Nigeria: Boko Haram Vigilantes and the army have chased the Islamist militant group from the city into remote hills by…
Browsing: Africa in Fact
Senegal: Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance By allowing international mediation, Senegal’s new president has brought fresh hope to one…
Uganda’s battle with malaria To fight malaria: reduce poverty, teach prevention, outlaw fraud by Mark Schenkel One evening in 2005…
Somalia: Doctors Without Borders pulls out after 22 years Lack of trust in local authorities drives French medical charity away…
Africa’s fake pharmaceuticals Bogus medicines threaten healthcare gains across Africa by Eleanor Whitehead In June 2012 Angolan customs agents found…
Burundi: world’s highest rate of food and nutrition insecurity Too little land to feed a burgeoning population by Elissa Jobson…
Funding health and development A new finance plan hopes to improve incentives and accountability in aid projects by Ivo Vegter…
Vaccines: a Western plot to make Africans sterile? Cultural resistance to vaccines wreaks havoc in developing nations by Ivo Vegter…
East Africa’s railways New tracks and lines are steaming ahead by Joel Macharia Rail transport in East Africa is steaming…
South Africa’s water ways The government has neglected to maintain and improve infrastructure by Ivo Vegter South Africa is widely…
