Human rights campaigners have accused powerful countries of blocking progress towards a treaty that will regulate the trade in conventional arms. Read more »
Despite a disease that has destroyed acres of maize, the country is expected to have a bumper harvest according to Agriculture Permanent Secretary Romano Kiome. Kenya will only ... Read more »
Amadou Mahtar Alioune Ba, co-founder of allAfrica.com and CEO of the African Media Initiative, has been awarded the African Media Prize Expo 2015. Read more »
The country shocked Mozambique by overturning a 2-0 deficit to proceed to the Afcon finals in South Africa. 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 »
The United Nations has appointed a panel to work on pushing the development agenda beyond the deadline set to achieve the eight millennium development goals. Read more »
African farmers could benefit from escalating population growth and urbanisation which drives the demand for wheat, experts suggest. Read more »
The Republic of Congo has introduced a free pneumonia vaccine and is the 15th Sub-Saharan African country to introduce the pneumococcal vaccine into its immunization programme. Read more »
Mental health is a global challenge that could significantly impact on the health, social and even economic growth of developing countries, an advocate notes. Read more »
A new report by the United Nations has revealed that nearly 870 million people are chronically hungry worldwide, and that number is rising in Africa, from 175 million to 239 ... Read more »
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