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Sub-Saharan Africa
Restitution

The return of the Benin objects

Hamburg Museum will return first Benin bronzes to Nigeria this year

Coherent policymaking

Weak governance systems do not consider long-term trends

In least-developed countries, community resilience depends on eco-system resilience

Covid-19

African Covid-19 containment strategies have failed

Africa has low crorononavirus mortality rates, but frightfully low vaccination rates too

Gemstones

Deep green and lucrative

With help from a tax break, Zambia’s emerald producers hope to shine again

Prison conditions

D+C correspondent locked up in Zimbabwean prison

Jeffrey Moyo endured three weeks in Zimbabwean jails under horrifying conditions

Crop diversity

Seeds of prosperity

A seed bank in eastern Zimbabwe ensures a recovery after natural disaster

Mali

It is hard to see how ECOWAS can escape stalemate

Because Mali’s military regime has postponed elections, ECOWAS has imposed sanctions.

Palm oil production

Poor working conditions

Palm kernel production workers, mainly women, toil under harsh conditions

Violent conflict

Reasons why the AU is dithering while Ethiopia burns

Only Ethiopians can solve Ethiopia’s problems

Disempowerment

Where women work and men decide

According to a Burundian saying, he who lacks a good woman lacks wealth

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