Some 60,000 Brazilians are killed each year, accounting for 10% of all homicides worldwide. As terrorised voters look to authoritarian leaders to impose order, Brazil’s democracy hangs in the balance.
Ângela Ferreira’s ‘Wattle and Daub’ - performance by Selma Uamusse at ‘Old School’, Lisbon in February 2016.
Vera Marmelo
Brazil’s president, who came to power after his ex-boss was impeached, now finds himself embroiled in corruption charges, which threaten to derail the economic recovery he has championed.
Brazil’s political crisis is spiraling to a new level amid the release of recordings that allegedly caught the president authorizing a bribe. Fixing this mess will take more than a personnel change.
An Angolan importer buying Havaianas in the market of Brás, São Paulo, Brazil.
Léa Barreau Tran
Brazilian soap operas are wildly popular in Portuguese-speaking Angola, influencing women’s fashion and creating a business opportunity for thousands of Angolan female entrepreneurs.
Residents of the Maré neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro are eight times more likely to be killed by police than other Brazilians. Most victims are young and black.
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma looks on as his new cabinet members are sworn in.
Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
The best chance South Africa has of recovering from sub-investment grade credit rating status is to have leaders who are prepared to break rank with the small-mindedness of the ruling party.
School feeding schemes play a major role across Africa.
Reuters/Thomson Reuters Foundation
Brazil is the ninth largest economy in the world, yet its real potential has never been realised. Having had a strong period of economic growth from 2003 to shortly after the global financial crisis, the…