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The small and landlocked country of Rwanda lobbies for faster regional integration in Eastern Africa. Downtown Kigali.

Regional integration

Far from united

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by Katja Dombrowski
The TransMilenio in Bogotá carries around 2 million passengers a day.

Bus Rapid Transit

TransMilenio – a model for success

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by Nicholas Hollmann
The state government is taking serious initiatives to reduce traffic congestion.

Urban traffic

Making traffic flow again

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by Olamide Udoma-Ejorh
Members of the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana inform the public about sexual rights, contraception and motherhood.

Civil society

Educating on sexual health issues for 49 years

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by Luther Dennis Nii Antieyie Addy
The majority of young people in Kenya rely for employment on the informal sector: a market in Nairobi, Kenya.

Youth unemployment

A ticking time bomb

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by Helmut Danner
Gang members on trial in Guatemala City.

Crime

Gangs as political excuse

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by Sonja Peteranderl
Ethiopia is on the way to becoming self-sufficient in agriculture.

Political environment

Stability promotes economic development

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by Christoph Kannengießer
Coastal fishermen: Mozambique is still quite poor.

Foreign trade

Mozambique’s foreign trade weakness

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by Friedrich Kaufmann
by Winfried Borowczak
Supporters of Benazir Bhutto after she was murdered shortly before the 2008 general elections.

Governance

Difficult setting

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by Afshan Subohi
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