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  • Tunisia's President Kais Saied meeting with then US Defense Secretary Mark Esper at Carthage Palace, Tunisia, in September 2020. Credit: DoD/Lisa Ferdinando.
    PoliticsTop storyTunisia

    Is Tunisia’s democracy slipping away?

    By Raed Ben Maaouia
    June 16, 2022
    President Saied has been running the country unilaterally for almost a year. The July referendum will further strengthen his rule without resistance. Those sincerely ...
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  • Fishing on Lake Victoria. Credit: Michell Zappa.
    Climate crisisEast

    Why Lake Victoria’s “saviour fish” is now the one that needs saving

    By Mark Weston
    June 9, 2022
    Despite local measures to combat pollution and overfishing, stocks of the once bountiful Nile perch have fallen by at least three-quarters. On the main ...
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  • Voters cast their ballots in Nigeria's 2019 elections. Credit: Commonwealth Secretariat.
    NigeriaPoliticsTop story

    Nigeria elections 2023: And so the countdown begins

    By Idayat Hassan
    June 9, 2022
    Two familiar candidates will compete for the presidency amid some familiar problems but under a new electoral framework. Now that Nigeria knows the dates ...
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  • EconomyMalawi

    How a communion wine shortage gave birth to an international brand

    By Charles Pensulo
    June 8, 2022
    Linga wine is a small family business in Malawi that punches well above its weight.  On a Friday afternoon, an elderly Margaret Ngwira emerges ...
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    One day I will learn to speak my mother tongue

    By Nyawira Githae
    June 8, 2022
    I know some people think local languages are second class and that speaking English indicates a superior IQ, but I’m not one of them. ...
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  • Pedestrians walking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Credit: Natasha Elkington/CIFOR.
    EthiopiaPoliticsTop story

    Ethiopia’s complicated barriers to peace

    By Bizuneh Yimenu
    June 7, 2022
    Who are the main warring parties and what do they want? At the start of this year, promising signs began to emerge that the ...
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  • Fred Zziwa, a food vendor, adds tomatoes on top of fried eggs to make a rolex in Kabulengwa , Wakiso district, Uganda in April 2022. Zziwa says in the last three months prices of wheat flour and cooking oil have gone up he has to reduce the size of chapati to keep the same price for customers. Credit: Nakisanze Segawa/Global Press Journal.
    EconomyGPJUganda

    “Too little for too much”: The story of Uganda’s shrinking Rolex

    By Nakisanze Segawa
    June 6, 2022
    Higher food prices due to the war in Ukraine have prompted vendors to offer smaller portions, leaving customers with half-empty stomachs. Godfrey Kizito takes ...
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  • CultureNigeria

    How to become an overnight Afrobeats star? Tiktok

    By Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi
    June 1, 2022
    The viral-making app has provided some unknown artists a route straight to global stardom. In March, a Nigerian music miracle happened. Finesse by producer ...
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  • President Adama Barrow greeting supporters in The Gambia. Credit: Joseph Hooker.
    PoliticsThe Gambia

    Gambian voters show unpredictability again to deliver first hung parliament

    By Sait Matty Jaw
    May 31, 2022
    A finely balanced National Assembly can be seen as a sign of both political polarisation and democratic progress. On 9 April, Gambians delivered a ...
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  • BotswanaEditor's PicksSociety

    “Fully embraced”? Bostwana’s queer struggles since decriminalisation

    By Ngozi Chukura
    May 31, 2022
    The landmark 2019 ruling has been upheld, but Botswana’s LGBTQ community still face numerous challenges.  In November 2021, Botswana’s Court of Appeal upheld a ...
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