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  • Emelda Yawa tending to her small vegetable patch at Rhino Camp, northern Uganda. Credit: Luate Shem
    SocietySouth SudanUganda

    “They have to give us our 100% food ration back”

    By John Jal Dak
    September 21, 2020
    Hit by 30% ration cuts and with no land to grow our own food, South Sudanese refugees in Uganda are stuck between a rock ...
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  • covid burials Healthcare professionals in Madagascar. Credit: World Bank / Henitsoa Rafalia.
    Covid-19Society

    Failing to prepare for dignified COVID-19 burials is preparing to fail

    By Stephen Fonseca
    September 15, 2020
    African countries can hope for the best-case scenario, but should plan now for the worst. Across the world, the coronavirus continues to spread with ...
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  • seven myths about sex education
    KenyaSocietyTop story

    Seven myths about sex education debunked

    By Tom Jalio
    September 9, 2020
    Countries with more sex ed have lower teen pregnancy rates, yet policymakers in Kenya continue to push against it.  Imagine firefighters approaching a burning ...
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    I wasn’t left behind, but most learners with disabilities still are

    By Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame
    September 3, 2020
    Most students with disabilities do not get a good quality education, but small changes can make a big difference. Inclusive education is very close ...
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  • rwanda trust President Paul Kagame lights the Flame of Remembrance to commemorate the 1994 genocide in 2018. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    RwandaSocietyTop story

    How trust returned to Rwanda, for most but not all

    By Bert Ingelaere & Marijke Verpoorten
    September 2, 2020
    Conflict breaks trust. Genocidal violence obliterates it. Violent conflict always leads to a wide array of devastation. People are killed, infrastructure is destroyed, and ...
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  • Glass bottom boat operators take tourists and residents to snorkel in Blue Bay Marine Park on 21 February 2020. Credit: Catherine Ward.
    MauritiusSocietyTop story

    What will be the environmental impact of the Mauritius oil spill?

    By Olivier Pasnin, Suthananda Sunassee, Vikash Tatayah, Anne Turner & Catherine Ward
    September 2, 2020
    The oil spill’s long-term impacts on Mauritius’ fragile ecosystems will take years to fully comprehend, but the signs are already clear. The environmental crisis ...
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  • child marriage cameroon
    CameroonEconomyNigeriaSocietyTop story

    “This is not the life I wanted”: Child brides rise among Cameroon refugees

    By Philip Obaji Jr
    September 1, 2020
    Child marriages are often driven by economic pressures, and COVID-19 has hit the most vulnerable the hardest. As Mura turned 16 years old this ...
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  • A significant majority of Nigerians have confidence in Donald Trump. Credit: Gage Skidmore.
    NigeriaSocietyTop story

    Why do so many Nigerians love Donald Trump?

    By Shayera Dark
    August 20, 2020
    I spoke to my Trump-supporting acquaintance Fred to try and find out. When Donald Trump became president in 2017, America’s global image plummeted. In ...
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  • Zimbabwe doctor A police officer at a checkpoint in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Credit: KB Mpofu / ILO.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsSocietyZimbabwe

    I’m a Zimbabwean doctor. The crisis is even worse than you think.

    By A Zimbabwean doctor
    August 19, 2020
    Doctors and nurses are on strike. We’re having to turn patients away. Morale is the lowest it’s ever been.  You may have heard about ...
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  • Covid-19KenyaSociety

    Sex workers face a dilemma: to work or not during COVID-19

    By Ohaga Ohaga
    August 18, 2020
    Kenyan sex workers are being forced to choose between their health and their livelihoods.  Atieno* has been a sex worker for six years. A soft-spoken ...
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