Africa's biggest city has been named the second-worst place to live in the world, coming just behind the capital of Syria, ...

David Doyle examines the tensions behind recent warnings that longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war.

In a sleek restaurant overlooking Cape Town's harbor, Chef Siba Mtongana carefully plates a dish with the precision of an ...

POOR people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to ... So it’s not surprising people in developing countries, mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, are putting it to use ...

It’s weird to think about how old the movie “District 9” is now. I remember seeing the initial trailers for the film back in ...

Building on the success of the previous year’s training for 100 students in Bariga, the programme now extends to the Makoko ...

While fans worldwide know him for his chart-topping hits, behind the scenes, Nigerian Afro-dancehall artist Patoranking has set out to change the lives of one million young people by 2035.

Fonio – a gluten-free grain with many nutritional benefits – has been cultivated as a subsistence crop in West Africa for thousands of years.

Growing up in a Kenyan slum, Annastacia Mwende always loved cars but never thought of being a mechanic. She learned to love cars from her mechanic father -- "He came home with dirty hands and it ...

Deep inside one of Africa’s most unique and chaotic communities, I dive into the heart of its seafood industry, where boats ...

Too often, young Kenyans feel pressured into university to learn medicine, law or office management, only to find there are no jobs for them.

That is particularly true in places like Kibera, one of the East African nation's largest and oldest slums. "You can look for a plumber around here until you faint," said Martha Otieno ...