Africa, World

Somalia has one of the worst school-attendance rates in the world and, to mark International Women's Day on 8 March, activists are drawing attention...

Much excitement greeted the opening of Quality Chemicals in 2007, the first manufacturer of antiretroviral (ARV) medication in East Africa, but six...

A new low-cost and highly effective meningitis vaccine will be introduced in 2009 as trials in West Africa proved successful, the head of the project...

The Government of Chad, supported by UNICEF, UNHCR, ICRC and the Chadian Red Cross, is working towards the immediate reunification of 103 children...

Both groups of the split main Zimbabwean opposition party have lodged complaints with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) that their candidates...

Authorities in the Republic of Congo have lifted a temporary ban imposed four months ago on the international adoption of children. The move to...

As food prices hit record highs, analysts warn that a re-think of food aid strategies is needed - and Ethiopia, a traditionally food insecure...

An outbreak of cholera in Kenya's northeastern district of Mandera has claimed the lives of six people, with the local hospital reporting that about...

Ida Saine Conteh, commonly known as “Gambia’s Fashion Ambassador” was born in Peel Street in Banjul in August 1966. She was brought up by her...

The Oyester women in Old Jeshwang are set to form their own organisation. These was manifested by the women by organising their first meeting at the...