ActionAid's headquarters and chief executive are based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Our work across the continent on HIV & AIDS prevention, care and treatment, famine relief, peace building, food and education reached more than seven million Africans in 2003. We work in Burkino Faso, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

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East Africa food crisis

Seasonal rains have failed in the Horn of Africa. ActionAid's relief programme is helping the most vulnerable people in the region.

ActionAid International

ActionAid International's head and Chief Executive office is in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Africa voices at the G8

The G8 leaders were not the only people meeting in Scotland to discuss poverty in Africa.

HIV & AIDS rally in Kenya

Thousands of activists turned up for the launch of ActionAid's international campaign.

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