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  • A Chipatala Cha Pa Foni hotline worker giving health care advice in Malawi. Credit: Abdullah Sayidi.
    MalawiSociety

    “I did it all on a phone”: The hotline changing health outcomes in Malawi

    By Rabson Kondowe
    November 24, 2022
    Health care in Malawi faces many challenges. A free national hotline is helping address one of them. It is mid-morning in Area 23, a ...
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  • Two young fishermen repair their nets sitting on their dug out canoe. Tanga, Tanzania.
    EconomySocietyTanzaniaTop story

    “Kids tell us it’s pointless”: Tanga’s hidden histories of land and sea

    By Thembi Mutch
    November 23, 2022
    Through years of conversation, rarely heard stories of hope, regret and resilience – which destabilise typical development tropes – emerged. Speak to the people ...
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  • The social justice movement in Kenya includes about 70 centres across the country, including in Mathare, Nairobi. Credit: Ninara.
    KenyaPoliticsTop story

    “A struggle in a struggle”: Patriarchy in Kenya’s social justice movement

    By Lena Anyuolo
    November 9, 2022
    Sexism is depleting activist movements, silencing women’s voices, and leading to burnout. Yet it is hardly spoken about. When Irene Asuwa first found out ...
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  • The peace deal brings hope that two years of devastating war in Ethiopia could be coming to an end. Credit: Rod Waddington.
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Who can trust the Ethiopia peace deal?

    By Mohamed Kheir Omer
    November 8, 2022
    While many have celebrated the ceasefire agreement, some prominent Tigrayan groups see it as a surrender.  After two years of devastating war, Ethiopia’s federal ...
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  • Those who migrate (or Japa) in Nigeria often keep plans secret until they are complete.
    NigeriaSocietyTop story

    Why are Nigerians keeping migration plans secret from their friends?

    By Kingsley Charles
    November 8, 2022
    Many relationships have suffered as people planning to leave Nigeria only inform their nearest and dearest once they’ve already gone.  On the morning of ...
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  • Zimbabwe education in turmoil
    GPJSocietyZimbabwe

    Zimbabwe’s education was once the envy of Africa. Not anymore

    By Evidence Chenjerai
    November 2, 2022
    Educators during the country’s post-independence golden age wanted for nothing. Today’s teachers say they barely scrape by. It wasn’t just his well-fitted suit, the ...
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  • A member of MONUSCO, one of the forces in the eastern DRC where the M23 is operating, clears Unexploded Ordnance (UXO). Credit: UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti.
    Congo-KinshasaEditor's PicksPoliticsRwanda

    The return of M23: Is there a way out for the DRC?

    By Stephanie Wolters
    November 1, 2022
    Several international forces are deployed in the eastern Congo, where the Rwanda-backed rebel group continues to seize towns and territory. Last week, Angola’s President ...
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  • East African Photography Awards
    CultureEastSocietyTop story

    Of sunken states and ballet nights: Prize-winning photos from E Africa

    By Uganda Press Photo
    October 27, 2022
    The East African Photography Awards – as well as the Uganda Press Photo and Young Photographer Awards – return in 2022 with stunning and ...
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  • Tunisia fake news decree threatens free speech
    Editor's PicksPoliticsTunisia

    Tunisia’s decree won’t stop fake news. It will stop free speech

    By Ines El Jaibi
    October 27, 2022
    President Saied is now threatening another of Tunisia’s hardest won freedoms. Following Tunisia’s revolution in 2011, which heralded uprisings across the Arab world, the ...
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  • ANC and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa holding a farewell cocktail function for former president Jacob Zuma in 2018. Credit: GCIS.
    PoliticsSouth Africa

    The ANC’s power games have led it to a make or break moment

    By Jan Hofmeyr
    October 26, 2022
    As factional fighting dominates South Africa’s ruling party, it is the public that pays the cost. Ever since South Africa’s democratic transition in 1994, ...
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    Why are there no Black riders in the Tour de France?

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