Food aid arrives in Malawi, but will the region get enough relief to prevent many more deaths?  Photo : ©WFP / Mike Higgins

Millions threatened with starvation

UN appeals for emergency relief for Southern Africa
More budgetary resources for basic education can benefit all children, not just girls.  Photo : ©United Nations / B. Wolff

'Gender budgets' seek more equity

Improved spending priorities can benefit all Africans

A troubled decade for Africa's children

Trapped by poverty, disease, war and insufficient aid
Rebels in Sierra Leone: small arms not only take many lives, but also exact a heavy toll on African societies and economies. Photo: ©Impact Visuals / Teun Voeten

Small arms in Africa

Counting the cost of gun violence
Projet d'aide allemand en Tanzanie : Le Gouvernement tanzanien a pu amener les différents donateurs à mieux coordonner leurs activités. Photo: © Das Fotoarchiv / Hacky Hagemeyer

Africa pushes for better aid quality

Donors must also be held accountable for their policies and practices
Une fillette sud-africaine de 9 ans se recueille avant de prendre ses médicaments antirétroviraux.  Photo: © Getty Images / Per-Anders Pettersson

Toll mounts in global AIDS pandemic

Lacking drugs, doctors and solidarity, Africa counts its dead
AIDS activists in South Africa: anti-retroviral medicines now give some hope for the future.  Photo : ©AFP / Getty Images / Rajesh Jantilal

Massive AIDS campaign gears up

But financing for treatment remains short of needs

Massive AIDS campaign gears up

But financing for treatment remains short of needs

UN mediates polio deadlock in Nigeria

New infections threaten global eradication drive

Human rights move up on Africa's agenda

New African court to promote rule of law, end impunity for rights violators

Women: the face of AIDS in Africa

More action needed against high female infection rates

Boosting African farm yields

More fertilizer, irrigation and other inputs are vital, says NEPAD

Does financing benefit African women?

New initiatives to track the gender impact of development funds

AIDS breakthrough threatened by budget woes

New discovery brings hope, but will the funds be there?

Peace in Sierra Leone, a project under construction

Michael Fleshman
UN seeks to coordinate support for post-war development

Peace in Sierra Leone, a project under construction

Michael Fleshman
UN seeks to coordinate support for post-war development

Climate talks: A faint ray of sunshine in Cancun

But storm clouds loom for efforts to protect Africa's environment

Darfur: an experiment in African peacekeeping

Is African Union–UN hybrid a model for the future?

Anchor the MDGs to economic progress, Africans say

Summit hears calls for more job creation, investment

Stakes high in vote on Sudan's south

Major push to preserve peace and organize referendum

A ‘wind of change’ that transformed the continent

Year of independence promoted African freedom struggles

Even with peace, Liberia’s women struggle

A conversation with activist Leymah Gbowee

A ‘crisis in waiting’ for AIDS patients

Trade rules will make it harder to get cheap generic medicines

At last, signs of progress on AIDS

Policy shift in South Africa, as new infections decline across the continent

Abolishing fees boosts African schooling

A giant step for children, but governments must navigate the pitfalls

Africa fights the ‘people trade’

Scourge of human trafficking ensnares hundreds of thousand

Does financing benefit African women?

New initiatives to track the gender impact of development funds

Laying Africa’s roads to prosperity

The continent targets its infrastructure gap

A harvest of hope for African farmers

Malawi subsidies stimulate a bumper crop

Africa struggles with soaring food prices

From emergency reactions to farming investments

Africa seeks fair share of ‘green’ cash

Most climate change projects bypass continent

Saving Africa’s forests, the ‘lungs of the world’

Forest conservation can help counter climate change

Empowering women to fight AIDS

Women’s leadership is key, argues UN envoy for AIDS in Africa

Climate change: Africa gets ready

Planning how to deal with higher temperatures, shifting weather

Congolese media defend democracy

Press freedom and responsibility go hand in hand

African gays and lesbians combat bias

An ‘invisible’ minority seeks legal safeguards, acceptance

Pledging peace at Great Lakes summit

In a region emerging from war, cooperation remains a challenge

Africa ending impunity for rights abuses

Former presidents of Liberia and Chad face trial

Boosting African farm yields

More fertilizer, irrigation and other inputs are vital, says NEPAD

Africa starts a fishing ‘revolution’

NEPAD plan promotes poverty reduction, food security and environmental sustainability

New global anti-AIDS campaign kicks off

Towards prevention, care and treatment for all by 2010

Trade talks: where is the development?

In North and South, critics see “Doha round” as a run-around

Progress in Zimbabwe’s HIV/AIDS battle

Prevention campaigns show results

Fixing the humanitarian aid system

UN, relief groups seek to bolster and speed up food delivery

Niger: a famine foretold

Early UN appeals met only a belated reaction from donors

Africa’s media pushes for more freedom

Slowly, a tough beat gets better

Giant step for Kenya’s schools

Progress for both boys and girls towards Millennium education goal

Global AIDS treatment drive takes off

Rapid increase in number of people receiving ARV medicines

Tough UN line on peacekeeper abuses

Action initiated to end sexual misdeeds in peacekeeping missions
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