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Helen Hector
Today is the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s birthday.
As he’s fairly new in the job, we thought this would be a good opportunity to wish him a great day, but also send him a very important message.
Australian aid has helped achieve amazing things – like cutting extreme poverty in half in the last 25 years. But rather like the cake we hope Malcolm is enjoying today, it’s recently been cut. A lot.
In fact by next year, Australia could be...
When eight top female artists from across Africa, superstar music producer Cobhams Asuquo and a team of ONE staff got together in Johannesburg to create 'Strong Girl', the song didn't exist.
We had a beat, a melodic hook, a concept, some very talented people and three days to make it happen.
10 years ago today, Nelson Mandela gave this inspirational speech to 20,000 people gathered in London's Trafalgar Square. It became a rallying cry for many of us on the journey to end extreme poverty.
Across Africa, in schools and parks, on beaches and streets; goal posts are improvised, teams are assembled, and tomorrow's football stars show off their skills. Crowd-sourced from the talented photographers of Flickr, here are 15 of the best images that capture how Africa plays football.
Wherever we live in the world, our agriculture, food, family celebrations and our culture are what binds us to our countries. Within the African continent, there's a huge diversity of food culture. We asked our Africa team, who are made up of many African nationalities, to share their favourite foods.
I am a reggae man, music is my profession. But when I am not singing, I want to put myself at the service of my continent, Africa, in which I believe. The earth is a factory that can employ millions of young people. Through agriculture, Africa can rise again.
Africa's hottest recording artists have come together to support our Do Agric campaign, and together have written and recorded the track 'Cocoa na Chocolate'. It's A-MA-ZING. Turn it up and get ready to move.
Valentines Day is here, which means millions of us are trying to think of original and romantic gestures for our loved ones.
Restaurants are bombarding us with special menus and offers, greetings card shops are a blur of red, and on Friday we’ll be cramming on to buses and trains whilst trying not to crush bunches of flowers.
If you feel like you’ve tried every Valentine’s Day cliché and want something a bit different this year, try this.
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Yesterday a new store opened in Cape Town, South Africa – and everything is free.
Street Store has captured the imagination of people instantly. Anyone can come and donate clothes and shoes to the pop-up store, they are sorted and displayed, and homeless people can then pick out items they need.
Being able to choose clothes that fit, in a style and colour we like is something most of us take for granted. But living on the streets often takes this...