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Sub-Saharan Africa
Dysfunctional policy

Under-performing ODA darling

Despite under-performing governance, Kenya is still a donor darling

Official development assistance

Why taxation matters

Conventional ODA has often proved counterproductive, but there are alternative approaches

Solar energy

Power from the sun

Zambia increasingly is relying on solar power and developing a related industry

Global trends

In urgent need of development

If Africa is not to fall behind further, the continent must develop fast

Fire hazards

Up in flames

Zambian poor are increasingly subject to fire hazards from charcoal and firewood they use for heating and cooking

Health

Unwanted pregnancies

Zimbabwe faces a spike in unwanted pregnancies due to a shortage of contraceptives

Land ownership

How the first redistribution attempt failed

The policy proposed by Namibia’s first National Land Reform Conference in the early 1990s never took off

Land restitution

Righting a wrong

To make amends for colonial-era crimes, Germany should fund Namibian land restitution

Journalism

Giving refugees a voice

An independent refugee-led online newspaper keeps residents of the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya informed

Idi Amin photo exhibition

Facets of a despot

A photo exhibition marks a first tentative attempt by Ugandans to come to terms with the past under Idi Amin

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