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Sub-Saharan Africa

The township of Soweto, Johannesburg, with low-income housing in the foreground and more affluent suburbs in the background.

Urban Development

Inclusive cities

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by Monika Hellstern

Education

Charcoal paying for education

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by Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki
Social-media users in Uganda.

Social media tax

Negative impacts

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by Edward Ronald Sekyewa

Health

Going blind

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by Maxwell Suuk
A doctor examining a child at a hospital on the outskirts of Cotonou.

Demographic change

Progress may not be sustained

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by Karim Okanla

Environment

Burundi bans plastic bags

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by Mireille Kanyange

Rural poverty

Inefficient agency

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by Humphrey Nkonde
Robots assemble VW components in Germany.

Automation

The exaggerated threat of robots

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by Nico Beckert
Top leaders at this year’s G7 summit in Quebec.

Global affairs

Do what you preach

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by Hans Dembowski
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