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A 2018 election poster from Cameroon. This year, 92-year-old President Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, is running for office for the eighth time.

Governance

How fossilised, power-hungry men keep Africa in a stranglehold

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by Baba G. Jallow
Students being taught inside a half-collapsed building at Shuhada-Alwahdah School in Ibb province, Yemen.

Education

Overcrowded classrooms, outdoor lessons or no school at all

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by Abdulrahman Al-Humaidi
A view of Chukudum, where the twins were born.

New beginnings

Two sisters, two paths

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Mohamad Melli came to Germany in 2015 to escape the civil war in Syria.

Migration to Germany

“I met Germans who didn’t see me just as a refugee”

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by Mohamad Melli
Burkina Faso’s prime minister, Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo, lashed out at the UN in his speech to the General Assembly.

Multilateralism

A bold stance

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by Miriam Ogutu
The Baghdasaryan family was forced to flee their home in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023. They now live in Yeghegnadsor, in southern Armenia.

Displaced by conflict

“I wanted to die in Nagorno-Karabakh”

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by André Uzulis
Htoo Myat Khin worked as a tour guide in Myanmar.

Migration to Germany

A nurse in Germany: “Support in the host country is important”

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by Htoo Myat Khin
Further investment in education and health is needed to fully realise the potential of young people in Africa.

Growth

What can help sub-Saharan Africa grow in an inclusive way?

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by Aimé Muligo Sindayigaya
Instead of going to school, young women are forced by the Taliban to stay at home.

Afghanistan

Where women are absent

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by Hila Limar
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