The importance of smallholder farmers to communities, ecosystems and even food security is often underplayed, as allAfrica discussed in an interview with Gates Foundation's ... Read more »

The first International Conference on Ethiopian Coffee has been held in Addis Ababa with the aim of enhancing the country's coffee presence on the international stage. Read more »

The Chairperson of the African Union expressed concern over the latest meeting between Sudan and South Sudan that failed to reach an agreement on practical steps to implement ... Read more »

Incidents of drug abuse and drug trafficking have been steadily rising in the country. The Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, William Lukuvi, has cited the lack of ... Read more »

Rwandan-born Scholastique Mukasonga, who lives in France, has won this year's prestigious Prix Renaudot award for her novel set in a time when the 1994 genocide erupted. Read more »

The Colours of the Nile International Film Festival will run in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from the 7th to the 11th of November 2012, introducing the best of African cinema to African ... Read more »

President Mwai Kibaki has warned that security forces will crush any would-be inciters and has called on Kenyans to live at peace with one another for the sake of development. Read more »

The government will pay 9.6 billion shillings for 15,000 voter kits, more than double the initially quoted price. The arrangement has been called a “massive rip off” by ... Read more »

The reigning African champions will play against Cote d'Ivoire at the Estadio de Malabo in the group's last game of the ongoing Africa Women Championship in Equatorial Guinea. Read more »

At least three people have died after heavy fighting broke out in southern Somalia after a number of heavily armed militants ambushed forces, according to witnesses. Read more »