Full Coverage: Central Africa

29.03.2006 An Israeli company is using the latest water-saving technology to grow fruit and vegetables in Angola, which imports much of its food after 27 years of civil war.

22.03.2006 "A new chapter in the fight against impunity" has begun with the International Criminal Court arrest of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, says Amnesty International.

18.03.2006 The International Criminal Court's arrest of Thomas Lubanga on a charge of conscripting and enlisting children and using them in hostilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo sends an important message that the use of children in armed conflict will not be tolerated, the UN Children's Fund said.

15.03.2006 The Republic of Congo has qualified for the international debt relief scheme, which should lead to full cancellation of World Bank and IMF debts. But, it must first comply with many conditions, including some which may harm the poor. Find out more about the Jubilee Debt Campaign.

15.03.2006 Police and security forces tore down the homes of more than 300 poor families in the Angolan capital in an operation in which a four-year-old girl was shot and several residents were beaten, according to eyewitnesses.

09.03.2006 The World Bank admits it has failed to ensure proper protection of the environment and local peoples in its programmes to "develop" the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a forest protection group.

08.03.2006 More than 20 million people in the Horn of Africa are at risk of famine in conditions which the head of the World Food Programme described yesterday as the worst in his experience

03.03.2006 The heads of three UN agencies have urged the international community to match political progress in Africa's Great Lakes region with a new commitment to end the suffering of the millions of people forgotten by the rest of the world.