By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 26 April 2006 Officials from several eastern African countries met in Kenya's capital to continue work on putting together a regional peacekeeping force. Defense ministers an...
By Joe Bavier Niamey, Niger 20 April 2006 As part of a worldwide campaign against malaria, health workers in Africa are falling back on a proven weapon against the deadly disease: bed nets. While scie...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 April 2006 Trade experts from all over Africa met Wednesday in the Kenyan capital as part of the African Union's Ministers of Trade conference. The conference's aim is to...
By Joe Bavier Dantchandou, Niger 10 April 2006 Scientists in Niger, the world's poorest country, are using a new high-tech satellite transmission system to help with rural health care. The network of...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 21 March 2006 At a summit in Kenya this week, East African leaders discussed how to deal with a regional drought that has put an estimated 11 million people in danger of star...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 17 March 2006 Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is asking African leaders to decide whether to bring former President Charles Taylor to trial on war crimes cha...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 13 March 2006 South African rail and port workers embarked on a one-day strike Monday to protest restructuring of the national transport corporation. Commuters in all m...
By William Eagle Washington 28 February In Africa, the increased participation of women in politics is helping legislatures look more like their own societies and less like exclusive men's clubs. A st...
By Greg Flakus New Orleans 27 February 2006 Tuesday is Mardi Gras, French for "Fat Tuesday," celebrated by Christians around the world as the last day before Lent, which is a period of fasting. The ce...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 09 February 2006 As Nigeria and international health officials try to contain the bird flu epidemic within Nigerian borders, nearby West African countries are also taking mea...