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Quality media must strive for the truth – and that requires independence and professional standards

The Autonomous Port of Cotonou, Benin’s economic engine, is facing a major new challenge from neighbouring Nigeria, one of its biggest customers

Why Kenya’s ambitious cross-country railway is controversial

Kenyans worry about Chinese loans needed for prestigious railway project

African smallholders learn about cavy farming from South American producers

EU needs to press Central Asia harder on human rights

After dramatic social-spending cuts, it does not make much sense to speak of a European social model anymore

The EU is currently not a convincing model of supranational policymaking, but it can – and should – become one

An Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU offers Mozambique opportunities, but the country must grasp them