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Sub-Saharan Africa

Small-scale miners at a riverbed on the outskirts of Harare.

Mining

How Zimbabwe’s gold rush is poisoning water

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by Tsitsi Bhobo

Mental health

Hope and healing for Malawi’s forgotten female sex workers

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by Benson Kunchezera
A “strong man” can also have a loving relationship with his children.

Gender roles

Why incomes rise when men carry the baby too

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by Godfrey Mukalazi
by Monika Hoegen
Jean David Nkot

Artist of the month

Jean David Nkot showcases African workers

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by D+C / E+Z
The youth-led protests in Madagascar in October forced President Andry Rajoelina to flee the country.

Democracy

What the world needs to learn from African movements

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by Aya Chebbi

Poverty

Nigeria’s forgotten Almajiri children

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by Sarafadeen Olalekan Oyeleke
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan inspects the guard of honour during her inauguration ceremony at the beginning of November.

Elections

Tanzania is a captured state

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by Lawrence Kilimwiko

Human-wildlife conflicts

Coexistence, not conflict

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by Lameck Masina
An HIV-positive sex worker in Johannesburg holds antiretroviral drugs provided to her by the government. However, many sex workers now have to rely on the black market to obtain these drugs.

Health

“What other option do we have?”

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by Ray Mwareya
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