Regions / Africa
Articles about Africa, ordered by date. 
Country Profile: Somalia
Somalia today is more like a political marketplace than a modern nation-state, writes Claire Elder.
Why did the market fail to produce an Ebola vaccine?
Mustapha Dumbaya lost 47 relatives in the outbreak. He explores why dysfunctional R&D is letting down those people who need it most.
The energy fix
What will it take to get electricity to Africa’s rural poor? Ruth Nyambura explores.
Africa’s green, clean, sustainable future
Development in the industrialized world has come at a high price, writes Mohamed Adow.
Power to the people?
Community micro-grids, government-controlled energy, or both? Three experts thrash out the options.
Desertec: the renewable energy grab?
Desert solar plants planned for North Africa are just another exploitative resource grab, argues Hamza Hamouchene.
A word with Angélique Kidjo
Louise Gray talks to the award-winning musician about the resilience of African music, and why she won’t be pigeon-holed.
Inhospitable Israel
Joseph Cox reports on an acute humanitarian crisis for African asylum-seekers.
How the US has been sponsoring terrorism in the Sahara
Jeremy Keenan uncovers the shocking, murky background to the current conflict in Mali.
Is China good for Africa?
Writer and activist Firoze Manji and professor Stephen Chan go head-to-head.
Africa fights back against poachers
Adam Edwards on the grounds for optimism.
Kimberley Process 'whitewashes' blood diamonds
Aoife Allen describes how The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is not doing enough to clean up the gems trade.
Frontline Africans: migrants hit by Europe's economic decline
What can African migrant workers do when faced with rising unemployment and racism in Europe? Sarah Babiker reports from Spain and Argentina.
Where is the real cinema?
Malcolm Lewis finds quality beyond Disney and exotic settings...
Watching the weather
Weather patterns across the West African country have become increasingly hard to predict as a result of climate change.
Crying in the wilderness
The author of this article, Asfaw Yemiru, is one of Africa's most extraordinary men. At the age of 10, he was an illiterate beggar-boy on the streets of Addis Ababa. Today, aged 28, he is headmaster of a free school for over 3,000 poor children. Not content with this achievement, Asfaw is now moving his school towards a new concept of education which could have significance not just for Ethiopia but for many other parts of both the developing and the developed world.
