deaths are... Read more »

February 5

• Africa: 'Take Away the Guns,' Women Tell UN Envoy

  Imagine being charged $100 for a medical certificate issued by a doctor proving that you have been raped before you can go after the culprit - and then during his trial having to... Read more »

February 4

• Somalia: Stabilizing Somalia - a New Chapter Begins

  A "make or break" point for the country's new leaders Read more »

January 25

• Somalia: Diaspora's Remittances Cast a Lifeline [interview]

  During two decades of conflict, famines and floods, Somali expatriates' transmission of money back home -- known as "remittances" -- has been instrumental in keeping Somalia... Read more »

January 16

• Africa: What Does the 'Doha Climate Gateway' Mean for Africa?

  Not nearly enough, given the continent's vulnerability Read more »

December 28, 2012

• West Africa: Floods - Stemming the Tide in West Africa

  Every year West African citizens experience heavy downpours, which often result in flooding. The floods in turn bring death, destruction to property and crops and outbreaks of... Read more »

• Africa: Using Mobile Apps to Spur Social Change

  Want to report a problem to an elected official in your community? There is a mobile application, or "app," for that. Want to bring attention to a pothole that needs fixing?... Read more »

• Africa: UN Launches 'mHealth' Initiative to Fight Diseases

  Imagine getting a text message telling you when and how to take your diabetes medication. Or a voice mail reminding you of your next mammogram. That's what two UN agencies are... Read more »

December 22, 2012

• Africa: New HIV Infections Fall

  Africa is pulling out all the stops in its race to curb the AIDS pandemic by 2015, a deadline set by UN member states. Read more »