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Sub-Saharan Africa
Female Genital Mutilation

Lifelong harm

Female Genital Mutilation is a curse on young Tanzanian girls

Land grabbing

Mafia-like networks

Land grabbing will not stop as long as officials are users and investors themselves

Land grabbing

Commercialisation is destroying community rules

Land conflicts are escalating in Chad, with farmers suffering most

Letter to the editor

Marshall Plan with Africa must succeed

African SMEs need better financial services and more competent vocational training, and Germany can help

Land policy

How to ease tensions in Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone, too many farmers have lost their fields as a consequence of large-scale international investments

Do not over-emphasise the role of ISIS in Mindanao

Fighting in Marawi has been going on for three weeks

Gender

Empowering women for economic growth

Women in Togo fight for equal economic opportunities

G20

Education for catching up

Better education and more investments must pave the way to African development

Colonial legacy

No land in sight

Despite independence since 1990, land ownership remains unfairly distributed in Namibia

Rural development

Tangible goals

Berlin Charter provides G20 with advice concerning rural development

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