As African countries strive to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 and plot a new development agenda thereafter, health experts are gathering...
A UN ultimatum for armed groups around Goma, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) North Kivu Province, to disarm, expired on 1 August...
As fighting continues in North Kivu Province between the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) army and the rebel group M23, both sides have been accused...
Twelve years after African governments pledged in the Abuja Declaration to allocate at least 15 percent of their annual budgets to healthcare by 2015, just...
The future of tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees living in Africa remains uncertain nearly two weeks after the 30 June deadline recommended by the...
Civil society groups are taking on the policies of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), which promotes the use of genetically modified...
In May, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) announced the prequalification of PrePex , the first non-surgical device for adult male circumcision. Compared to surgical...
Uganda's government and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have launched a pilot mobile court system to improve access to justice for victims of crimes in...
![A woman and her baby take shelter at Don Bosco Orphanage in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. They have arrived from the town of Sake, where M23 rebels are fighting government troops. [November 2012]](http://assets.irinnews.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_medium/public/images/201212031244320468.jpg?KdsvR2diZN8IovS6dbR7YQm2PdXFscZx&itok=UGb4ucMS)
