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Workers supervise the unloading of metro train cars in Bogota, after disembarking from China, in September 2025.

China in Latin America

An unexpected boost for democracy

Critics have warned that Chinese projects could chip away at democracy in Latin America. Our research suggests the opposite may be happening.

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by Marcela Ibáñez
by Alain Schläpfer

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Perceptions of China vary considerably around the world, ranging from positive attitudes to viewing it as an existential threat.

China

Growing presence, changing course

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by Jörg Döbereiner
Biclaire Shukrani trains young people in tailoring at the Kakuma refugee camp.

Refugees

How a tailor makes a difference where the aid system fails

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by Rey Bulambo
Union Street in the city of Vereeniging, south of Johannesburg.

South Africa

Africa’s largest economy is deindustrialising

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by Nathalie Bertrams
by Tristen Taylor

Drug trafficking

Fishermen pay the price for South Africa’s drug crackdown

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by Winile Ximba
The company Spiro has deployed over 80,000 electric motorcycles across several African countries. Other start-ups have been less successful.

Public infrastructure

Why impact start-ups tend to work best where they are needed least

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by Olumide Onitekun

Medicine shortage

Zambia’s health insurance dispute leaves patients stranded

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by Derrick Silimina
Nigeria is not the only country affected by sickle-cell disease: awareness campaign in Uganda in 2022.

Health

The high cost of sickle cell disease

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by Munyal Manunyi
An African journalist flies a kite at the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing.

Media

How China is expanding its media influence in Africa

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Soldiers wait for the funeral of Mali’s former defence minister, Sadio Camara, to begin. He died in an Islamist attack in Mali in April.

Conflict

Why military solutions keep failing in the Sahel

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by Olayinka Ajala
The Southeast Asian company Grab has grown from a start-up into a multinational technology company offering a “super-app” for ride-hailing, food delivery and digital payment services.

Technical infrastructure

How start-ups are plugging infrastructure gaps in the Global South

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by Wolfgang Krieger