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Malawi after storm Idai: Due to flooding, schools in the south of the country were converted into shelters for storm victims. It is unclear whether the election will be affected.

Development of democracy

Malawi heads for elections

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by Rolf Drescher
South Sudanese boy in Palorinya refugee settlement, Uganda.

Refugees

Uganda’s open doors

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by Ochan Hannington
Shan refugee from Myanmar living in Koung Jor Refugee Camp, Thailand.

ASEAN

“Refugees can make contributions to host communities”

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by Sussi Prapakranant
by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
Coffee is one of Ethiopia’s principal exports: local farmers at work.

Ethiopia

From agrarian country to industrial hub

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by Alisa Kaps
Balukhali Refugee Camp in south-eastern Bangladesh in February 2019.

Makeshift shelters

Lives saved temporarily

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by Ridwanul Hoque
by Ashraful Azad
Garment worker in a DEG-supported production facility in Nigeria.

Development finance institution

Bigger markets, more opportunities

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by Christiane Laibach
by Hans Dembowski
Truck and freight train at Nairobi’s Inland Container Terminal

Regional integration

Going against the tide

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by Mwanda Phiri
by Kacana Sipangule
Workers from the South African poultry sector protest outside the EU headquarters in Pretoria in 2017. The protest followed plans by chicken producers to cut jobs, citing the impact of low-cost chicken imported from Europe.

Trade

EU-Africa relations

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by Monika Hellstern
Not much is new, apart from the name: Enrique Peña Nieto, Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau celebrate the signing of the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement in November 2018.

Global governance

“Light at the end of the tunnel”

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by Iwan J. Azis
by Hans Dembowski
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