Regions / Africa

Joseph Cox reports on an acute humanitarian crisis for African asylum-seekers.

Jeremy Keenan uncovers the shocking, murky background to the current conflict in Mali.

Writer and activist Firoze Manji and professor Stephen Chan go head-to-head.

Adam Edwards on the grounds for optimism.

Aoife Allen describes how The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is not doing enough to clean up the gems trade.

What can African migrant workers do when faced with rising unemployment and racism in Europe? Sarah Babiker reports from Spain and Argentina.

Malcolm Lewis finds quality beyond Disney and exotic settings...

Weather patterns across the West African country have become increasingly hard to predict as a result of climate change.

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.