Features
- Drug menace
Counterfeit drugs continue to flood markets
Board warns of devastating impact of narcotics as trafficking continue unabated2 March 2007 - Zachary Ochieng - Sudan
Long history of war
Sudan has been plagued by civil wars since independence in 1956.16 February 2007 - Zachary Ochieng - Sudan
Why peace may not hold
Two years after the signing of the Sudanese peace accord, the implementation has been proceeding at a slow pace, raising fears that peace may not hold after all.16 February 2007 - Zachary Ochieng - Kenya
Kenya’s long road to independence
Kenya obtained its independence from Britain after a long and tortuous struggle.10 January 2007 - Zachary Ochieng - Kenya
Poverty bites as Kenya turns 43
As Kenya celebrated its 43rd independence anniversary last month, a number of regions remained poor as inequality gaps continue to widen.10 January 2007 - Zachary Ochieng - Human Development Report
Irony of the poor paying more for water
In what can be billed as the harshest of all ironies, poor people across the globe pay much more for clean water than their rich neighbours.14 November 2006 - Zachary Ochieng - Namibia
Walvis Bay harbour gives HIV an international passport
When fishermen arrive in the port city of Walvis Bay in Namibia, flush with money after months at sea, they don't have to go far to spend it. The small town's harbour area is littered with discos and nightclubs catering to the foreign trawler men who sustain the entertainment and commercial sex industries.9 November 2006 - Plusnews - Africa
Treatment is feasible but needs careful implementation
Providing HIV/AIDS treatment and care in countries at peace is hard enough; extending those services to people on the run from conflict or disaster seems, on the face of it, hopelessly complicated.26 October 2006 - Plusnews - NEPAD ICT Projects
A noble goal steeped in controversy
A glimpse into the background of the EASSy project shows it is a noble goal but whose survival is threatened by wrangles.16 October 2006 - Zachary Ochieng - NEPAD ICT projects
No let up in EASSy controversy
Disputes over ownership and access portend disaster for the East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy).16 October 2006 - Zachary Ochieng - Millennium challeges
Looking for a way out
Spurred by the need to help developing countries achieve MDG#8, the British Department for International Development (DfID), has prepared a white paper aimed at reducing world poverty over the next five years13 October 2006 - Zachary Ochieng - Millennium Development Goals
MDG 8 remains elusive for Africa
With barely nine years left before the target date of 2015, Africa may not attain MDG 8.13 October 2006 - Zachary Ochieng - Zambia
Mwanawasa praises rivals to restore calm
Zambia's newly elected president, Levy Mwanawasa, pledged to improve the lives of the country's millions of poor, and extended an olive branch to his rivals as he took the oath of office after an abrasive and bitter general election campaign.4 October 2006 - IRIN - Zimbabwe
HIV-positive farmworkers are forgotten
Little is being done to provide treatment and care for Zimbabwean farmworkers living with HIV/AIDS since the government launched its controversial fast-track land redistribution programme in 2000.4 October 2006 - IRIN - South Africa
Zuma slammed for views on homosexuality, same-sex marriage
Outraged human rights activists have slammed former South African deputy president Jacob Zuma's condemnation of same-sex marriages.
28 September 2006 - IRIN