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Ghana

Preventing teenage pregnancies

A high rate of pregnancies involving teenaged girls is causing alarm in Ghana

Gemstones

Deep green and lucrative

With help from a tax break, Zambia’s emerald producers hope to shine again

Crop diversity

Seeds of prosperity

A seed bank in eastern Zimbabwe ensures a recovery after natural disaster

Covid-19

The exhaustion factor

Burnout is taking a toll on Brazilian workers, especially those in health care

Palm oil production

Poor working conditions

Palm kernel production workers, mainly women, toil under harsh conditions

Mineral extraction

In search of a fair deal

Burundi wants a bigger share of the income from the nation’s mining operations

Education

Learning the Chinese way

Chinese-run education programmes strengthen economic cooperation with Zambia

Corruption

Looting the state coffers

Benin faces continued official corruption despite the efforts of a special court

Chilli farming

A hot spice for a hot market

Zimbabwean farmers take aim at profitable global markets for hot chillies

Ethnic strife

An elusive truth

Burundi’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission faces accusations of ethnic bias

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