Hunger to hit emergency levels in Ethiopia despite rains
The number of Ethiopians in need of food aid will rise beyond the current 7.7 million, experts say.
Aid worker kidnaps and roadblocks soar in famine-threatened Somalia
In the first 27 days of April, 13 humanitarian workers were abducted
Thousands trapped by fighting in South Sudan as aid agencies pull out
The displaced population in and around Aburoc is likely to hit 50,000 in the coming days
Tanzanian polygamist's puzzle: how to stop six wives warring over 500 acres?
Magoso's wives each have a title deed showing they co-own their land with him - something highly unusual in Tanzania.
Award-winning Congolese wildlife ranger says he fears for his life
More than 160 park rangers have been killed in the line of duty over the past 15 years
INTERVIEW-African women pay for Trump's anti-abortion move - activist
Trump's "global gag" rule withholds U.S. funding for international organisations that perform abortions or tell women about legal options for abortion.
Kenya needs two million homes to curb slum explosion, World Bank says
"The problem will only become more acute over the next decades"
FEATURE-At war with the in-laws: Tanzania's evicted widows push for rights
Customary law in Tanzania states that widows have no right to inherit from their husbands
3,000 people a day fleeing in cholera-stricken Somalia as famine looms
"These are clear hallmarks of a catastrophe in the making ... Now is our last chance to avert a famine" - NRC Somalia country director Victor Moses
Terror at midnight: abduction trauma of Kenyan woman fighting for forests
Activists are being intimidated amid tensions between the indigenous peoples they represent and conservation policies excluding them from protected forests