Investing in Africa’s rural youth can work wonders for continent: Report

Africa’s youth bulge and the fact that most of its people live in rural areas, make this especially important

SMEs in Africa ignored in food and agriculture policy debates: Report

64% of food consumed across Africa is controlled by small and medium-sized enterprises

Weak governance escalating deforestation in Tanzania: FAO report

Of the total land area (88.3 mn hectares) in the African country, 55% is under forest cover. According to 2017 estimates, deforestation occurred …

Agriculture, food security and livestock in southern Africa most vulnerable to climate hazards: FAO

Cyclone Idai alone destroyed crops over 0.78 million hectares in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, highlighted the UN agency’s recent report &…

Nairobi to soon roll out Bus Rapid Transit system

The city will be the eighth in Africa to adopt BRT system in the last 10 years

North African countries doing the most work on SDGs on the continent: report

Tunisia has been ranked the first in a continent-wide index as far as progress on SDGs is concerned

Somalia records third-driest rainy season in 39 years

The main rainy season (April-June) has been below average in the country since late 2015  

Ethiopia, Sudan to experience drier than normal conditions

Some parts of the Greater Horn of Africa will have above-normal rainfall in the next three months

World doesn't have enough oncologists to treat rising cancer patients in Africa

The continent currently has 3,913 cancer specialists but 50% more will be needed to treat more than 2 lakh new cancer cases

UN Africa panel flags vulnerability to road deaths

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa says Zimbabwe is the most unsafe, with highest road accident deaths at 34.7 per 100,000 people

South Africa’s per capita health spending flatlining since 2012: Report

While the health budget has risen at an average rate of 2.5 per cent per year, it has not translated into equitable access

Six reasons why antibiotics access remains a challenge in Uganda

Lack of registry, sub-standard health facilities, poor cold storage, limited expenditure on health, irrational antibiotic use and lack of …

Over 19 million kids in Bangladesh at risk from climate change

UNICEF report says nearly 86% of these children living in 17 districts are under threat from floods and cyclones

Disaster resilience in risk-prone Asia needs realistic policy and financial planning

Developing Asian nations must prioritise on building resilience strategy before such disasters strike, says ADB report