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U.S. President Barack Obama is preparing for another round of international travel.

How many of you even knew there was a war going on in Uganda. Its killed millions of innocent children. What can we do to stop it?

Doom-mongers have got it wrong - there is enough space in the world to produce the extra food needed to feed a growing population. And contrary to expectation, most of it can be grown in Africa, say two international reports published this week.

We sail up and down the coast of Somalia waiting to get hijacked by pirates. We encourage you to bring your 'High powered weapons' along on the cruise. If you don't have weapons of your own, you can rent them on the boat.

Business World: Indian Prime Minister has pledged to invest 500 million dollars in africa, giving low-cost technology, drugs, and things to reduce African poverty.

Daniel Mungai's family keeps him locked in a room in a wooden shack that is just big enough to fit a bed, a cupboard, Daniel and his wheel-chair. His clothes and bed are soaked with his own waste -- and he's been living like this for 15 years.

Aid pledges made by Italy and France to Africa are not being met, according to a campaign group set up by rock star Bono.

Rotavirus kills 500,000 children a year across the globe, and an immunization may be beneficial, says the World Health Organization.

His death was confirmed by the country's Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong in a written statement. There had been conflicting reports earlier on Monday about whether Mr Bongo, who had cancer, had died in a Spanish clinic.

Scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa that causes bleeding like the dreaded Ebola virus.

A Q. & A. with Joseph Chamie, a sociologist and demographer, on population trends and the inevitability of nine billion.

A judge sentenced three men convicted of murdering an internationally known South African reggae star (Lucky Dube) in a botched carjacking to life in prison Thursday.

Authorities shot dozens of exhausted whales that beached on a shore near South Africa's storm-lashed southern tip Saturday amid scenes of grief and despair from volunteers who had tried to save them.

In its annual report released on Thursday, Amnesty International scolds China and the United States for human rights violations. The number of people in poverty is growing again. Social uprisings across Africa and China left many protesters dead.

Scientists have discovered a highly-leathal virus in Africa that is similar in nature to Ebola.

Some 65 million years ago, starting in the Jurassic and lasting into the Cretaceous, there existed a powerful flying reptile known as the Pterosaurs...

Severe drought in the Gourma region of Mali (Africa) threatens the survival of a unique herd of desert elephants.