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Cameroon’s latest Presidential election has seen long-serving incumbent Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, or RDPC retaining office with a resounding 77.99% of the vote....
The former Portuguese colony, which gained independence in 1975, consists of ten islands and five islets, which are poor in natural resources, prone to drought and have little arable land. As a...
With no outright winner after the first round of elections on the island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, a runoff election, contested by Manuel Pinto da Costa and Evaristo Carvalho, took place on...
In today's podcast, Zimbabwe's feuding leaders are upbeat about talks mediated by President Jacob Zuma; FAO says that LDC's are likely to become increasingly dependent on food imports; and,...
Africa's cocoa makes the world's chocolate, its fish, fruit and vegetables reach tables around the globe and its oil powers vehicles and factories from China to the United States.
Yet...
Higher food prices risk wiping out progress towards reducing poverty and, if allowed to escalate, could hurt global growth and security, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on...