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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

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

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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

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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

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In for a penny

On International Women's Day, let's remember those still fighting for financial independence

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Going after the money

To fulfil its climate change obligations, Kenya needs to make better use of existing funds

By Robert Muthami

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf scores another goal for women

The former Liberian president wins the prestigious Mo Ibrahim Prize

US Africom

Aid in the time of cholera

Three humanitarian challenges facing Africa in 2018 – and how to tackle them

By Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré