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Postcolonial splendour in Senegal’s capital Dakar.

Colonial history

The dark side of European enlightenment

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by Hans Dembowski
Tradition and modernity: control room of an oil refinery in Zahran, Saudi Arabia.

New book

A difficult ally

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Syrian refugee woman in the UNHCR refugee camp in Diavata, Greece.

Syrian refugees

Women at risk

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by Dagmar Wolf
Like many in his age group, Hussain dropped out of school.

Refugees

Palestinians in Lebanon

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by Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar
Isra and Kholoud are two young Palestinian women who take part in a course run by Youth for Development.

Education

Hope and employment

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by Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar
Only a small share of Africa’s youth is attracted to religious extremism. But their violent militias seem to be gaining ground: al-Shabab militant in Somalia in 2009.

Africa

Disasters waiting to happen

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by Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Young revolutionaries in 2011.

Gender

Women want careers

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by Basma El-Mahdy
Anti-Mubarak rally on Cairo’s Tahrir Square in February 2011.

Egypt

Still aspiring to ­change the world

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by Basma El-Mahdy
Worried about its own industries, Nigeria does not want to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU: merchants in Lagos.

Economic Partnership Agreements

In the balance

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by Helmut Asche
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