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Image by David Amen, inspired by the favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

Urban life

Cities have many faces

For this edition, we asked ourselves what makes a city liveable. Many of the problems faced by Nairobi – and the ways they are being tackled – are typical of big cities in the Global South. Let’s go and explore.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

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MSF doctors operate a six-year-old child to reconstruct a hole in his jaw and damage to his eye, caused by Noma, at the Children’s hospital in Sokoto State, northwest Nigeria.

Health and safety

“I am passionate about humanitarian work”

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by Philip Aruna
by Katja Dombrowski
Traditional maize storage in Kano State, Nigeria.

Disasters

Resilience makes sense

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by Glenn Brigaldino
Solar-powered village TV in Niger.

Rural development

Harnessing off-grid power

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by Drake Jamali
Geothermal power station in Kenya.

Sustainability

Energy shift

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by Drake Jamali
Burundian garment manufacturers increasingly see the merits of vocational training.

Investment climate

Budding businesses

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by Drake Jamali
Hailemariam Dessalegn (r.), Ethiopia’s previous prime minister, hands over duty symbolically to Abiy Ahmed Ali, the new leader.

Horn of Africa

Huge challenge

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by Ludger Schadomsky
Tourist revenue stamp on the museum ticket.

Letter to the editor

The quirks of misguided decentralisation in Benin

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by Frank Bliss

Debt Cooperation

Argentina, financial turmoil and the AIIB

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by Hans Dembowski

Agriculture

Local seeds resist climate change better

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
In Cairo, Egypt, garbage collectors make a living by collecting and sorting trash.

Poverty

Poor conceptions

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by Monika Hellstern