Failure can be a catalyst for innovation and progress in Africa, the founder of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba says on his first visit to Africa.

Over $750m of mining revenues paid by companies to state bodies in DR Congo disappeared into opaque government agencies, says a report.

The number of cholera cases in Yemen is now the largest ever recorded in any country in a single year since records began, warns an international development agency.

More than half of all people living with HIV now have access to HIV treatment and AIDS-related deaths have almost halved since 2005, says UNAIDS.

An IMF mission has left Mozambique after rejecting what it had been offered by the government - which means no new IMF programme this year and no resumption of aid.

Optimists welcome East African Community member states' proposal to ban imports of used clothes by 2019 because it could spark the growth of a local textile industry.

There's no end to Indian farmers' woes. Uncheered by the forecast of a second consecutive normal monsoon, they've taken to the streets, demanding a new deal from the government.

Conflicts over water are on the rise in India, but climate change is not the only culprit. Fiona Broom reports on a powerful water mafia that is sucking India dry.