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Sub-Saharan Africa

Antenatal care often comes with hidden costs

Women’s health

In Nigeria, pregnancy care comes with a hidden bill

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by Oluwatoyosi Asunmo
Whenever the NGUVU Homeboyz play, the whole town crowds around the pitch.

Community organisations

For poor communities in Kenya, football is more than just a game

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by Alba Nakuwa

Environmental protection

Why thousands of young activists are fighting for a Zimbabwean lake

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu
Gen Z protests in Madagascar last year.

Governance

How Africa is caught in the governance trap

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by Aimé Muligo Sindayigaya
Online platforms offer new paths to entrepreneurship.

Digitalisation

How young Zambians build careers on social media

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by Derrick Silimina
Street markets in Senegal are huge and virtually unregulated: the young voters who elected the new government work predominantly in the informal sector.

West Africa

Senegal: An anchor of stability in a turbulent region

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by Jannis Düngemann
Zambian women take part in the International Women’s Day celebration in Lusaka, the country’s capital, in March 2024.

Gender equality

Promoting women’s property rights in Zambia

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by Beaulah N. Chombo
Cooking with solar energy can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Just transition

How clean cooking transforms daily life for Kenyan families

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by Joseph Maina
Tries to balance his country’s economic interests against those of foreign mining companies: Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye, pictured here in Addis Ababa in February when Burundi officially assumed the chairmanship of the African Union.

Mining economy

Burundi’s struggle for mining justice

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by Mireille Kanyange
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