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Comment
Vladimir Antwi-Danso

The menace of Boko Haram

Boko Haram’s deadly terrorism and deficient governance in Nigeria

Comment
Samwar S. Fallah

Election won, legitimacy dented

Johnson-Sirleaf’s less than splendid election triumph in Liberia

West Africa
Mohamed Gueye

The long road to emancipation

Why Africans do not worry about slow EPA progress too much

Public finance
Nfamara Jawneh

Serving the people by taxing them

Gambia’s revenue authority is making progress

Gender policies
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

The odds against women

Nigerian trade unions promote gender justice, though not with much bite

Public finance
Samwar S. Fallah

Re-starting from scratch

Re-starting Liberia’s tax system from scratch

Comment
Vladimir Antwi-Danso

Salt in an open sore

The world is turning away as Côte d’Ivoire slides into civil war

Fighting poverty
Kennedy Manyala

“A strong policy statement”

KenInvest supports small businesses to become engines of growth in Kenya

Comment
Vladimir Antwi-Danso

Reconstruct African governance

Gbagbo must not be allowed to prevail, but Cote d'Ivoire’s crisis is about more than only big-man politics

Journalism
Tilo Grätz

Grassroots challenges

Benin’s community radios are struggling with many problems, but they are important nonetheless

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?
Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

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Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries
Hard working female head porters in Ghana

Governance

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

The climate crisis is exacerbating hardship in conflict areas
The Biafra legacy
Extremist temptation
Preparing for Ebola
The difficulty of quantifying diversity in the US

Sustainability

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

The climate crisis is exacerbating hardship in conflict areas
The Biafra legacy
Extremist temptation
Preparing for Ebola
The difficulty of quantifying diversity in the US