Sex education is an urgent issue in Douala, and a civil-society organisation DUCA is rising to the challenge

Aggravating housing crisis, erosion is threatening Ghana's traditional mud houses

Disappointing basic-income-grant project in Namibia

Voodoo and witchcraft – Africans and Westerners experience religion and spirituality in different ways

ÖNZ: The DRC government is considering oil production in national parks – even though that would mean great environmental damage

In Nigeria's Plateau State, deprivation is root cause of violence involving Muslims and Christians

Oxfam warns of increasing land grabbing and wants the World Bank to halt investments

Three weeks after the elections, Kenyans still do not know whether Uhuru Kenyatta will be their president

In spite of the DRC's huge agricultural potential, many people lack vital nutrients

Malnutrition is a major problem among children in Tanzania. A physician explains why this hampers national development.