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Africa has been rooting for Democrat Barack Obama from the very moment he announced he was running for U.S. president.

Now the election victory of this son of a Kenyan father is being celebrated and savored all over the continent.

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Google.org announces $14.8 million in grants aimed at preventing disease outbreaks in Southeast Asia and Africa.

A huge haul of fake drugs destined for Africa, including anti-malarial pills, are seized in Belgium, officials say.

Since she was 12 years old, Suzanne Africa Engo has been working to raise AIDS awareness.

African governments meet to stop illegal and unregulated fishing that costs the continent $1bn a year.

A coalition of conservation groups and a leading fisheries scientist have accused Japan of damaging the fisheries interests of poorer countries.

A South African court bans the unauthorised trials of vitamin therapies for Aids, which some say risk health.

St Louis in Senegal is the city most threatened by rising sea levels in the whole of Africa, a UN official says.

Two big development groups say they will invest in new roads and develop new technologies to boost Africa's agriculture.

The World Bank and Standard Chartered join up to invest $45m in microfinance in Asia and Africa.