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Like a cat with nine lives

Nigerian history had its ups and downs. But celebrating 58 years of independence now, its democracy is here to stay

Reuters

Human rights, interrupted

Arabs are thirsting for democracy and social justice. So why are human rights viewed with such hostility in the Arab world?

By Mohamed Adel Mtimet

Reuters

Take Africa seriously!

Germany‘s Africa policy is still stuck in old models and urgently needs a paradigm shift. Six recommendations

By Robert Kappel

Reuters

Refugees as entrepreneurs

In northern Kenya, the arrival of refugees drives the economic development of impoverished areas

By Bettina Rühl

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Vulnerable poor communities are the real climate leaders

Alternative Nobel Prize laureate Nnimmo Bassey on global warming, false techno-optimism and the Global South

By Nnimmo Bassey

EPA

More of the same?

The first election in Zimbabwe after Mugabe's 37-year rule probably won't deliver more democracy

By Ulrich Golaszinski

EPA

Holding Nigeria to ransom

A second mass abduction of schoolgirls in Nigeria raises questions about the state’s ability to keep its citizens safe

By Ulrich Thum and Ugonna Obi-Emeruwa and Marvin Lantz

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An end to linguistic loyalties

Why Nigeria is aligning with Cameroon against secessionists

EPA

Liberia: President George Weah’s first 100 days

The footballer-turned-president is making good on promises to increase transparency

EPA

When elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers

African countries stand to suffer far more than the rest of the world from the US’s tariffs on steel and aluminium imports

By Dirk Kohnert