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  • President Adama Barrow has secured a second five-year term. Credit: Paul Kagame.
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    Why the people picked Barrow again in Gambia’s best-run elections ever

    By Sait Matty Jaw
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    Having voted for dramatic change in removing Yahya Jammeh in the previous elections, this time the country opted for continuity. On 5 December, The ...
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    story story pod is a four-part audio series on forgotten Nigerian histories, transporting listeners through time using immersive storytelling and powerful soundscapes. Whilst shared ...
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    “Is this the end?” Nigerian crypto-traders confront latest state hurdle

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    Young traders are brainstorming ways to keep trading cryptocurrencies following the Central Bank’s freezing of bank accounts. On 9 November, Williams* woke up to ...
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    Gambia: The seat-warmer, the forever runner-up, and the return of Jammeh

    By Eromo Egbejule
    November 16, 2021
    Five years ago, Barrow historically defeated Jammeh at the ballot box. Now he’s allying with the former dictator’s party as he bids for a ...
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    We need a people-centred COP26. Instead, we have an elite marketplace

    By Aderonke Ige
    November 9, 2021
    COP26 is full of big boys in small rooms. It needs to be led by the people, not Northern elites with the financial interests ...
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  • A woman and child walk past barbed wire in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Credit: Eduardo Fonseca Arraes.
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    How Sierra Leone abolished the death penalty and what others could learn

    By Makmid Kamara & Sabrina Mahtani
    November 2, 2021
    How decades of tenacious advocacy, political will and a smart legal strategy finally ended capital punishment. On 23 July 2021, Sierra Leone made history ...
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    Guinea-Bissau: Where land rights are not secure for women

    By Yasmina Nuny Silva
    October 29, 2021
    Yet there is a direct link between the protection of women’s resources and food security.  At 9am in Granja de Pessubé, agricultural workers, most ...
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    Becoming Angel Maxine, Ghana’s first openly transgender musician

    By moshood
    October 28, 2021
    Even as Ghana clamps down on queer lives, Angel Maxine remains defiant.  In a short video shared on Instagram in October 2020, we see ...
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    “Acknowledgement and an apology”: Healing old wounds in Liberia

    By Catherine Mgendi
    October 22, 2021
    While Liberia contends with how to deliver justice for the greatest atrocities in the civil war, Palava Huts are bringing reconciliation at the local ...
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