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Sub-Saharan Africa
Chronic disease

Costly diabetes drugs

Diabetes affects poor and rich people alike, but the poor suffer more where public health care is not up to task

Public health

Paying a price

Even expensive vaccines prove quite cost-effective

Vaccines

A shot in the arm

Vaccination can be a powerful tool in the fight against poverty in sub-Saharan Africa

Ebola

Five years later

After Ebola, Sierra Leone is probably not properly prepared for another major health crisis

Election fraud

Newfound faith in legal system

Malawi must repeat presidential elections because of cheating last May

Business incubation

Building digital nations

Tech hubs are proliferating all over the world, but face particular challenges in Africa

Staff and infrastructure

Emergency care in rural Tanzania

Emergency care in rural Africa can be delivered even with limited resources

Marginalisation

Stranded in the slums

Zimbabwe’s urban population is growing fast, and many of the new arrivals end up in slums with disastrous living conditions

Trade and migration

Fighting the causes of flight

SWP report examines the links between trade policy and migration

ECOWAS

Mere first steps

Not everyone is happy about West Africa’s CFA Franc being set to become the Eco

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