Millions threatened with starvation
UN appeals for emergency relief for Southern Africa
'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
Small arms in Africa
Counting the cost of gun violence
Africa pushes for better aid quality
Donors must also be held accountable for their policies and practices
Toll mounts in global AIDS pandemic
Lacking drugs, doctors and solidarity, Africa counts its dead
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
UN seeks to coordinate support for post-war development
Peace in Sierra Leone, a project under construction
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