Sub-Saharan Africa

Gemstones

Deep green and lucrative

Prison conditions

D+C correspondent locked up in Zimbabwean prison

Crop diversity

Seeds of prosperity

Mali

It is hard to see how ECOWAS can escape stalemate

Palm oil production

Poor working conditions

Violent conflict

Reasons why the AU is dithering while Ethiopia burns

Disempowerment

Where women work and men decide

Mineral extraction

In search of a fair deal

Mauritius

How Mauritian journalists report about women