"Empty" increasingly describes the southern Niger town of Tanout in Zinder Region: Water wells and pastures, fields and food banks - and slowly - entire villages, are emptying. […]

It costs more to vaccinate a child in Chad against polio - almost 70 US cents per child - than in any other country in the world at risk of polio outbreaks, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). […]

At least 10,000 people in Kenya have been displaced by flooding, mainly in the north, which has prompted fears of an outbreak of waterborne diseases. Hundreds of heads of livestock have drowned or gone missing and dozens of houses and business stalls are submerged. […]

Agricultural firm Sasini on Wednesday said it hopes to boost its pre-tax profit from Sh108 million to Sh579 million by 2012 following the initiation of diversification and value addition projects. […]

Rose Nakhayetse is lucky to be alive, but her ordeal is far from over. Having narrowly escaped last week's deadly landslides in eastern Uganda, she and thousands of others are facing fresh dangers. […]

The Trade Conditions Survey for February continued on its improved trait rising to 54 points. […]

A polio vaccination campaign in the violence-wracked central Nigerian city of Jos has been delayed until 13 March due to the violence and an on-going health worker strike, aid workers said. […]

THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) central committee has said the "centre" in the Presidency is not holding and blamed this on the inept coterie of people appointed to manage President Jacob Zuma at the Union Buildings. […]

FORCING the rand to weaken would be a "very shortsighted" move for SA to make, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, MD of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said yesterday. […]

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has launched an astonishing attack on Nelson Mandela, accusing the former president of failing black people. […]