October 22

• Africa: Is Africa's Maritime Strategy All At Sea?

  The African Union's (AU) deadline for securing the continent's territorial waters - the world's last major geographical region without a maritime strategy - has been set at 2050, a... Read more »

• Africa: Let's Talk About Poo

  Enter the dignified portals of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine this week, and the first thing you will see is a gold-plated turd, resting on a scarlet silk... Read more »

October 19

• Congo-Kinshasa: Doubts Mount Over Ugandan Mediation

  Uganda's mediation to end the fighting in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between government troops and M23 "mutineers", which has caused large-scale population... Read more »

• Burundi: Towards Greater Food Security

  Burundi, despite being potentially self-sufficient in food, has the highest level of hunger of all the 79 countries listed in the 2012 Global Hunger Index, published earlier this... Read more »

• Africa: African Wheat - Balancing Consumer and Farmer Demands

  Whether Africa can scale-up wheat production to meet growing demand will depend on governments' support of local producers. A key test is whether they are willing to take on wheat... Read more »

• Madagascar: Possible Palm Extinction Threatens Livelihoods

  Eighty-three percent of Madagascar's palm species - which are a vital source of both food and building materials - are threatened by extinction, according to the International... Read more »

• Mali: New Hope in Fight Against Malaria

  A pioneering malaria prevention method trialled in Mali is dramatically reducing seasonal malaria among children, according to a mass pilot launched by NGO Médecins Sans... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: No Sex, We Are Breastfeeding

  Soothing her malnourished baby at a clinic in a Freetown slum, a Sierra Leonean mother says she has never heard of exclusive breastfeeding, but observes 'banfa' - a traditional... Read more »

• Somalia: Somaliland Journalists Under Fire

  Journalists in the self-declared republic of Somaliland are increasingly being harassed and arrested by security forces there, say officials. Read more »

• Somalia: Food Insecurity Still a Problem

  Rising food costs, poor 'Gu' seasonal rains earlier in the year and continuing insecurity in parts of southern Somalia are affecting the nutritional status of vulnerable people... Read more »

• Uganda: Military Deployed to Kenyan Border to Curb Cattle Rustling

  The government of Uganda has deployed military personnel to its border with Kenya in a bid to stamp out cross-border cattle rustling. Read more »

• Malawi: No More Fertilizers but Trees

  To keep its mostly maize-growing small farms productive through cycles of drought, Malawi spends 60 percent of its agricultural budget subsidizing fertilizers. But the findings of... Read more »

• Mali: Islamists Lure Back Northerners

  Hundreds of displaced northerners in southern Mali are risking life under Sharia law to return home, lured by the prospect of jobs, free water and electricity, and in some parts,... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Continuing Efforts to Contain Ebola

  An Ebola outbreak that has killed several people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) appears to be slowing down, but health workers say there is a need for continued... Read more »

• Nigeria: Nigeria-Chad - Child Migrants Reuniting With Families

  Most of the Chadian Koranic students who fled Boko Haram related violence in northern Nigeria to return to their country in March 2012, have now been reunited with their parents,... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Cholera Ebbing in Sierra Leone

  Sierra Leone's worst cholera outbreak in 15 years has eased in the past two months and new infections each week have recently dipped to below 1,000. Read more »

• Africa: Addressing Food Wastage to Fight Hunger

  Experts have called on governments and development organizations to put in place measures to significantly reduce the amount of food lost in the global food delivery chain. Read more »

• Kenya: Government Issues Flood Warning

  The Kenyan government has issued an alert over possible flash floods in parts of the country following the start of the country's October-to-December short rains, which may be... Read more »

• Kenya: Policies Must Consider Needs of Women

  Better management of disaster risk requires paying more attention to those directly affected, especially women, according to experts. Read more »

• Cote d'Ivoire: Cote d'Ivoire - Facing Insecurity With Unreformed Army

  Armed raids on military and police bases, a border post and other key installations in Côte d'Ivoire since August are deepening insecurity in a country struggling to forge a... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Tough Bargaining With Armed Groups

  A recent incident in the town of Kalembe, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) North Kivu Province, highlighted the fluid ambiguity of the national army's troubled... Read more »

• South Africa: Attacks on Migrants Re-Emerge

  After a wave of violent attacks on foreigners swept South Africa in May 2008, leaving 63 dead and tens of thousands displaced, both government and civil society pledged 'never... Read more »

• Africa: Promoting Sustainable Inorganic Fertilizer Use

  There is growing need to promote inorganic fertilizer use among smallholders to improve food production and food security, especially among the world's poorest populations, but its... Read more »

• Burundi: Burundi-Tanzania - a Troubled Homecoming

  The imminent return of more than 35,000 Burundians from Tanzania poses major logistical challenges to aid agencies and the densely populated country they fled amid civil war almost... Read more »

• Kenya: Refugee Relocation Order Sparks Concern

  Amid rising insecurity, a senior official in Kenya's North Eastern Province has ordered all refugees and unregistered migrants from neighbouring Somalia to move to the... Read more »