Hate of his father pushed Kofi Bassaw Quartey to crime. Now he campaigns for integrity in Africa, writes Paul Williams.

Amina Dikedi tells Mary Lean about the people who give her hope for Africa.

Junaid Moosa took part in the latest Clean Africa Campaign leadership training programme in S Africa.

The Micro Loan Foundation is working for long-term sustainable development in Malawi as opposed to providing temporary solutions. As celebrity patron Bob Geldof says, ‘To treat someone as an adult human being with a stake in his or her future is the essence of sound empirical business sense.’

Michael Smith reports a farmers’ dialogue on tackling poverty

Frédéric Chavanne reports on a meeting of people from one of Africa’s most turbulent regions.

‘It is much harder for a senior politician to be corrupt in front of the public’, Laurence Cockcroft said. ‘But on an individual level it depends on how far people take on initiatives to change it.’

Kenneth Noble looks at the importance of the Earth’s Biodiversity and, first, meets two daring artists who aim to let nature speak for herself.

The question on many lips, however, is why has it taken so long?

John Bond hears from Africans who are risking their lives to end conflict.