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Why rich oil reserves are a mixed blessing for UgandansA controversial oil pipeline project in Uganda and Tanzania has displaced tens of thousands, generating an outcry from residents and activists.
Washington adopts a Zimbabwe innovation: Grannies offering park-bench therapyIn Zimbabwe, therapy-trained grandmothers, sitting on public benches, offer personal comfort to those in need. The idea has spread to Washington.
USAID cuts threaten America’s most successful global health campaignUncertainty over U.S. foreign aid’s future, as Trump ally Elon Musk dismantles USAID, has thrown the global campaign to contain AIDS into disarray.
Botswana’s new president is a human rights lawyer on a missionIn October, voters in Botswana ousted their ruling party of 58 years. The new president, Duma Boko, carries the weight of their calls for change.
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Madagascar fights to save the forests that made it famousDespite pledges to halt deforestation and youth-led efforts to reverse it, Madagascar is losing its trees faster than almost anywhere else on Earth.
Young Mozambicans lose patience with entrenched ruling partyFifty years after ousting Portugal’s colonial government in Mozambique, Frelimo is still in power. But young people’s desire for change was evident in protests against the inauguration of the country's new president.
War shut down Sudan’s universities. But its students refused to give up.Sudan’s civil war has dealt a catastrophic blow to the country’s universities, forcing many students to continue their education abroad.
In pursuit of a modern capital, Ethiopian leader razes historyEthiopia’s government is razing entire neighborhoods in Addis Ababa in the name of urban transformation, provoking dismay among many residents.
In Kenya, community health volunteers fight for pay and statusCommunity health workers are hailed as a cost-effective way to plug gaps in health care systems. Now they are fighting for their own rights.
Why Zimbabweans keep watching their money go up in smokeThe Oct. 8 fire at a market in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, highlights the fragility of life for those toiling on the margins of a collapsing economy.
First LookWest Africa regional bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup-hit nationsThe move by ECOWAS comes after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of the grouping.
How a revered starchy side dish helped choose Ghana’s next presidentWant to understand why Ghanaians just elected the opposition candidate, John Mahama, as president? Look no further than their favorite food, kenkey.
First LookHow farming is transforming lives for South Africa’s deaf populationIn South Africa, where unemployment exceeds 32%, deaf individuals face greater challenges. A deaf entrepreneur left her job to launch a program training the deaf in agriculture, offering skills development and sustainable livelihoods.
Loggers were stealing the forest. These women started stealing their chain saws.As the world’s leaders discuss the planet’s future at COP29, in Nigeria, a group of local women is defending its own forests, vigilante-style.
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