Africa's forests at risk if indigenous 'rebels' excluded - experts
Indigenous communities can prove useful allies if brought on board with programmes to plant and safeguard trees
Milking it: solar coolers heat up earnings for Kenya's dairy farmers
Using solar energy to keep milk cool is making dairy farming much more profitable in Kenya
Congo trial over killings of U.N. experts resumes after long suspension
Congo has blamed the killings on militia but some Western governments and rights groups suspect state officials may have been involved
When bits meet bites: Kenya's farm-to-fork online delivery cuts waste, boosts earnings
"Farmers need to be part of this digital revolution so that they can play a role in ensuring there is no food waste from the agriculture sector"
Families speak after 20 years as Ethiopia restores phones to Eritrea
A peace deal brings relations out of the deep freeze
Conflict in Congo's Kasai could be prelude to genocide, U.N. expert warns
"Kasai is a hell that is just about to break loose"
Tens of thousands of Kenyans go hungry after floods - aid agencies
After a severe drought last year, East Africa was hit by two months of heavy rains, disrupting the lives of millions of people in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Uganda
Mass rape, cannibalism, dismemberment: UN team finds atrocities in Congo war
The UN found that boys were being forced to rape their mothers, little girls told witchcraft would allow them to catch bullets, and women forced to choose gang-rape or death
More parents trade girls for cows as war and climate change hit east Africa
Parents can now receive up to 300 cows in bride price, up from about 30 cows during peacetime
Medical charity MSF apologises after reports staff used prostitutes
"You would often see men who were older, middle-aged, partying with much younger local girls. It was sexualised"