Five of the top ten arms-exporting nations have already ratified the treaty that comes into effect On 24 December 2014, to regulate the global trade in arms and ammunition. Read more »
The formulation of Eritrea's foreign policy emanates from its domestic political and economic policies, writes Nurye Yassin for Addis Fortune. Read more »
Africa is widely seen as the world's 'new frontier'. As the West lies battered by financial crises, Africa is seen as offering limitless opportunities for wealth creation in the ... Read more »
Illicit capital flows out of developing and emerging economies reached a record level in 2012, according to the latest study released by the Washington, DC-based research group, ... Read more »
allAfrica's partner publisher, SciDev.net, profiles the leading stories that shaped scientific debate in the past year. Read more »
The tech tools that led to the 'conflict minerals' provision of the 2009 Dodd-Frank Act can now be used to help attact the problems the law is designed to solve - conflict and ... Read more »
Africa's urban population is expected to increase from 40 percent to 56 percent by 2050. 90 percent of the world urban population increase will be concentrated in Asia and Africa. ... Read more »
Scientists have received a boost of up to U.S.$150 million from the US space agency for a five-year campaign to probe how air pollution, man-made fires and warming oceans may ... Read more »
Africa is experiencing its worst outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) since the disease appeared in 1976. West Africa - the epicentre - is experiencing its first outbreak, which ... Read more »
The future progress of Africa, as a continent, is in the hands of its youthful population, Phillips Oduoza, Group Managing Director and CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA), said at ... Read more »
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