Africa, World

Twenty years into the pandemic, people are looking for new ways to live with HIV, and for some alternative medicine has become part of the answer. ...

Josephine Akello had hoped the peace talks between the Ugandan government and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) would finally end with rebel leader...

Despite a demand for more agricultural land, poverty-stricken Madagascar has managed to reduce deforestation by almost half, environment groups say. ...

Zimbabwe's post-election violence is hampering the activities of humanitarian organisations and making the country's already dire food situation even...

The 15,000 strong United Nations peacekeeping force deployed in Liberia since 2003 has started pulling out but the UN will remain until all security...

There were conflicting reports about the whereabouts of a Chinese ship, laden with a cargo of small arms destined for Zimbabwe, after it was turned...

The number of people infected with and dying from malaria in Cote d’Ivoire has not improved over the last five years, despite the end of the civil...

The authorities have yet to isolate the source of cholera that killed two residents of Soweto, South Africa's largest township, on the southwestern...

Two oil exploration companies recently said the discovery of an estimated three billion barrels of oil is set to propel the country into the league...

David Miliband, the British foreign secretary today said that "the constitutional crisis in Zimbabwe continues as President Mugabe persists in his...