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Migrants on the move in Serbia are among the world’s 125-million left destitute by war and natural disasters.

Humanitarian aid system in need of substantial reform

A financing study commissioned for the World Humanitarian Summit in May urges an entirely new approach to help the rising number of poor.

Commodities on a slippery slope

Africa’s oil-producing and metal-rich giants face a difficult year in which growth will be hampered.

Costs linked to Ebola have battered Sierra Leone’s economy.

Sierra Leone forced to rethink its future

The Ebola epidemic and falling commodity prices have signalled a need for economic change in the West African country.

Costs linked to Ebola have battered Sierra Leone’s economy.

‘Marshall plan’ needed to rescue Ebola-ravaged countries

Oxfam has called for a multimillion-dollar plan to rebuild the economies of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, ahead of a recovery summit in Brussels.

Kenyans watch the National Alliance presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta during the first ever face-to-face presidential debate on February 11 2013 in Nairobi.
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Peaceful polls promised in Kenya’s first televised presidential debate

Kenya’s televised presidential debate saw hopefuls play down fears of a repeat of the post-election tribal violence that erupted in 2007.

Somali journalist Abdiaziz Abdinuur Ibrahim

Alleged rape victim and journalist to be imprisoned in Somalia

A Somali woman who said she was raped by state security forces and a journalist who interviewed her have both been sentenced to a year in jail.

Emergency obsteric care is helping reduce Burundi’s maternal mortality rates.

Burundi’s mothers are smiling

Radios, local doctors and techniques to help underweight newborns are saving the lives of women and children in Burundi.

Various efforts have made inroads against piracy but analysts warn that ship owners must not become complacent.

Piracy takes a dive in Somalia

Somali piracy has fallen to a three-year low because of co-ordinated action by international navies and the enlistment of armed security guards.

David Kuria

‘Slaves in our own land’

Randu Nzai Ruwa is no stereotypical revolutionary. But the soft-spoken carpenter has a radical idea.

The Dandora dumping site in Nairobi.

Misery living off Kenyan rubbish dump

Health campaigners want to close a dump in Nairobi that spreads disease, but thousands of scavengers rely on it for survival.

Uganda has experienced increasingly regular outbreaks of deadly hemorrhagic fevers that have left health officials grappling for answers.

Team tackles Uganda’s Ebola crisis

Apart from a medical officer, the victims are all from a single family, according to reports.

Patients fled from a Uganda hospital in western Uganda when news broke that a mysterious illness that killed at least 14 people in the region was Ebola.

Uganda fights to contain Ebola outbreak

Ebola has broken out in Uganda, killing at least 14 people as health officials battle to stem the spread of the deadly virus.

Westwood’s new fashion journey

Westwood’s new fashion journey

Big-name fashion brands are supporting women in Nairobi by employing them to produce their goods, and teaching them business skills in the process.

Scores flee al-Shabaab attack site

Scores flee al-Shabaab attack site

Regional media claim the explosion at the rebel group’s base in Afgoye killed senior commanders.

Kenya set to attack Somalia

After reports of arms deliveries to rebels, military warns villagers of imminent strikes.

Ivorians flee rebel-held city before govt attack

They walk slowly but steadily, hundreds of people filing along a grass-fringed road under an energy-sapping sun. They carry their most precious and necessary belongings in bags,…