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Sub-Saharan Africa
Development finance

Massive Chinese lending

Kenyans worry about Chinese loans needed for prestigious railway project

Livestock

Guinea pigs for Africa

African smallholders learn about cavy farming from South American producers

Women’s work

Women take on menial jobs

Zimbabwean women are taking on difficult menial jobs once held only by men

Flagship report

12 to 15 million jobs

AfDB proposals for generating more productive employment in Africa

Land rights

Taking possession

A spate of land-grabbing and lack of clarity on land tenure rules are exacerbating conflict in South Sudan

KfW

Desks, tables, windows – and dry floors

Renovated and well equipped school creates a good learning environment

Foreign trade

Mozambique’s trade with ­Germany

Mozambique primarily exports commodities to Germany

Trade

Moving away from simple commodity exports

An Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU offers Mozambique opportunities, but the country must grasp them

EU Council presidency

Investing in the future

Gerd Müller, Germany's federal minister for economic cooperation and development, wants the EU to adopt a new Africa policy

Marginalisation

Living on the land – but not owning it

Zimbabwe’s women face resistance to exercising their rights to own land

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