BLANTYRE, MALAWI — Malawi’s president, Lazarus Chakwera, has called on the country to transition from largely subsistence farming to industrialized commercial farming, in order to meet the goal of making the country food-sufficient by 2030.Speaking as …

Eritrea is condemning fresh sanctions that were imposed Friday by the United States on Eritrea’s military, ruling party and two senior government officials in connection with Eritrea’s role in the Ethiopian conflict, asserting they continue Washington’…

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Africa is on the front line of climate change. Nowhere is this more evident than the Lake Chad Basin, which covers almost 8% of the continent and supports tens of millions of people. The United Nations says it has shrunk by 90% sinc…

JOHANNESBURG — Scientists in South Africa have announced the discovery of the first partial Homo Naledi child’s skull in one of the world’s richest hominin fossil sites.The discovery at a UNESCO World Heritage site near Johannesburg, called the “Cradle…

ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR — Parched by four years of drought, more than 1.1 million people in southern Madagascar urgently need food aid in a rapidly worsening crisis, experts warn.About 700,000 people are already receiving food aid and increased emerge…