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The life-threatening tropical disease malaria is transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito.

Good News

Success in the fight against malaria

The good news this month is about the successful fight against malaria in various countries.

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Textile Partnership Members' Meeting in 2016 with the then Federal Development Minister Gerd Müller (second from right).

Supply chains

Multi-stakeholder initiative held back by industry lobbies

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by Gisela Burckhardt
Bags bearing the Green Button label.

Human rights

Sustainability certifications: stricter criteria needed

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by Gisela Burckhardt
Cotton picker in a field in Sindh.

Labour rights

Dangerous cotton harvest

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by Imran Mukhtar
The shores of Lake Tanganyika are increasingly unsafe.

Global heating

Lake Tanganyika: levees needed

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by Mireille Kanyange
Roseau, the capital of Dominica, after Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Tropical storms

CARICOM plans to boost disaster resilience

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by Marjorie Pons Piñeyro
Across Africa, river blindness makes affected persons dependent on other people’s support: visually impaired man in Cote d’Ivoire.

Blind in Benin

In Benin, the blind struggle to fend for themselves

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by Karim Okanla
Helicopter on a luxury boat during the Monaco Yacht Show in 2018.

Relevant reading

American journalist sheds light on plutocrats’ anxieties

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by Hans Dembowski

Business

Technology start-ups on the rise

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by Kilasa Mtambalike

Lobbying

Nairobi-based business lobby issues pre-election manifesto

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Inaugural freight train on Nairobi-Naivasha line in 2019: Kenyan transport links are excellent by African standards.

East Africa

The key to Kenya’s industrial growth

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu