Programmes to promote gender equality and counter poverty gain ground

Haiti received special attention at the International Fund for Agricultural Development governing council meeting in Rome on Wednesday.

The Green Revolution that jump-started Asia’s agricultural growth has not been mirrored in the African continent.

President Thabo Mbeki called on G8 countries on Friday to follow through on promises of support for Africa’s socio-economic rescue plan Nepad. ”The other G8 members have got to…

African governments are nervously confronting a mounting wave of often deadly social unrest caused by the soaring cost of food and fuel. Forty people died during price riots in…