A farmer watering his crops in Namong, Tone district, Togo.
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The relationship between small-scale irrigation and food security, diet quality, and nutrition is growing.
Sudan army soldiers are fighting a rival paramilitary group.
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Violence in Sudan threatens to throw the troubled nation into chaos. A scholar of the region explains what is going on and what’s at stake.
Learners in a school for about 5,000 children in Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp in Ethiopia’s Gambela region in 2019.
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Ethiopia’s unmet refugee education reforms highlight the ways in which bureaucratic structures and interests can shape policy.
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Health extension workers in Ethiopia have had a measurable impact on interconnected challenges such as child marriage, teenage pregnancy, and school dropout.
Farmland razed by Eritrean soldiers at a village in Ahferom district, Central zone, Tigray.
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Typically, humanitarian concerns are prioritised following a war. But the environment must also get attention so that societies can produce food and goods to rebuild their lives.
The classically trained jazz pianist fled dictatorship in Ethiopia.
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Her exquisite piano compositions drew fans to the Jerusalem monastery where she lived after fleeing Ethiopia.
A young herder grazes cattle on dwindling pasture in the drylands of Kenya.
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Instead of the deluge of external interventions, ways must be found to build resilience from below, drawing on local practices and networks.
This is a digitally generated image of what a city might look like after a war.
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Urban spaces are a repository of people’s beliefs, memories and collective conscience.
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It is not the drought that causes disease outbreak, but instead the way society deals with dry conditions.
President Carter’s interest in southern Africa was crucial to keeping the peace.
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Carter’s work in Zimbabwe forms a significant and under appreciated part of his legacy
Kenyan fishermen demand a say in the country’s border conflict with Somalia.
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The joint border commission between Kenya and South Sudan is a step in the right direction.
Delegates at an African Union summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in 2022.
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Member states need to arrive at binding, transparent and enforceable priorities to see progress.
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South Sudan’s diplomatic support around energy and water is much sought after in Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan.
Women walk with their donkeys in Ethiopia’s Amhara region.
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The demand for donkey hides to produce ejiao has led to a shortage of donkeys in China and increasingly worldwide.
Kampala is one of the three Eastern African cities that transformed with little historical precedence.
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East Africa is one of the fastest urbanising regions in the world, but it’s still in the early phases. There’s a big opportunity to get the region’s cities right.
Regular physical activity helps to prevent and manage many chronic diseases.
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Factors such as having supportive family and friends, safer communities, positive school environments and adequate resources, are often associated with more physical activity.
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Any new wealth will create new social, economic and political tensions.
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It’s likely that the terrorist group will be defeated one day. But there are no signs that the political elite is capable of changing.
A woman works in an Ethiopian textile factory.
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Manufacturing firms exposed to increased Chinese competition employed fewer female production workers than men.
Ethiopians celebrate Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Nobel Peace Prize win in 2019.
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Governments coming to power riding a wave of youth protests can employ authoritarian tactics to silence dissent from the same movements.