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EU needs to offer work visas to bring migration under control

28 June 2017

Could a European “coalition of the willing” offering migrants legal channels be closer than it seems?

Feature

Taking the fight against Boko Haram to the airwaves
27 June 2017
Isolation helps propagate radicalisation, so providing information and giving an empowering voice to civilians helps reduce it. That’s the idea behind a radio station broadcasting...
Analysis

Kenya reconciliation faces major election test
26 June 2017
As Kenya heads to elections in August, the threat of political violence looms large

Farming becomes the new frontline in Boko Haram war
26 June 2017 Analysis
Neglected but not over: Burundi crisis continues to bite
22 June 2017 Analysis
Disposable Africans – migration and its consequences
21 June 2017 Opinion

Opinion

Hear the voices of Congo’s girl child soldiers
19 June 2017
Only by listening and learning can we hope to reintegrate girls who become child soldiers and prevent others from joining
Analysis

FACT FILE: Climate change, food security, and adaptation
14 June 2017
A helpful guide for understanding the relationship between climate change and food security, and ideas for what can be done about it
Analysis

The deadly conflict tearing Nigeria apart (and it’s not Boko Haram)
13 June 2017
A bitter conflict between Fulani pastoralists and farmers is now claiming more lives than Boko Haram
Feature

The little shrub making a big difference in rural Senegal
5 June 2017
A medicinal herb is helping to cure the financial ills of Senegalese farmers suffering the effects of climate change
Special Report

What can save Mali?
29 May 2017
Jihadist violence has spread from northern Mali to the centre. More foreign soldiers may not be the answer
Opinion

More women should wear blue helmets
29 May 2017
Increasing the number of women peacekeepers would reduce misconduct and better ensure the peace

Boko Haram: Down but far from out
24 May 2017 Opinion
Congo’s bad year is about to get worse
24 May 2017 Analysis
A way of life under threat in Kenya as Lake Turkana shrinks
23 May 2017 Feature
Fact file: Climate change adaptation finance
22 May 2017 News
Central African Republic rebels turn on each other as violence flares
18 May 2017 Feature
Local aid workers on the front line of South Sudan’s civil war
18 May 2017 Feature

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