Can Saint-Louis be saved from the sea?
“You see? Right there, two metres down!” The water is murky and choppy, but it is still possible to see the roofs of some small […]
International
Latin America’s environmental challenge
For the 45 million indigenous people of Latin America, their link with the environment goes beyond its potential use as a resource to a spiritual […]
Where are all the women in Nigerian politics?
Daring to join the male-dominated world of Nigerian politics was a tough decision for Ladi Mamman Watila, particularly in the conservative north-eastern state of Borno. […]
A false new dawn for Zimbabwe: what i got right, and wrong, about the mood
The afternoon after Zimbabwe’s historic Monday July 30 elections, I was trying to assuage the fears of Jason Burke, the correspondent for the London newspaper, […]
Can Zimbabwe’s high-stakes election usher in a new dawn for its media?
Watching the nightly news on Zimbabwe’s state broadcaster, ZBC, in the run-up to the country’s historic elections on 30 July is a surreal experience. There’s […]
Homeless in Silicon Valley: how the heartland of global tech became the epicentre of a housing crisis
If California was a country it would have the sixth largest GDP in the world, directly behind the United Kingdom and slightly ahead of France. […]
Customisation and innovation: the pathway to the future of retail
Something as simple as being welcomed to a shop with a “Good morning, how can I help you?” could soon be a thing of the […]
In north-eastern Nigeria, traffickers are preying on vulnerable children in IDP camps
When Sarah (not real name) was five, her father died after a prolonged battle with HIV and AIDS. At 15, her mother was killed during […]
No help from Zimbabwean town council for vendors
Street vendors in Rusape, Zimbabwe, feel that the city council doesn’t want to improve their working and trading space.
In Denmark, a historic collective agreement is turning the “bogus self-employed” into “workers with rights”
In a world first, as of this August, hundreds of workers for a Danish online platform for cleaning in private homes will benefit from significant […]
The racism that poisons
Three letters changed the history of Warren County, North Carolina, in 1982: PCB. This abbreviation stands for polychlorinated biphenyls, a family of toxic chemical substances […]
“If you don’t take them on globally, you won’t win” – how Fight for $15 in the US inspired the UK’s McStrike
“Most of us are on zero hours contracts, so we don’t know how many hours we will be getting each week. The managers cut one […]
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