How Kenya’s illiberal president wooed the West
Uhuru Kenyatta has used his country’s relative stability to win favour overseas.
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As drought ravages the horn of Africa, youth climate activists are calling for global solidarity and support for local action.
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Planting millions of trees is part of the national recovery from the 1994 genocide, when 800,000 people were killed.
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As the conflict escalates and rebel forces march towards Addis Ababa, the international community tries to negotiate peace.
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On the streets of Glasgow, the climate and social justice agendas have merged. The official negotiations must now do likewise.
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Booker Prize-winner Damon Galgut: “South Africa is not a country that speaks with one voice”
The author on racism in the US, the long legacy of apartheid, and why his writing is not influenced by…
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