The idea that rural Africans are self-sufficient subsistence farmers who grow what they eat and eat what they grow was only ever partly true. But it is becoming less relevant with each passing year.

Launched in 2021 under the UN Tourism for Rural Development Programme, the initiative aims to recognise and empower rural ...

Best Tourism Villages from 29 countries showcase the power of tourism, From Koyasan in Japan to Chamarel in Mauritius ...

Four years ago, a U.K.-based charity, SolarAid, set out to provide solar-powered electricity to every home in Kasakula, a ...

NABARI, Ghana (AP) – In the village of Nabari on northern Ghana’s dry savanna, 80-year-old Wudana Dokurugu lives with other widows in a clump of mud huts. They farm maize and soybeans in impoverished ...

The bells and bleats faded as Osam Abdulmumen, a migrant from Sudan, herded sheep back from pasture, the sun setting over a ...

It is well documented that women small-scale farmers are hard done by in an environment where they farm without security of tenure, which inhibits their ability to raise finance with which to grow ...

COVID-19 vaccination rates remain low in many African countries, often because providing access to vaccines is difficult in remote areas. A new international research project showed that intervention ...

AS South Africa celebrates Tourism Month, tourism remains one of the country’s most powerful forces for economic growth and transformation. Between January and July 2025, South Africa welcomed more ...