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A wake-up call for Africa?

Africa’s governments and their partners must not stop at fighting Covid-19. The continent needs a new economic model

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A heated time for Côte d’Ivoire

While struggling with Covid-19, internal strife and organising elections, Côte d’Ivoire faces an unprecedented political crisis

By Thilo Schöne

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Mali faces a political crisis

The confrontation between the government and a broad protest movement is escalating. And there's no solution in sight

By Christian Klatt

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Nigeria's voice against racism has gone missing

After independence, Nigeria championed the cause of black people everywhere. So why did it remain silent after the murder of George Floyd?

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It’s business as usual in Mali

Although Covid-19 will leave its mark on the country, the virus will be remembered as just one of its many challenges in 2020

By Christian Klatt

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Benin's 2021 presidential election is already decided

After the recent local elections in Benin, a landslide victory for the incumbent Patrice Talon in 2021 seems inevitable

By Hans-Joachim Preuss

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The Global North's approach to LGBTI rights in Africa doesn't work

LGBTI people are discriminated against in many African countries. But pressure from the North only makes things worse

By Thomas Mättig

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How Covid-19 could help China consolidate its influence in Africa

China is seizing on the global disruption created by Covid-19 to fill the leadership vacuum — with a particular focus on Africa

By Michelle D. Gavin

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East Africa’s twin plague

It's a race against time: in East Africa, huge swarms of locusts eat the harvest — and corona makes a response more difficult

By Bettina Rühl

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The EU's Africa strategy falls short

Based on a skewed analysis, the EU's new Africa strategy fails to take stock of problems its policies have caused

By Miriam-Lena Horn