Desertification a threat to Africa’s development

Jul. 29 | By Busani Bafana Arable land is vital for Africa, both as a key asset for farmers and, together with vegetation, to help store carbon that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere and contribute to climate change. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization...

Africa’s food security plan bears fruit

May. 28 | Women work on a farm site in Dodoma, Tanzania. Phot Credit:Credit: UN Photo/B Wolff By Ernest Harsch For most of the 1990s Sierra Leone was best known for its diamonds — and the devastating civil war they helped finance. But a decade after the end...

Nigeria 2011-2015: Looming Challenges and Opportunities

May. 11 | Nigeria, according to domestic and international election observers, conducted a credible national election in April 2011. The incumbent president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who assumed office a year ago following the death of his predecessor, was elected...

How cyber-culture is advancing social change in Africa

Mar. 24 | By Ernest Harsch As hundreds of thousands of Egyptians in Cairo’s Tahrir Square celebrated the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February, some held up mobile phones to snap photos of the crowd, others sent Twitter messages to their friends...

Africa’s Hi-Tech boom

Mar. 21 | In many countries, the ICT sector is no longer marginal By André-Michel Essoungou For 48 long hours, employees of Senegal’s National Telecommunications Company cut telephone and Internet connections to the rest of the world. That bold action, in August...