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Energy key to Africa's prosperity

Challenges in West Africa's quest for electricity

By Itai Madamombe

Africans push to tame malaria

But funding shortages and drug resistance hamper control efforts

By Itai Madamombe

Darfur crisis challenges Africa, world

A complex conflict brings mixed responses

By Itai Madamombe

NEPAD embraces women’s rights

After slow start, continental initiative advances gender equity

By Itai Madamombe

New cable to connect eastern Africa

NEPAD pushes for cheaper, faster telecommunications

By Itai Madamombe

Pipeline benefits Mozambique, South Africa

A joint partnership to transport natural gas

By Itai Madamombe

Women push onto Africa’s agenda

NEPAD responds to advocates for women’s rights

By Itai Madamombe

Water betters lives in Tanzania

Access to clean water critical to NEPAD development goals

By Itai Madamombe

Internet enriches learning in rural Uganda

NEPAD e-schools connecting students to the world

By Itai Madamombe

Food keeps African children in school

NEPAD supports school feeding programmes

By Itai Madamombe

Woman storekeeper boosts Malawi farming

NEPAD seeks to bring fertilizer nearer to villagers

By Itai Madamombe

Combating Zambia’s ‘hidden hunger’

NEPAD and partners fortify food with vitamins and minerals

By Itai Madamombe

African expatriates look homeward

Skilled professionals answer NEPAD call to lend expertise

By Itai Madamombe

Highways link 15 West African countries

NEPAD promotes better transport networks

By Itai Madamombe

Kenya promotes ‘responsible tourism’

NEPAD efforts safeguard environment, combat poverty

By Itai Madamombe

Solar power: cheap energy source for Africa

NEPAD seeks to boost electricity supply in remote rural areas

By Itai Madamombe

Is cassava Africa’s new staple food?

NEPAD promotes cassava farming to reduce hunger

By Itai Madamombe

‘Children just do not have to die’

Simple, cheap interventions can reduce African mortality rates

By Itai Madamombe

Traditional healers boost primary health care

Reaching patients missed by modern medicine

By Itai Madamombe

Community radio: a voice for the poor

Better local communications can boost development, democracy

By Itai Madamombe

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Energy key to Africa's prosperity

Africans push to tame malaria

Darfur crisis challenges Africa, world

NEPAD embraces women’s rights

New cable to connect eastern Africa

Pipeline benefits Mozambique, South Africa

Women push onto Africa’s agenda

Water betters lives in Tanzania

Internet enriches learning in rural Uganda

Food keeps African children in school

Woman storekeeper boosts Malawi farming

Combating Zambia’s ‘hidden hunger’

African expatriates look homeward

Highways link 15 West African countries

Kenya promotes ‘responsible tourism’

Solar power: cheap energy source for Africa

Is cassava Africa’s new staple food?

‘Children just do not have to die’

Traditional healers boost primary health care

Community radio: a voice for the poor

Visions of independence, then and now

A ‘wind of change’ that transformed the continent

African women’s long walk to equality

Homophobia: The Violence of Intolerance