Browsing: Paths of Hope

ADAM BEMMA/IPS Along the fertile banks of the White Nile, a war veteran’s co-op is planting for a food-secure future…

Story and photo by JOAN ERAKIT/IPS Dry, hot and often plagued with sandstorms, Niger has a population of more than…

VOICE OF AMERICA An oral vaccine for cholera has proved to be highly effective and could change the way future…

THE EASTAFRICAN Rwanda’s Ministry of Natural Resources has unveiled a new monitoring system to cut greenhouse gas emissions caused by…

UNITED NATIONS NEWS CENTRE The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that despite notable recent economic progress, Africa…

Côte d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara [REUTERS] REUTERS Côte d’Ivoire is re-emerging as the prime investment destination in West Africa after…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Angola announced $10 million in aid for the strife-torn Central African Republic, with a possible credit line in…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who as president was widely credited with returning peace to Sierra Leone after years of…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A former minister became Nouakchott’s first female mayor in February 2014 after being voted in by councilors to…

REUTERS West African neighbors Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire aim to settle a long-running dispute over their maritime boundary. The move…