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: 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 »

Africa: Experiencing the Climate Change Youth Caravan

This week a group of African media practitioners - young reporters, veteran correspondents and journalists-in-training -  got together in the shadow of the COP17 climate… Read more »

Africa: 'How Good is Money When You are Leaving a Devastated World for Your Children?'

allAfrica.com asked young, African environmental activists what they would say to the world leaders negotiating on our behalf inside the Durban International Convention Centre. Read more »

Africa: Freedom Songs Sung to a Climate Change Tune

"This land belongs to women, they will never tire!" Chanted in Zulu, this South African freedom song from the anti-apartheid struggle was reworked into a protest song against… Read more »

Africa: Marketing the Fight Against Climate Change

Environmental activists have climbed to new heights at COP17. Known for courting arrest by attempting to commandeer oil rigs and whaling ships to highlight their pro-environment… Read more »

Africa: For Africans, Climate Change is a Question of Adaptation

High-level international role-players have arrived for climate talks (COP17) in Durban, South Africa, and are debating the key issues as they try to hammer out an accord. But what… Read more »

Africa: Climate Crisis Threatens Health of Young Africans

What's bad for the climate is bad for health. Read more »

Africa: Women Impacted by Climate Change - But Not as Victims

"I remember when we didn't have rainfall and my mother had to pay my school fees, so when there was no yield from crops she had to sell her fridge in order for me to go to school",… Read more »

Africa: Putting the Fairness Back in Trade?

"Trade isn't always fair," argues Rob Cameron, CEO of Fairtrade International. "It's the imbalance in trade that makes it necessary for fair trade to exist." Read more »

South Africa: Civil Society Voices Skepticism About COP17 Talks

The United Nations climate talks got under way in Durban on Monday amid much skepticism from civil society. Read more »

South Africa: Environmentalists of the World, Welcome to Durban!

Environmentalists of the world, welcome to Durban! You may have heard that our city is a top international holiday destination with year-round beach weather. You'll know that our… Read more »

Africa: Another Critical Clue on Cholera

A recent examination of the world's largest river basins found nutrient-rich and powerful river discharges led to spikes in the blooms of plankton associated with cholera… Read more »

Zambia: Climate Information Alerts Boost Poor Farmers

A herder shepherding his animals in Zambia's Eastern Province winds up a solar-powered radio and crouches down to listen to a local FM station. The news broadcast includes a… Read more »

Africa: Financing Green Technology Adoption

A controversial excerpt leaked from a 1991 World Bank memo signed by the  U.S. administration’s current chief economic advisor, Lawrence Summers,  outlined the… Read more »

Africa: Continent Needs Proactive Action on Climate Change, Expert Says

A three-day climate change conference being held in Accra, Ghana, ends on Thursday. It was organized by the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance and representatives from more than… Read more »

Africa: From Crisis to Opportunity Through Clean Technology

Calestous Juma is professor of the Practice of International Development and director of the Science, Technology and Globalization Project at the Harvard Kennedy School. He also… Read more »

Africa: Facing Extreme Weather Head On, Ibrahim Forum Urges Action

Although Africa has contributed little to global warming, the continent and other parts of the developing world are bearing the brunt of the resultant climate change, according to… Read more »

Tanzania: Kikwete Hopeful for Action On Climate Change, Optimistic On Africa's Future

Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete recently sat down for an hour-long interview with AllAfrica's Reed Kramer and Tami Hultman at State House in Dar es Salaam. In the… Read more »

Africa: Continent Has Central Role to Play Over Climate Change

Over the past year the countries of Africa have intensified their efforts to build a coalition on climate change. Across the continent, governments and communities have been… 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: 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 »

Burkina Faso: New Farming Technique Brings Trees Back to the Sahel

Yacouba Savadogo is a farmer, community leader and natural resource innovator from the village of Gourma, in the Yatenga Province of Burkina Faso. Yacouba began to experiment with… Read more »