International efforts are being made to address Africa's energy deficiencies by developing renewable energy sources on a grand scale.

With economic malaise in the West and a growing population of young people at home, Africa faces significant challenges and opportunities in the coming year.

Four years after a young French aid worker was assassinated in a small Burundian town, family members and coworkers are still pressing for a proper investigation.

A large number of HIV infections have been treated or prevented in the last decade, but in some ways the battle against the global epidemic has just begun.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara came into office promising to uphold democracy, but members of the press find themselves under threat.

Disabled people in countries like Burundi and the Congo face harsh discrimination, but organizers are advocating for their rights and advancement.

While the exact motives of all the players involved are hard to discern, many people are being endangered as Kenya chases al-Shabaab in Somalia.

Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are expected to be deeply flawed, and a number of situations could lead to further violence and unrest in the war-torn country.

President Koroma has improved electricity supply, healthcare and roads in Sierra Leone, but the country's young people have not received the education or opportunities they need.

Farmers in developing countries are seeing their land taken from them and sold off to investors, and the World Bank is playing a hand in the deals.

Maternal deaths occur at a rate 300 times higher in developing countries than in the developed world. International health initiatives are working to address the problem.

Tunisian's election of its Constituent Assembly represents the first step in the Arab Spring's transitioning from revolution to democratization.