Africa: New Hope for Africa's Farmers

Some 218 million people in Africa struggle with hunger daily – about 30 percent of the continent’s total population, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture… Read more »

Africa: Winners and Losers In Corruption Stakes

Botswana continues to be seen as Africa’s least corrupt, and Somalia as the continent’s – and the world’s – most corrupt country, according to a new… Read more »

Africa: Continent's Best Soccer Teams Head For World Cup

There's only one slot left to be filled in Africa's line-up at the 2010 Fifa World Cup, to be played in South Africa next June, and it will be taken after what has the makings of… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Boosts Need for Policies to Support African Farmers

Akin Adesina, vice president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra), talked to AllAfrica about the work of the young, Nairobi-based institution and how its… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Peace Corps to Bring New Focus to Food Security

The Obama administration earlier this year named a former United States Peace Corps volunteer, Aaron S. Williams, as the program's new director. The Peace Corps, which will soon… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Media Leaders Gather in Lagos

Top executives from African media houses gather in Lagos on Thursday for two days of consultations on how to sustain the development of good journalism on the continent. Owners,… Read more »

Africa: Food for Thought on Food Security

This year, the world will witness a new record, albeit a devastating one: for the first time in our history, over one billion people in the world suffer from daily hunger.… Read more »

Africa: Most of Continent Provides 'Prosperous Emerging Markets' - CEO

Lonrho is a London-listed conglomerate with a rich history and long involvement in Africa. Established in 1909 as the London and Rhodesian Mining Company, the company became well… Read more »

Africa: Trees Can Increase Farm Yields and Transform Agriculture Says Agroforestry Group

Headquartered in Nairobi Kenya and working across sub-Saharan Africa, as well as in Latin America and Asia, the World Agroforestry Centre aims to enhance soil fertility and the… Read more »

Africa: Women Are Behind 80 Percent of Continent's Food Production

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) considers gender mainstreaming, or involving women in farming development efforts, an essential component of its efforts… Read more »

Africa: New Beginnings, Enduring Challenges: American Foreign Policy to Continent from Kennedy to Obama

Following is the text of the first Senator Edward Kennedy Memorial Lecture delivered at the University of Pretoria in Pretoria, South Africa Read more »

Africa: FAO Launches Key Land Initiatives

People's rights to work the land – an indispensable pre-condition for food security in Africa – are the subject of two key initiatives by international agencies working… Read more »

Africa: French Court Blocks Probe of Three Presidents

A French Appeal Court in Paris yesterday rejected the demand of the Transparency International (TI) organization for leave to open a probe in France into the estates of three… Read more »

Africa: Digital Soil Mapping Helps Continent's Farmers

Digital mapping has been used in the West to ascertain soil variation and help determine why some crops perform better than others in particular regions. In Africa, digital… Read more »

Africa: Food Crisis Forces Changes on GM Crops

Daniel Mataruka is director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) in Nairobi. The non-profit organization aims to improve the lives and agricultural output of… Read more »

Africa: Agriculture Group Finds Targeting Women Improves Food Security, Family Incomes

Gender inequalities are a key impediment to achieving food security in many households in sub-Saharan Africa. Although women do most of the farming on the continent, growing an… Read more »

Africa: Green Revolution Requires Supporting Farmers, Says Agriculture Expert

Akin Adesina, vice president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra), talked to AllAfrica about the work of the young, Nairobi-based institution and how its… Read more »

Africa: No Ibrahim Leadership Prize to be Awarded This Year

Business magnate Mo Ibrahim, founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, has announced that the Foundation will not be awarding prize money to any former African leaders for good… Read more »

Africa: 'AU Effectively Tackling Economic, Political Problems'

The African Union has a mandate that spans political, economic and financial, cultural and technological matters affecting its 53 members, which include all nations on the African… Read more »

Africa: 'Greener' Green Revolution the Aim of New Gates Foundation Grants

In advance of World Food Day, marked on 16 October every year, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a total of $120 million in grants for nine agricultural projects.… Read more »

Africa: Green Revolution Alliance to Form Agriculture Policy Hubs

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is getting U.S. $15 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support policy innovations and implementation to… Read more »

Africa: Gates Foundation Provides Grants for Agriculture Projects

In advance of World Food Day, marked on 16 October every year, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will announce a total of $120 million in grants for agricultural projects.… Read more »

Africa: Obama Wins Nobel Prize - Full Text of Announcement

President Barack Obama was named winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, boosting to eight the number of laureates of immediate African descent who have won the … Read more »

Africa: Continent's Best, Worst-Governed Nations

Southern Africa is the continent's best-governed and Central Africa its worst-governed region, according to a new ranking of Africa's quality of governance published today. Read more »

Africa: Viable Nations Depend on Integrating Economies, Says Business Leader

Ahead of Monday's announcement of the 2009 Ibrahim Index of Governance, the survey which ranks the quality of Africa's governments, Mo Ibrahim, the Sudanese-born cellphone pioneer… Read more »