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Water levels in Mozambique, the country hardest hit by Southern Africa's unusually early and heavy seasonal rains, are receding, but with thousands...

Sporadic killings are continuing in western Kenya's Mt Elgon district where a dispute over land ownership sparked violence and widespread...

Savvy text messaging and cheeky ring tones are the new face of cost-effective political campaigning in Zimbabwe in the run up to the 29 March...

The violence that has claimed several lives in southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, after clashes between a religious sect and the national...

 A person considered at risk for heart disease can take steps towards heart disease prevention. It is considerably easier to prevent heart disease...

Thousands more children risk being attacked, raped or forced to witness horrific atrocities if peace talks continue to flounder and there is a...

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...