The change wrought by the mass distribution of HIV/Aids drugs is akin to a major societal shift, writes David Smith.
Somali piracy has fallen to a three-year low because of co-ordinated action by international navies and the enlistment of armed security guards.
There have been countless attempts to define the world’s second-biggest and second-most-populous continent, often and notoriously from outside.
Booming, oil-rich Angola has become a refuge for Portugal’s jobless, while Luanda’s elite take advantage of EU troubles to buy up property in Lisbon.
"I’m calling for the biggest project, an African space agency," Omar Hassan al-Bashir told a gathering of communications ministers in Khartoum.
Just a few hours after Meles Zenawi’s death was announced, British prime ministers – past and present – were queueing to pay tribute.
President Robert Mugabe is enjoying a surge of popularity that could propel him to victory in Zimbabwe’s elections, according to independent research.
Hillary Clinton has launched an 11-day tour of Africa by contrasting the US’s commitment to democracy with rival powers’ focus on exploitation.
A man and woman who had an adulterous relationship have reportedly been stoned to death by religious extremists linked to al-Qaeda, in Mali.
Alarm bells have been ringing in Washington and London over Rwanda’s clampdown on internal freedoms, writes David Smith.