High food prices are threatening recent gains in overcoming poverty and malnutrition, and are likely to persist over the medium term, says a new World Bank Group policy note released today.
Increases in global wheat prices reached 181 percent over the 36 months leading up to February 2008, and overall global food prices increased by 83 [...]

This episode of In A Nutshell covers the Presidential election held over the weekend in Zimbabwe; whose results are due today. Current President Robert Mugabe faces his strongest opposition yet. The Movement for Democratic Change headed by Morgan Tsvangirai is currently leading, but hopefully this will be a clean election and the rightful person wins. [...]

Joseph Lekuton, a member of Kenya’s parliament, tells the story of his own extraordinary education, and then a parable of how Africa itself can grow. His message of hope for Kenya in particular has never been more relevant

Ray of Hope Clinic and Community Centre is a program of the non-profit organization Ray of Hope International. Ray of Hope offers healthcare and educational services to community members in Kawangware, Kenya, East Africa.

National Geographic visits a PlayPump water system. See how the power of play can bring water to the world.

A Milwaukee man has given up his career to bring relief to an African nation and local students are stepping in to help out. WISN 12 News reports on the lengths they’re going to for a country where the average life expectancy is 44 and the average income is about $1 per day.
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Desmond Tutu, the South African cleric and activist who won a Nobel Peace Laureate in 1984 for helping end Apartheid, speaks here about what makes a good leader.