An open candidate selection process would provide less incentive for the issuance of material benefits to only a few delegates while the constituency is neglected.
A maize farmer in Kenya surveys his degraded land.
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In cross-sector collaboration, communities and citizens articulate their needs and then partner with governments and NGOs to address these self-identified problems.
Africa is far from having an ageing farming population. What is missing is a critical mass of skilled, young farmers with access to finance who could drive productivity in farming.
Women traditional leaders are a key part of community development.
Psychological services for girls who have been abused and traumatised in their marriages would help alleviate and reduce distress.
Workers assemble personal protective equipment for frontline health staff at a factory in Accra commissioned by the government.
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Haphazard development of abattoirs without environmental and health considerations in Nigeria can only invite diseases – and potentially pandemics such as COVID-19.
Sub-Sahara African countries are on a campaign to reduce cases of early marriage.
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Director of Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, Associate Professor at Africa Institute Sharjah & Associate Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University