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Nigeria is not the only country affected by sickle-cell disease: awareness campaign in Uganda in 2022.

Health

The high cost of sickle cell disease

Nigeria is the country most affected by sickle-cell anaemia in the world. Unreliable tests and a lack of awareness surrounding the disease continue to put lives at risk.

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by Munyal Manunyi

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An African journalist flies a kite at the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing.

Media

How China is expanding its media influence in Africa

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Soldiers wait for the funeral of Mali’s former defence minister, Sadio Camara, to begin. He died in an Islamist attack in Mali in April.

Conflict

Why military solutions keep failing in the Sahel

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by Olayinka Ajala
The Southeast Asian company Grab has grown from a start-up into a multinational technology company offering a “super-app” for ride-hailing, food delivery and digital payment services.

Technical infrastructure

How start-ups are plugging infrastructure gaps in the Global South

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by Wolfgang Krieger

Gender equality

Speaking out about violence against women in Cameroon

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by Glein Neneng
The Chinese-built Entebbe Expressway in Uganda.

Africa

China is a main character, but Africa needs to write the script

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Protest against funding cuts in German development aid in front of the Federal Chancellery in July 2026.

Development policy and the German public

Support for development aid growing again in Germany

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by Helge Zille
A patient in isolation at a treatment centre in the province of Ituri, in eastern DRC.

Health

Ebola is not the only emergency

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by Jasmin Behrends
by Stephanie Johanssen
Drone deliveries can strengthen healthcare systems.

Healthcare

In Malawi, funding cuts hold back medical help from above

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
View of the Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China.

Development regime

China’s rise from a very poor to a higher-middle income country

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by Stefan Dercon
by Hans Dembowski
Fanuel Leul is a digital artist

Artist of the month

Fanuel Leul is an Ethiopian digital artist

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by D+C / E+Z