In the high mountains of central Africa, Burundi is confronted with the daunting challenge of feeding a continues growing population.

On the morning of April 26, 2012 a suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into the head offices...

A trip was arranged by the U.S. to focus media attention on efforts to apprehend Kony and other LRA leaders...

Kavita Masenga is the head nurse in the maternity ward at Kinshasa General Hospital. It once hosted the largest maternity...

Traditional healers play an important role in South African society.

South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe arrived in Accra, Ghana on a working visit.

Eating insects is still a bridge too far for many people.

Yam tubers. Some can be as small as a fist, others as tall as a man. The Yam Improvement for...

Several people, most of them commercial motorcycle riders, were killed after a bomb exploded in Nigeria.

On March 16 protesters gathered at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington D.C. to call attention to the escalating humanitarian emergency...