Sub-Saharan Africa

Ethnic strife

An elusive truth

Informal sector

Abidjan’s acute housing shortage

The Sahel

Moving from crisis to dynamism on Sahara’s southern edges

Homes

Informal real-estate business in West Africa

Seaports

Building a better gateway

Backyard distilleries

Covid-19 crisis boosts thriving trade in moonshine

Borno state

Nigeria’s government wants to close IDP camps

Internal displacement

Internal displacement is a huge issue in Nigeria’s northeast

Social services

Vulnerable and voiceless