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Why Gabon’s coup leader is bucking a trend by embracing democracy

Little more than 19 months after the bloodless coup that brought an end to more than five decades of rule…

Paul Melly Paul Melly

Priscillia Hoveyda: I talk to warlords and rescue child soldiers

What do child soldiers and a UNICEF child protection expert have in common? Not much. But when Congolese Iranian Human…

Akorfa Searyoh Akorfa Searyoh

Thousands of workers in limbo as US-Africa trade deal set to expire

At Shona EPZ, a garment factory in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, the tension is inescapable. The industrious thrum of the heavy-duty…

Akisa Wandera Akisa Wandera