All the roads lead to Hylands Park, United Kingdom, as Scouts from all over the world assemble at the 21st World Scout Jamboree.
They came from all the corners of the world, one of them being of course Africa. Nearly 40,000 Scouts from about 160 countries met at Hylands Park, Chelmsford in the United Kingdom. All the sub-regions of the Africa Scout Region are represented, with more than 300 African Scouts at the Jamboree.

On Friday 13th July 2007, the Africa Scout Regional Office launched the ''Africa Scout Peace Initiative Award'' ASPIA in a ceremony that took place at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, KICC, in Nairobi.

Courtesy of Paola Cervo, Amahoro Amani Project.
The long walk for Peace across the Great Lakes kicked-off on July 4, 2007 in the South Kivu Province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 250 young Congolese, Burundians and Rwandans walked a distance of about 60 km for 6 hours, passing through Irambo, Lwiro, Mulungu, Mudata, Bagira, final destination: Bukavu – the province's county town, where they arrived on July 9.

Queen Elizabeth I once said ''Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor''. If this were anything to go by, then conversely it would mean that men who are slow to anger might give the impression of being coldly unflappable, but are fortunately on their way to wealth. One man of this ilk, is Joseph Kulali, who in his own words admits to being jovial and slow to anger.

In an unprecedented style, ARO staff organized a 2-day retreat in the beautiful Burch's Camp, in Kenya's Rift Valley Province between the 27th and 28th June 2007.

بمناسبة الاحتفال بمرور مائة عام على الكشفية العالمية قام فريق من الكشافين من موريشيوس بتنظيم مسيرة لمدة 100 ساعة رمزاً لمرور 100عاماً على تأسيس الحركة الكشفية خلال الفترة من 16-19 ابريل 2007 فيما بين المسافة من Alexandra Falls إلى Bel ombre إلى laPrairie.

South Africa – The Greening the Future initiative is impressed by South Africa Scouts Association(SASA)'s project on climate change. SASA's programme aims to encourage the youth to become « change agents for climate change education and action ».

In 2005 , a severe drought and a rare invasion of locusts wiped out much of Niger's food crop and led to the start of a famine. This led to a serious shortage of cereals (a deficit of 450 200 tons). The crisis impacted adversely on the socio-economic life of Niger: A big part of agricultural areas ended up with no supplies of cereals: Niger's staple meal. There was also an outbreak of malnutrition among infants and children.

The World Scout Bureau, Africa Regional Office launched the Africa Scout Media Awards (ASMEA) on Friday, 8th June 2007. Some of the winners of the awards included BBC Africa, Reuters, PanAfrican News Agency and national media houses.

Elzette Balgobin is the new Unit Manager, Indian Ocean of the Africa Scout Region. In her own words, she introduces herself: