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Governance
Migration

Education as a central driver

Researchers analyse the reasons why people emigrate or flee

Mental health

Removing the chains

A documentary film shows that respect for the mentally ill leads to de-demonisation

Marginalisation

No place for the Twa

Burundi’s smallest ethnic group fights for a voice

Poverty

Urban food insecurity

Urban hunger is an under-rated problem, for example in Nairobi

Municipal governance

Farming in the metropolis

Low-income Nairobians mitigate hunger and malnutrition by growing their own food

Blog

Narendra Modi is a Hindu supremacist, not a reformer

The Economist is still downplaying how dangerous India’s prime minister is

Obituary

Our correspondent was found dead

We mourn the death of our Zambian colleague Humphrey Nkonde

Socialisation

Absent fathers

Why South African society tends to not prepare boys adequately for the future

Blog

Why it is so difficult to leave the EU

Deconstructing myths about the European Union

Diaspora

“We are the host society”

Diasporans want to be appreciated by politicians because they are hugely important for the development of their countries of origin

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