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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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Food security

Small grains and new methods bring resilience to Zimbabwean farmers

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by Farai Shawn Matiashe
Demonstrations against Elon Musk and his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), which USAID has fallen victim to.

Development politics

Global voices on ending USAID, part 2

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by D+C / E+Z
In February, people demonstrated in front of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington against the government to support employees who had to vacate their offices.

Development politics

Global voices on ending USAID, part 1

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by D+C / E+Z

Traffic

Road safety remains a major concern in Uganda

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by Mathias Galabuzi

Energy supply

Zambia supports $ 50 billion funding pledge to expand energy access in Africa

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by Derrick Silimina
Textile workers protest in Dhaka, demanding payment of their wages before the Eid holidays.

Sustainable supply chains

“The law would be gutted before it even came into force”

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by Armin Paasch
by Leon Kirschgens

Textile waste

How Nigerian designers are embracing sustainability

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by Oluwatoyosi Asunmo
Donald Trump and Elon Musk in front of the White House in March – a textbook example of the merging of power and wealth.

Poverty reduction

Time to set a limit on extreme wealth

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by Olivier De Schutter
As international inflation made wheat more expensive, many West Africans once more opted for cassava, which some consider to be a poor person’s food.

Agricultural research

Research needed on traditional African foods

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by Hans Dembowski
In Africa, supply chains are less well monitored than in Europe: Yam wholesale market in Accra, the Ghanaian capital.

African food systems

Lack of research thwarts African food security

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by Hans Dembowski