The European Union expressed support for a draft resolution adopted by the United Nations endorsing the Saharawi people's right to self-determination. Read more »
The country's continuing poor budget implementation is caused by inadequate planning, says a World Bank official. Read more »
Human rights campaigners have accused powerful countries of blocking progress towards a treaty that will regulate the trade in conventional arms. Read more »
African leaders have voiced their concerns at the failure to address demands for two permanent seats for the continent in the most powerful body at the UN. Read more »
A summit of French-speaking countries ended over the weekend in Kinshasa giving young Congolese a chance to meet fellow Francophones including President Francois Hollande of ... Read more »
More than a third of child deaths in Kenya are due to undernutrition. What's more, Kenya annually loses U.S.$2.8 billion of its GDP to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. AllAfrica ... Read more »
Experts are warning that failure to quickly resolve a lingering dispute over the oil-rich border region of Abyei, could bring Sudan and South Sudan to the brink of conflict. Read more »
Born to a Sierra Leonean father and a Ghanaian mother, Idris Elba is one of Africa's best heads in the Hollywood film-making world. Read more »
For many women in the disaster-prone southern district of Nsanje, resilience is essential to cope in times of disaster and to survive the cyclical flooding, writes Mabvuto Banda ... Read more »
An official of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has told a Dutch court that farmers' claims against the company after oil spills in Nigeria are "unsubstantiated". Read more »
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