When war erupts, women are often the first to experience its brutality and the last to be called to the peace table. A resolution adopted Friday by the U.N. Security Council moves ... Read more »
With extensive damage to 65 percent of schools, seven out of 10 primary school students have not returned to class since the December 2012 outbreak of violence, a Unicef survey of ... Read more »
An anti-slavery campaign group says in a new report that Nigeria has the highest number of people living in what it describes as "modern slavery" in Africa, while Mauritania has ... Read more »
On Wednesday, Oct. 16, the global community marked World Food Day. It is an opportunity for people around the world come together to demand that their governments act to end global ... Read more »
A new Afrobarometer report highlights the strong link between a culture of free speech, debate and good governance. Read more »
The Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership was established in 2007 to honor outgoing African leaders who, having been democratically elected, brought development, ... Read more »
South Africa cannot but consider a single statutory minimum wage - a mechanism that has the potential to help stitch together the frayed edges of our newly formed democracy and it ... Read more »
As West African oceans face unprecedented pressure from international fishing vessels, Greenpeace is holding a workshop with Senegalese parliamentarians to discuss the impending ... Read more »
The French Prime Minister, Jean Marc Ayrault, has called for an urgent meeting of European leaders to discuss border management, following the death of scores of African migrants ... Read more »
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