Tanzania's government has not adopted adequate legal and policy measures needed to protect pregnant girls and adolescent mothers' right to education and reverse decades of systemic exclusion in ...

Staff at Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha have brought most activity and procedures at the facility to a standstill this week. Some nurses are on a go-slow strike while many others have been staging ...

But today, Fenoaivo and other vulnerable communities across southern Africa and beyond have found an antidote: a multipronged rural development initiative spearheaded by the World Food Programme (WFP) ...

A last minute agreement between Silulumanzi and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has averted a strike scheduled for3.

Analysis - African Perspectives on Agroecology is a new book with 33 contributions from academics, non-governmental organisations, farmer organisations and policy makers. It is free to download, and ...

The International Day of Education, January 24, reminds us of the power of education to transform children's lives, and to build vibrant, sustainable societies.

Analysis - Zimbabwean art historian Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti travelled by road to five southern African countries - Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Mozambique and Zambia - in ...

The directive follows reports that politicians and other influential individuals fraudulently obtained titles on land originally intended for evicted community members.

Analysis - More than nine million Ethiopian children are currently out of school. They are caught in the crossfire of armed conflicts, natural disasters, tribal tensions and economic hardships.

I didn’t expect to find children, let alone toddlers, in a state-run institution for adults in Kano, northern Nigeria. One of the them was Aisha, a girl between 3 and 4 years old, who lived there with ...

The current threat posed by drug abuse on labour has easily become a clear and present danger to agricultural productivity and although the topic is trending in most social discourses, it seems to be ...

The persistent rains falling for most of this month to the delight of farmers are also increasing dangers for the unwary, with at least 21 people reported drowned in mineshafts, flooded rivers and ...