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Sub-Saharan Africa

Investments in companies that supply underserved populations with essential goods such as food are a form of impact investing.

Impact investing

How to convince rich people to use their money for good

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by Nico Blaauw

Mental health

Breaking the silence on rising suicides in Malawi

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
The prickly pear cactus can serve as a source of food and water for livestock.

Agriculture

Cactuses as a lifeline for livestock farmers

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by Nyasha J. Kavhiza
Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa, and Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian prime minister.

Governance

Lessons on democracy from South Africa and Ethiopia

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by Hafte Gebreselassie Gebrihet

Citizenship

When nationality becomes a lifetime wait

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by Joseph Maina

Water pollution

The lake that once gave life now poisons a city

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by Derick Matsengarwodzi
Boniface Mwangi is a civil engineer and recently arrived in Germany.

Migration to Germany

“The opportunities I found here outweigh many of the challenges”

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by Boniface Mwangi
A 2018 election poster from Cameroon. This year, 92-year-old President Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, is running for office for the eighth time.

Governance

How fossilised, power-hungry men keep Africa in a stranglehold

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by Baba G. Jallow
A view of Chukudum, where the twins were born.

New beginnings

Two sisters, two paths

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
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