Africa News

By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:32 PM ET

The results of Caster Semenya's genetic tests will be available soon — not that you're going to know about them. Read More

More like this in: South Africa, The Associated Press, Running, Sports, Privacy

By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:46 PM ET

Some 2.5 billion people live without toilets, and more children die of sanitation-related diseases than any others. Today we recognize how important toilets are. Read More

More like this in: Health, Children, Water

By Darragh Worland | Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:15 PM ET

Security guards aboard the Maersk Alabama ward off Kenyan pirates in the vessel's second such attack in seven months. Read More

More like this in: Kenya, The Associated Press, Richard Phillips

By Katherine Gustafson | Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:27 AM ET

The religious scholar and author’s inspired Charter for Compassion breathes new life into the Golden Rule. Read More

More like this in: Love, Kindness, Compassion, Religion, Spirituality, The Internet, Call to Action, Karen Armstrong

By David Bois | Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:32 PM ET

There's a buzz about the great gains made and still underway by Johns Hopkins researchers striving towards an end to malaria. Read More

More like this in: Hope, Malaria, Zambia, Biology, Johns Hopkins University

By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:56 AM ET

A Gates Foundation-funded study by University of California researchers will test alternative methods to save children from diarrheal diseases. Read More

More like this in: Health, California, Water, Kenya, Death, University of California, World Health Organization, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), Bangladesh, Hygiene, Water Quality

By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:19 PM ET

At the Maldives Forum for Climate Vulnerable Countries, those nations most threatened by a changing climate vow to take the lead on action. Read More

More like this in: Climate change, Global Warming, Emissions, Kenya, Vietnam, Ghana, Tanzania, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Glaciers, Bhutan

By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:12 AM ET

The world's woman grow over half the food but own only 2 percent of the land. The Rural Development Institute's new center aims to fix that. Read More

More like this in: Clinton Global Initiative, India, China, Poverty, United Nations, Asia, Agriculture, Farming, Women, Sub-Saharan Africa, Farmers

By David Bois | Thu Nov 5, 2009 12:35 PM ET

The Sahara's solar riches are figuring prominently in a newly announced proposal to generate up to 15 percent of Europe's power needs. Read More

More like this in: Technology, Energy, Europe, Germany, Clean Energy , The Guardian, Green Energy, Physorg.com, Green Tech, Sahara Desert

By David Bois | Wed Nov 4, 2009 1:57 PM ET

In the blink of an eye, geologically speaking, the African rift will be the planet's newest ocean. Read More

More like this in: Ocean, Ethiopia, Physorg.com, Live Science, Geologists, Indian Ocean, Eastern Africa