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Despite Economic Growth, Food Insecurity Lingers in Africa By Brian Ngugi NAIROBI - Everlyne Wanjiku, a single mother of five, has earned a living selling vegetables in the sprawling Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, for over three decades. And even though her earnings were meagre, she was able to provide all her children with a tertiary education. MORE >>
Less Politics, More Economic Development Miriam Gathigah interviews MICHAEL SUDARKASA, chief executive officer of the African Business Group. NAIROBI - Economic and social growth have become the heart of the development agenda of the bloc of leading emerging economies known as IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) since it began focusing less on politics. MORE >>
"Not a Famine, but an Issue of Food Insecurity" By Louise Redvers JOHANNESBURG - Millions of Angola’s poorest families are facing critical food insecurity as a prolonged dry spell across large parts of the country has destroyed harvests and killed off livestock. MORE >>
Q&A Women Farmers Are Key to a Food-Secure Africa Busani Bafana interviews JANE KARUKU, the first woman president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa BULAWAYO - While women constitute the majority of food producers, processors and marketers in Africa, their role in the agricultural sector still remains a minor one because of cultural and social barriers. MORE >>
Major Effort to Reduce Child Mortality Not Enough By Jonathan Migneault and Jamila Akweley Okertchiri ACCRA - Ghana has taken a major step towards reducing its under-five mortality rate by becoming the first African country to introduce two new vaccines for rotavirus and pneumococcal disease. MORE >>
Africa’s Two Female Presidents Join Forces for Women By Travis Lupick* MONROVIA - The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have just committed to using their positions to improve the lives of women across the continent. MORE >>
Q&A: Water Infrastructure Falls Far Short in Southern Africa Siphosethu Stuurman interviews PHERA RAMOELI, Senior Programme Officer at the Southern Africa Development Community Secretariat JOHANNESBURG - The cost of maintaining and expanding water infrastructure in southern Africa is high. And while South Africa may be in a better economic position than the rest of the region, it also faces funding challenges that are similar to those of its neighbours. MORE >>
Hope Dwindles Ahead of Elections in Algeria By Giuliana Sgrena ALGIERS - "Is that your photo on the poster?" a policeman asked a woman standing in front of an electoral campaign board in Algiers. "Why do you ask?" she inquired. "Because only the candidates are interested in these elections," he replied. MORE >>
Q&A Skipping Lunch to Afford a Mobile Phone in Africa Kristin Palitza interviews GABRIELLE GAUTHEY, executive vice president of global telecommunications provider Alcatel Lucent CAPE TOWN, South Africa - On a continent of over one billion people, where half the population have mobile phones, the use of mobile communication and internet technologies is crucial to boost development in Africa. MORE >>
Brazil Forging Strategic Alliance with Africa By Fabíola Ortiz RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian government of Dilma Rousseff is taking firm steps towards stronger relations with Africa, such as the creation of a special fund to finance development projects together with multilateral lenders like the World Bank. MORE >>
Action Plan to End Banishing of "Witches" in Burkina Faso By Brahima Ouédraogo OUAGADOUGOU - It's called "the bearing of the body" in Burkina Faso: when a death is deemed suspicious and a group of men carry the corpse through the community, believing the deceased will guide them towards the person responsible for the death. The accused - almost always women – are then chased out of their homes. MORE >>
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SADC - The official website for the Southern African Development Community
African Economic Research Consortium
Third World Network
African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)
SARPN is a facility for promoting debate on poverty in Southern Africa
The Development Gateway is an interactive portal for information on sustainable development and poverty reduction, providing a space where communities can share their experiences on development.
