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Sub-Saharan Africa
Summer special

"You need to find your feet in a new community"

Lebogang Mokoena, a 25-year-old journalist from South Africa, has been volunteering in Berlin in a nursery school based on Waldorf/Steiner education

Press freedom

Worsening censorship

In South Sudan, media houses are under great pressure

Human and animal health

The animals die first

Water and sanitation are crucial for human and animal health

Infrastructure

Plenty of rain, but no water

Despite heavy rains, there is not enough water for Zimbabwe’s citizens

Africa

No development without tax revenue

A new partnership with Africa to improve domestic resource mobilisation

IDPs

Growing fears in Kinamba

Nine years after the post-election violence, Kenyan IDPs are still living in provisional settings

Wildlife

Stray lions

Stray lions devour livestock in Zimbabwe, but farmers are not allowed to kill them

Ethnic tensions

Roots of violence

In Kenya, ethnic tensions are intertwined with long-standing disputes over land

Non-violent action

Their grandparents’ legacy

Three examples of how peace activists use non-violent means to settle land conflicts in Guinea Bissau

Civil peace service

Theatre sheds light on conflicts

Guinea-Bissau must finally apply its land law in order to resolve conflicts

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