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    Reducing inequalities
    Africa grapples with huge disparities in education

    At the dawn of independence, incoming African leaders were quick to prioritize education on their...

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    Reducing inequalities
    New Africa-wide initiative will create jobs

    Ibrahim Mayaki is the chief executive officer of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development...

  • A board meeting in progress in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: AMO/ George Philipas
    Reducing inequalities
    Corporate boardrooms: where are the women?

    When a woman rises to the top rung of the traditionally all-male corporate ladder in Africa, it’s...

  • A child living with albinism and his father in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo: Panos/ Dieter Telemans
    Social Exclusion
    Ending albino persecution in Africa

    When Moses Swaray stepped onstage to sing “Amazing Grace” in the auditorium of the Unity Conference...

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    A visa-free Africa still facing hurdles

    Would an Africa in which Africans require no visas to travel boost prospects for intracontinental...

  • Young men using computers in a cybercafe in Cairo, Egypt, where Khaled (Jaled) Said, a 28-year-old blogger, was arrested and beaten to death by police in 2010. Later, 400,000 people joined the ‘We’re all Khaled Said’ campaign on Facebook is considered one
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    Uproar over Internet shutdowns

    Nina Forgwe, who lives in Bamenda, in the northwest of Cameroon, missed the deadline to submit her...

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