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  • Magufuli covid-19 Tanzania
    Covid-19Editor's PicksTanzania

    Tanzania: How long can its COVID-19 strategy hold?

    By Evarist Chahali
    May 18, 2020
    With neighbours tightening their borders and internal criticism growing, President Magufuli’s government finds itself increasingly isolated. Read all our COVID-19 coverage  Before the coronavirus ...
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  • Congo-KinshasaCovid-19Editor's PicksSociety

    Photo essay: In Congo, from epidemic to pandemic

    By Finbarr O' Reilly, Arlette Bashizi, Justin Makangara & Moses Sawasawa
    May 14, 2020
    Read all our COVID-19 coverage  The Democratic Republic of Congo was getting ready to declare itself Ebola-free when COVID-19 hit. Since 2018 , Ebola ...
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  • A screenshot of a 3D reconstruction, part of the Saving Railways project.
    CultureEditor's PicksKenyaUganda

    Stay home and go to the museum

    By Anna Adima
    May 8, 2020
    In Kenya and Uganda, innovators are showing how history can be preserved and shared in new formats for today’s audience.  In Uganda and Kenya, ...
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  • africa covid-19 options
    Covid-19Editor's PicksSocietySouth Africa

    COVID-19 responses in Africa: Ok, one size doesn’t fit all. Now what?

    By Andries du Toit
    April 28, 2020
    Discussions must move beyond the pros and cons of lockdowns. They must confront the real challenge: African states’ disconnect from ordinary people. Read all ...
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  • An open letter from African intellectuals to Africa's leaders regarding coronavirus
    Covid-19Editor's PicksSociety

    COVID-19: An open letter from African intellectuals to Africa’s leaders

    By Various co-signatories
    April 16, 2020
    100 leading academics and writers call on leaders to govern with compassion and see the crisis as a chance for a radical change of ...
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  • Abdirashid Janan, Somalia
    Editor's PicksPoliticsSomalia

    High-profile jailbreak undermines Somalia’s fight for justice

    By Laetitia Bader
    March 24, 2020
    Abdirashid Janan’s arrest suggested justice might soon be served. His escape shows how far away it remains. On 31 August 2019, dramatic news emerged ...
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  • Editor's PicksSociety

    These diseases that affect 1.5 billion people affect one group the most

    By Ciku Kimeria
    March 23, 2020
    Among the poor communities affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases, one group suffers disproportionately: women and girls.  At first glance, Adzo Kouwonou looks just like ...
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  • Women and men at the #ArewaMeToo rally in Kano state pushing for the state to domesticate the VAPP Act. Credit: Abubakar Shehu.
    Editor's PicksNigeriaSociety

    What happens when we protest: #MeToo in northern Nigeria

    By Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu
    March 11, 2020
    Power and patriarchy have many strategies to resist action against sexual violence. But the #ArewaMeToo movement will not give up. Last November, I went ...
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  • Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is a depleted but still dangerous force.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsUganda

    Kony’s rebels remain a threat, but they’re also selling honey to get by

    By Paul Ronan & Kristof Titeca
    March 10, 2020
    The LRA has gone from a fearsome fighting force to a small band struggling to survive. Is now the moment to finally end the ...
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  • BP zero emissions
    Editor's PicksFrom the wit-hole countries...

    BP praised for ambition to destroy Africa but potentially a bit slower

    By James Wan
    February 21, 2020
    From the Wit-hole countries is African Arguments’ satirical section. It’s the news, but absurd. It’s sometimes better than the real thing, sometimes not quite ...
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