UN Agriculture Official Links Aid to Farmers, Drop in Poverty, Migration Training young farmers to turn agriculture into a business is key to eradicating poverty and curbing economic migration, the new… 02/16/2017 Aimaf
Tropical Storm Dineo Slaps Towns on Mozambique’s Coast Tropical Storm Dineo, which has been building along the east coast of southern Africa, made landfall in Mozambique on Wednesday… 02/16/2017 Aimaf
Drought Blamed for Conflict in Kenya From Illegal Grazing Boasting spectacular wildlife and majestic scenery, central Kenya’s Laikipia area has long been on the country’s tourist circuit, sitting against… 02/15/2017 Aimaf
Cameroon Teen Is 1st African to Win Google Coding Challenge A teenager in northwestern Cameroon has become the first African to win Google’s global youth coding challenge, despite an ongoing… 02/15/2017 Aimaf
Burundi Peace Talks Appear on Shaky Ground Talks to end Burundi’s political crisis are slated to resume Thursday, but there is renewed and widespread doubt the talks… 02/15/2017 Aimaf
Fresh Bargaining to Begin as Kenya Doctors’ Strike Continues A Kenyan appeals court has ordered the release of doctors union officials jailed earlier this week for refusing to end… 02/15/2017 Aimaf
Aid Agencies Warn of Deepening Food Crisis in NE Nigeria The humanitarian crisis in northeastern Nigeria remains severe, with aid agencies reporting uneven progress. In areas they have been able… 02/15/2017 Aimaf
Somali Official Says Somaliland Deal with UAE Corrupt, Illegal Officials in Somalia and breakaway Somaliland took bribes in exchange for authorizing a United Arab Emirates military base in the… 02/14/2017 Aimaf
UK’s Johnson: Gambia to Rejoin Commonwealth ‘as Soon as Possible’ British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that Gambia, which is seeking to emerge from more than two decades… 02/14/2017 Aimaf
General Accuses S. Sudan’s Kiir of Using Army for Ethnic Cleansing A top South Sudanese general has resigned, accusing President Salva Kiir of turning the national army into a tribal force… 02/14/2017 Aimaf
HRW: Ethiopian Dams, Plantations to Harm Neighbor Kenya Ethiopia opened its Gibe III dam in December 2016 in the lower Omo Valley as part of a large project… 02/14/2017 Aimaf
Gates Letter Celebrates Gains, Lingering Challenges in Cutting Childhood Mortality Philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates are highlighting global gains in reducing child mortality, while advocating more work on vaccinating kids,… 02/14/2017 Aimaf
Cameroon Strike Leaders Plead Not Guilty Tensions continue in Cameroon as the strike in English-speaking regions nears the end of its third month. Three strike leaders… 02/13/2017 Aimaf
Somali Military Court Sentences 7 Al-Shabab Militants to Death A military court in northern Somalia town of Bosaso has on Monday sentenced seven suspected al-Shabab Islamist militants to death.… 02/13/2017 Aimaf
Six Ivory Coast Journalists Arrested on Suspicion of Inciting Mutiny Six journalists in Ivory Coast have been arrested on suspicion of faking news which could incite soldiers to revolt, journalist… 02/13/2017 Aimaf
UN: More Than 1.5 million Are Refugees from South Sudan More than 1.5 million South Sudanese have become refugees and their humanitarian needs are overwhelming aid efforts during the country's… 02/13/2017 Aimaf
Trump Makes First Calls to African Leaders U.S. President Donald Trump made his first phone calls to African heads of state Monday, speaking with Nigerian President Muhammadu… 02/13/2017 Aimaf
Judge Jails Officials From Kenya’s Medical Union A Kenyan judge has jailed officials of a national doctors' union for a month because of an ongoing strike. The… 02/13/2017 Aimaf
Somaliland Approves Naval, Air Base Deal with UAE The parliament of the break-away republic of Somaliland has overwhelming approved a deal to allow the United Arab Emirates to… 02/12/2017 Aimaf
Al-Shabab Attacks Military Camps in Somalia, at Least 2 Dead Al-Shabab militants overran two small military camps outside Mogadishu in a dawn attack early Sunday morning, residents and military sources… 02/12/2017 Aimaf