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Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has a clear vision of how to make his country independent from development aid.

A reform of Nigeria’s federal structure might avert a breakdown of the country’s polity but are the country's elites ready to do the necessary?

The IMF classified Ethiopia among the fastest growing economies. But behind the development façade is a authoritarian regime that rules with an iron fist.

Israel faces its own issues of internal coexistence. There isn’t one way to be an Israeli, but a continuous rebalancing of democracy vs religious [...]

Aso Rock looms over Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria as a mother would over her delicate child, protectively.

Sandra Musujusu, who is still working on her research through macromolecular science is targeting to develop biodegradable polymer material as an [...]

In Cameroon parents proceed a most brazen practice to protect their girls from raping - breast ironing.

Air pollution is a major problem in Bristol (UK) and has adverse impacts on health. What is the city going to do about it?

Black History Month - a month of acknowledgement and celebration?

To Eliminate AI’s Racist and Sexist Algorithms Means to Overcome Our Own Biases.

Kehinde Durojaiye, a self-taught inventor has designed a contraption that can manoeuvre through the Lagos traffic.

Nigeria, Africa’s largest country copes with huge management issues. A growing call for restructuring raises the question what lessons can be from the past?

Bishan, a village in Anhui Province has been chosen by Ou Ning, a social activist and artist, for a prototype of rural life revival in China. Can it work?

In a region that is known for its strict obsession with traditional foods, a debate about Jollof rice has moved from the kitchens to Mark Zuckerberg.

There is a huge discrepancy between the success of Fairtrade bananas in the Western world and the low salaries of those who make the banana business happen

In July, the disquieting images of the cloud of smoke and flames engulfing the city of Naples and its surroundings have surfaced an endemic crisis that has been [...]

Huge whale deaths are a wake-up call because it signals the gradual breakdown of sustainability of the marine ecosystem in Ghana.

The story of an award-winning olive oil that is sold around the world, and oiling the wheels of local coexistence between Palestinian and Israeli people.

What comes after bed, boots and brot? Two years after Berliners spent their weekends on collection efforts to attend to the immediate needs of the refugees in the city, we speak to a young thespian who flies here during his university [...]

Alfred Platow is perhaps Germany's best-known asset manager. Ecology, says the pioneer of ethical funds, can only work hand-in-hand with economics.