President Hifikepunye Pohamba has officially annouced a drought emegergency after thousands of citizens have been classified as food insecure due to poor rainfall. Read more »

The international community has made public pledges amounting to billion of euro for the reconstructin and restoration of the country's territorial intergrity after a brutal civil ... Read more »

While the idea of eating a worm, grasshopper or cicada at every meal may seem strange, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says that doing this can have many ... Read more »

Ethiopians spoke to The Guardian about the government's villagisation' programme which has left many from the Gambella region "bereft of land and loved ones". Read more »

An agreement has been reached in the month long bust strike that saw thousands of commuters stranded. The parties have agreed to a 9,5% across the board wage increase backdated to ... Read more »

Despite some residents of Cape Town's informal settlements preferring to use bucket toilets, city officials plat to roll-out as many portable flush toilets as possible. Read more »

The steady growth that Africa has experienced in the past decade is being threatened by one of the continent's greatest challenges - unemployment. The World Economic Forum for ... Read more »

Multiple Grammy-award winning singer, songwriter and guitarist, Lenny Kravitz, is urging people to join UNICEF to bring about an end to preventable child deaths through ... Read more »

On a fact-finding mission to Kenya, film actress Li Bingbing - one of China's most popular celebrities and a rising Hollywood star - has urged greater effort by governments and ... Read more »

An informal survey of sanitation facilities at 17 South African schools found toilets that were blocked, broken, and filthy. Read more »