African energy: Eastern El Dorado?
At long last east Africa is beginning to realise its energy potential(45)
Healthcare in Africa: Home schooling
A new course on tropical medicine is training doctors who need it most; in countries where tropical diseases are rife(4)
Miners should spread their risks across countries as well as minerals(9)
Saving African children: Faster is not always better
Many children get the wrong kind of emergency care(3)
The surge in land deals: When others are grabbing their land
Evidence is piling up against acquisitions of farmland in poor countries(24)
Snail-mail spam: We get letters
Old-fashioned mails scams are back(0)
For all the efforts to combat it, Somali piracy is posing an ever greater threat to the world’s shipping(22)
Tanzania's election: The results are in
Jakaya Kikwete wins another term in Tanzania though some have questioned the fairness of the election(1)
Tanzania's election: Promises, promises
Tanzania is still a backwater compared with its Kenyan neighbour to the north(15)
Burundi's election: Pretty squalid
East Africa’s weakest new component(9)
Elections in Tanzania: What's the hurry?
The president is trying, without much luck, to gee things up(6)
Africa's leaders: Nostalgia and pragmatism
Some hark back to liberation, others are canny capitalists, many seek to be both(4)
Some ivory sales are a good idea. This one isn’t(8)
Why it is important to put a price on nature(23)
East Africa's common market: It really may happen
The region’s leaders take another step towards building a common market(5)
Hope for Zanzibar: Taking the spice out of politics
A pact between the island’s rival parties could prevent more violence and unrest(6)
An East African Federation: Big ambitions, big question-marks
The idea of a United States of East Africa is less far-fetched than it was(23)
Africa's economies in the downturn: Prudence can win
The IMF says some African countries can spend their way out of recession(11)
Tanzania: Waiting for that great leap forward
Worries about one of east Africa’s steadier economies(25)
Albinos in east Africa: A horrendous trade
Saving those most at risk from prejudice and witch doctors(22)
Malaria and Alzheimer's disease: A jab of hope
Vaccines may help defeat both a scourge of the poor and a rich-world affliction(0)
The Indian Ocean: The most dangerous seas in the world
Pirates are terrorising the high seas off Africa’s east coast(26)
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