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Sub-Saharan Africa

An anti-corruption demonstration in Abuja in 2016. Ten years on, the situation has not improved significantly.

Corruption

Protecting the people who know where the money went

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by Obongodu Paul Unanam
Tuareg on their camels in Niger.

Indigenous Peoples

Learning climate resilience from the Tuareg

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by Rachid Bouajila
The body of a Kenyan domestic worker who died under unclear circumstances in Saudi Arabia is carried out of a hearse in Kenya in 2023.

Migration

For many Kenyans, seeking work abroad still comes at a high price

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by Joseph Maina

Economy

How Malawi’s forex crisis disrupts everyday life

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by Benson Kunchezera
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
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