Reform of Congo’s mining law could mean a huge boost for the country’s economy and the wellbeing of the population – but there are fears it has been shelved

A new research project looks at hooking up diaspora groups with large-scale international NGOs – this is a step forward, but when will diasporan and homegrown NGOs be given the same level of funding?

The Saraba Manuscript Project seeks to boost the careers of new writers in the fields of fiction and non-fiction, and in turn to enrich the Nigerian literary scene.

Child marriage is still a huge problem in many African countries, with young girls in particular losing their futures as they are forced to drop out of education, encounter health problems and often face abuse

A showcase project of the G8’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition strips small scale farmers in Tanzania of their homes and farmland, damages a protected wetland and forces the corporate chemical input industry on smallholders. More evidence that agricultural initiatives backed by Western governments are benefiting multinationals and penalising local communities.

Prized cultural and religious artefacts from Africa were looted and many now live in the basements of European and American museums, oceans away from their places of creation

A new report on agroecology details a holistic system of farming that allows power – and food – to stay in the hands of the many

Farmers and local communities in north-eastern Nigeria are losing their livelihoods, as American prisons tycoon turns their land into a profit-making venture under the guise of US and UK aid

In part two of our series on African travel writing and storytelling, we find out more about new generations using digital to reach new audiences and consider how new forms of distribution could change the publishing power dynamic

This two-part series looks at how travel writing and storytelling is unfolding across Africa, from those who are working in relatively traditional literary forms to those who have embraced broadcasting, digital media and photography to convey tales of the banal and the extraordinary