Many governments are concerned about the prospect of widespread youth unemployment and the political unrest that this “youth bulge” could bring. Concerns are perhaps greatest for rural Africa, where ...

Brithem LLP has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleging that The Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) and its outside consultants ...

Kenya has called for stronger collaboration between Africanand Asian countries to address growing rural development challenges, includingfood insecurity, climate change, unemployment, and limited ...

Debates on agricultural research in Africa must go beyond simplistic criticism. Agricultural research should not be viewed as ...

Ask people where heatwaves hit hardest and most will probably say cities, which trap heat in concrete and metal and generate warmth from traffic and industry. But does this reflect reality? I am a ...

Africa faces a major rural road access challenge, with nearly 60 per cent of its population unable to reach all-weather roads, a gap that continues to limit economic opportunities and access to ...

This table tracks the rural population in 53 African countries using available data from 1960 - 2023. In Africa, a large portion of the continent’s population - about 80% reside in rural areas but ...

A new collection of essays, including a short one by Mamdani himself, seeks to address the wide-ranging issues which his work raised but did exhaust. On the Subject of Citizenship: Late Colonialism in ...

January 15, 2019 — Cicily Wanjira has a big smile when she shows off the plump mangoes dangling from 600 trees on her small rural farm 175 kilometers (109 miles) north of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. But ...

Editor’s Note: Kenneth O’Halloran is the winner of the Open Competition category of the Syngenta Photography Award 2017. A selection of these works will be on display at the Syngenta Photography Award ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Widespread use of fuelwood and charcoal for cooking and heating is a notable barrier to achieving development and conservation goals in sub-Saharan ...