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Sub-Saharan Africa

For farming communities in Uganda, failed seasons can quickly become debt crises.

Climate change

When failed harvests turn into debt in Uganda

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by Cinderella Ayebare
A fighter of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) stands in front of the Regional Academy of Education building in Kidal, northern Mali, in May. The building was severely damaged during fighting prior to the FLA’s capture of the city.

Conflicts and climate change

“The Sahel states have to make peace with their own peripheries”

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by Kamal Donko
by Marius Moniak

Development assistance

Malawi’s health sector has seen good progress – now it’s falling apart

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
An anti-corruption demonstration in Abuja in 2016. Ten years on, the situation has not improved significantly.

Corruption

Protecting the people who know where the money went

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by Obongodu Paul Unanam
Tuareg on their camels in Niger.

Indigenous Peoples

Learning climate resilience from the Tuareg

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by Rachid Bouajila
The body of a Kenyan domestic worker who died under unclear circumstances in Saudi Arabia is carried out of a hearse in Kenya in 2023.

Migration

For many Kenyans, seeking work abroad still comes at a high price

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by Joseph Maina

Economy

How Malawi’s forex crisis disrupts everyday life

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by Benson Kunchezera
Biclaire Shukrani trains young people in tailoring at the Kakuma refugee camp.

Refugees

How a tailor makes a difference where the aid system fails

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by Rey Bulambo
Union Street in the city of Vereeniging, south of Johannesburg.

South Africa

Africa’s largest economy is deindustrialising

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by Nathalie Bertrams
by Tristen Taylor
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