Africa: 'No Child Anywhere in the World Should be Born to Die'

By a host of metrics, women and their children have been getting healthier in recent years. Between 1990 and 2010, the annual number of maternal deaths dropped from more than… Read more »

Africa: Investing in Resilience of Smallholder Farming 'Essential'

The world is home to 500 million smallholder family farms generating up to 80 percent of the food consumed by developing world, according to Dr. Kanayo F. Nwaze, President of the… Read more »

Mali: Most Malians Want a United Country - Survey

Nine of every 10 people in Mali want the country to remain a single, united nation, and this desire is even stronger in much of the north than it is in the south, according to a… Read more »

Nigeria: Jonathan Cancels Visit to Chibok - Report

According to Reuters, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his first visit to the village where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by militant group Boko Haram… Read more »

Africa: African Awakening Will Avert Future Food Crises

Thirty years on from a famine that claimed more than a million lives, Ethiopia is making great strides towards food security. And though progress across the continent is uneven,… Read more »

South Africa: Cities Generate Jobs, Says South African Study

Effectively-managed cities can help provide jobs for South Africa's millions of unemployed young people, suggests a new report from one of the country's development think tanks. Read more »

South Africa: Remembering a Hero Who Fought for Non-Racialism in South Africa

Twenty-five years ago this month South African anti-apartheid activist David Webster was assassinated by an agent of the former regime's security branch. Read more »

Malawi: Elections 'Too Close to Call', Says Opinion Poll

President Joyce Banda was not the front-running candidate in the run-up to this month's elections in Malawi, but the race was too close to call, according to a public opinion… Read more »

Africa: Most New Jobs Will Be Urban

Excerpts from "Cities of Hope", published by the Centre for Development and Enterprise in Johannesburg: Read more »

Africa: World Economic Forum Africa - Not What You Imagine

The official conference hasn't even started yet, except for an opening reception I missed last night because the Rockefeller Foundation – a Forum strategic partner –… Read more »

Africa: Mayors Seek Bigger Role In Climate Change

Some of Africa's biggest cities are joining an international drive by city governments to respond to global climate change. Read more »

Africa: Urban Planners Skeptical of 'Smart Cities'

Urban planning experts are anxious that what they call “fantasy designs” for new African “smart cities” will serve the interests of African elites and… Read more »

South Africa: City Women Generate Food & Income on Tiny Urban Plots

"It's a lot of work", says Mama Lulama Jim as she takes respite from the wind in a makeshift container kitchen. She pauses to study her notes made during an early morning… Read more »

Africa: Africa Focuses on Building Resilient Cities

Developing viable, livable and resilient cities is increasingly seen as being of critical importance to giving opportunities to Africans to improve their lives. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Hope for Kids in Kinshasa

Despite horrific abuses perpetrated on women and children, the atrocities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) rarely make international headlines. Read more »

Africa: It's Not Just About Growth, Its About the Right Kind Of Growth

Around this time every year, I often get asked the same question; isn't the World Economic Forum just one big talking shop? It's a fair one. Once every twelve months, leaders from… Read more »

Nigeria: Agriculture is 'Game Changer' for Growth and Curbing Conflict - Minister

Dr. Akin Adesina, Minister of Agriculture for the Republic of Nigeria, is an agricultural economist with decades of experience working to make agriculture productive and… Read more »

Ethiopia: Kerry Backs Journalists Ahead of World Press Freedom Day

United States Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken out publicly against the Ethiopian government's use of anti-terrorism laws "as mechanisms to be able to curb the free… Read more »

Africa: Kerry Pledges to Promote Democracy, Rights & Peace

United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Addis Ababa today on the first stop of a visit to east and central Africa. As his trip began, he responded by email to… Read more »

South Africa: Minister's Comment Over Kenya Swimmers Sparks Twitter Storm

South African Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has sparked controversy over comments made about Kenyan athletes, the Mail and Guardian reports. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai 'Suspended' in Party Infighting

Infighting within the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) intensified on Saturday when some party officials announced the suspension of the party leader, Morgan… Read more »

Africa: Africans Want Democracy But Are They Getting It?

Popular support for democracy and against one-party rule in Africa has risen substantially in the past decade, but most Africans don't think they are actually experiencing… Read more »

Africa: Asking Africans About Democracy

Where in Africa is support for democracy the highest? Where is it the lowest? Who believes they are reaping its fruits? Who doesn't? Read more »

Africa: Africans Now Back Institutions More Than 'Big Men' - Afrobarometer

Excerpts from Afrobarometer's report, Demand for Democracy Is Rising in Africa, But Most Political Leaders Fail to Deliver: Read more »

Africa: World's Media Chiefs Press African Leaders on Freedoms

Editors and publishers from across the world have singled out the governments of Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa and Swaziland for threatening free expression and media freedom. Read more »