Limited sitting capacity for students and dusty floors have posed a serious setback for learning activities at the government ...

From Sahelian juntas to South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters, the obsession with shortcuts persists — all to avoid the ...

The global goal of eradicating extreme poverty, defined as living on $2.15 per person per day, by 2030 remains a formidable ...

Why Africa’s deadly cholera crisis is worse than ever - Nearly 350,000 cases have been reported in the past four years, with ...

An initiative in Zambia is showing that a profit-seeking company can help rural farmers battling extreme weather breed chickens that lay more eggs.

Blighted by a history of war, shaky politics, and economic mismanagement, the people of this city are some of the world's ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says millions of lives across the continent are at risk ...

He said that the aid cuts threaten to undo 20 years of progress in maternal and child health, infectious disease control, and ...

Following decades of work, a beautiful country is set to become one of the richest in Africa. Tanzania now has an economy ...

A World Bank study reveals that nearly all poor populations in MENA are exposed to extreme climate hazards like heat, drought ...

Namibia's Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is set to take over as head of state on Friday, joining a still relatively small circle of women in Africa to have held the top job.