Africa: Healthcare in Africa - Spectacular but Precarious Progress

'Spectacular progress', 'huge opportunities' and 'jeopardy and vulnerability' - with these stark headlines the former Global Fund chief, Sir Richard Feachem, framed Africa's past,… Read more »

Africa: Donald Payne Contributed to Improved U.S. Policies Towards Africa - Johnnie Carson

Congressman Donald Payne will be remembered for generating "greater understanding of Africa" and stronger ties between the United States and "the many countries… Read more »

Africa: Farmers Shape Global Future Say World Leaders

Expanding the yield of smallscale agriculture is vital – not only to feed those in need, but to ensure global stability and preserve the environment. Read more »

Africa: Women Filmmakers Tell Their Stories

Documentary filmmaking holds a special place in the history of African women's cinema. In 1972, Senegalese filmmaker Safi Faye became the first sub-Saharan African woman to make a… Read more »

Africa: Cup of Nations Sets Top Scorers Record

A list of seven players finishing at the top of the scoring charts at the African Nations Cup finals is a first in the history of the tournament. Read more »

Africa: Seven Stadiums Could Host 2013 Cup of Nations

A record number of seven venues could be used by South Africa for the hosting of next year's African Nations Cup finals, as the country seeks to utilise all the stadiums that were… Read more »

Africa: More Cup of Nations Finals to Be Co-Hosted?

The Confederation of African Football say that co-hosting might be the only way for more countries to host future African Nations Cup finals. Read more »

Africa: Empowering Women to Fight HIV

What makes a young African doctor decide to devote her career to helping women fight HIV? Dr. Sengeziwe Sibeko is a 37-year-old medical researcher with a degree in obstetrics and… Read more »

Africa: Back to the Lab

Professor Salim Abdool Karim, director of the Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (Caprisa) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Columbia University in the… Read more »

Africa: No Changing Mindset on Contraception 'Overnight'

Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim is an infectious diseases epidemiologist and associate scientific director of the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa (Caprisa).… Read more »

Africa: No Time to 'Give Up' on HIV-Fighting Gel

Africans tracking the worldwide HIV epidemic have not found much to celebrate since Aids began ravaging the continent 30 years ago, but researchers are optimistic that they are… Read more »

Africa: AU Urged to Recognise Women's Role in Trade

Delegates who recently attended a gender summit in Addis Ababa hope the African Union Summit on Intra-African Trade that was also held there will take their recommendations into… Read more »

Africa: Global Fund for Aids, TB and Malaria Faces Challenges

In its short 10-year history, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has saved millions of lives, but as it marks its anniversary it finds itself the subject of… Read more »

Africa: Death Knell for Desert Hawks

Sudan again displayed the potential that has been increasingly evident from their football over recent years but their failure to beat Angola in their African Nations Cup Group B… Read more »

Africa: Aid Can Spur 'Historic Progress' - Bill Gates

Bill and Melinda Gates, who co-chair the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, say that they are responding to a challenge from Warren Buffet by taking on "the really tough… Read more »

Africa: Exciting Air of Uncertainty Hangs Over Africa's Premier Soccer Festival

Bereft of some of the continent's top performing teams, the latest edition of the African Nations Cup finals has an exciting air of uncertainty about it. Read more »

Africa: Addressing Climate Change as a Human Rights Issue

Twenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the promise of sustainable development will be revisited again at the 2012 Rio+20 United Nations Conference on… Read more »

Africa: Communications Boost for Non-Profits

The Internet is changing, and the greatest impact may be felt in Africa. With the exploding use of the web globally and the planned 2012 expansion of the top-level domain name… Read more »

Africa: Malaria Scientist Does Groundbreaking Research

At the Malaria Forum hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in October, the latest findings on what is currently the most viable malaria vaccine candidate in medical… Read more »

Africa: Using ICT Solutions to Reduce Global Business Emissions

The ICT industry, which contributes only two percent to global CO2 emissions, insists that ICT expansion is critical in achieving a low-carbon economy. Read more »

Africa: Tea Research Key to a Growing Industry

Pelly Malebe's research on helping plants withstand drought is personal as well as scientific. She grew up in South Africa's drought-prone northern province of Limpopo, where crop… Read more »

Africa: Solving Problems Through Science - A Conversation with Phillip Griffiths

Economies across Africa have continued to expand this year, attracting increased interest from investors, along with prospects for jobs for the large numbers of unemployed young… Read more »

Africa: Caravan of Hope

Fifteen days, six caravans, six countries ... 160 young people from all over the world gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, to begin the journey of a lifetime. The African Youth Initiative… Read more »

Africa: Covering Climate Change - a Life-changing Experience of Learning for African Journalists

After traveling through Africa to Durban to cover the UN climate change conference, described by many of the African journalists as "life-changing", an exchange between the African… Read more »

Africa: Journalists Defining the Face of Africa in a Time of Climate Change

Crammed into a bus for 17 days, travelling for up to 15 hours at a time, and then finally stopping, only to be pelted by rain or scorched by the sun. This was the reality for five… Read more »