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Public discourse

Giving voice to the voiceless

Corporate interests distort public discourse, including on social-media platforms

Coronavirus

Global responsibility

Coronavirus: health systems must serve all people, regardless of their income

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Hoping to return home

Niger can hardly cope with masses of refugees from Mali

Comment

Mali is waiting

The plight of northern Mali under Islamist rule, Peter Hille

Self-employment

Nobody becomes somebody

Nowadays: Peter Musa on motorised taxi services in Cameroon

Infrastructure

Boosting health

Civil society is paving the way towards better sanitation in Ghana

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Parents’ wishes

In Francophone Africa, state schools often serve neither social needs nor cultural values

Comment

More serious worries

ECOWAS has not come to grips with Mali's crisis – nor has the international community

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Blood diamonds

Blood diamonds fuelled Sierra Leone's civil war

Press clippings

Upheaval in Mali

Op-ed views concerning Mali’s crisis

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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.