Improving African markets key to better food security - book
More access to credit, cutting red tape and improving storage and food processing all could help cut hunger crises in the region, the authors say
Do we really know how much aid goes to farmers?
Researchers say poor data has exaggerated trends, and call for a better way of measuring agricultural aid
The guise of growth: the paradox of generosity
This is not a project based in self-determination but an oppressive development discourse based on charity, writes Luam Kidane
CAR's dire humanitarian crisis hit by funding shortfall - UN
Central African Republic, where nearly half the population is in need of aid, is experiencing one of the worst humanitarian funding shortfalls in the world, the United Nations warns
Niger's food insecurity compounded by neighbours' instability
What do fighting in Mali and the Libyan uprising have to do with food insecurity in Niger?
Malian refugee tells of escape to Niger, a newborn baby and hunger
Tens of thousands of people have been uprooted by fighting between army and Tuareg-led rebels in northern Mali
Cameroon government cracks down on illegal logging
Effort aims in part to limit the effects of extreme weather in the region
Thomson Reuters Foundation announces 2012 "Reporting on Terrorism and Global Security" seminar
Thomson Reuters Foundation has opened applications for the annual "Reporting on Terrorism and Global Security" seminar in Istanbul, Turkey.
Syrian guards shoot fleeing refugees - rights group
Some refugees arrive in Lebanon with serious gunshot wounds or landmine injuries and are very traumatised
FACTBOX: More than 140,000 uprooted by Mali conflict -UN
Aid agencies step up efforts to bring relief to more than 140,000 people forced to flee their homes due to fighting in northern Mali