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Iranian journalist Hannah Kaviani participated in the Global Media Forum 2026 in Bonn.

Media

Independent journalism in the age of Big Tech and AI

Users worldwide are increasingly getting most of their news via platforms operated by a small number of major tech companies. How can journalism become less dependent on Big Tech infrastructure?

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by Lucia Deon

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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

Gender equality

Speaking out about violence against women in Cameroon

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by Glein Neneng
The Chinese-built Entebbe Expressway in Uganda.

Africa

China is a main character, but Africa needs to write the script

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi