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Why do Africans keep migrating to cities?
Cities in Africa are growing rapidly. The consequences: pollution and deteriorating living conditions.
Eco Check: The problems with urbanization
Around the world people are moving to cities in huge numbers increasing pressure on delicate urban centers.
Africa should celebrate indigenous languages
Harrison Mwilima
African nations need to cut their reliance on colonial languages and instead invest in local mother tongues.
Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine
This week on Eco Africa we take an in-depth look at urbanization and all that it brings with it.
Future-proofing Germany's cities
As urbanization booms, towns and cities are increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather caused by climate change.
Turning Addis Ababa's trash into power for the people
A new waste-to-energy plant in Addis Ababa is supplying 25 percent of the city's households with electricity each day.
Taking the bus to environmental success in Tanzania
A bus rapid transit system plans to tackle major traffic problems in Tanzania's biggest city Dar es Salaam.
Urban ventilation: When cities become heat islands
Big cities are great at trapping heat. Now a researcher shows us how to ventilate a city.
Keeping Cape Town's wastewater flowing unsoiled
Improving the wastewater treatment plants in Cape Town will not only help citizens but keep pollution out of oceans.
The 77 Percent - The Magazine for Africa's Youth
We discuss gender-based violence with survivors and offenders and meet the changemakers in the fight against femicide.
Combatting sexual violence in South Africa
Teenagers in Port Elizabeth are using social media to speak out against gender-based violence.
Street Debate: Gender-based violence in South Africa
DW looks at ways to curb gender-based violence in South Africa.
Rap Up: Chooser by EES
Namibian singer EES is calling on all men to be part of the solution to gender-based violence.
Ghana's fierce feminist Nana Akosua
Nana Akusua Hanson's brand of activism is ushering in a new age of feminism in Ghana.
Kenya's young art genius
Meet Sheila Sheldone, an eleven-year-old Kenyan artist who is already making waves in the art world.
Education of African youths and career path
Does the current educational system in Africa prepare youth for the job market?
Kenya's farmers face threat of new locust swarms
Farmers in northern and central Kenya face huge losses from ongoing waves of locust swarms.
The magical voice of Nancy Vieira
Since she was a child, Nancy Vieira has lived with the Cape Verdean music style, called Morna.
Nigerian officials fear 3rd wave
Lagos, Africa's most populous city, is slowly recovering from a second coronavirus wave.
CAR: Ex-soccer boss and 'Rambo' on trial for war crimes
The two men face charges at the ICC of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Central African Republic.
Okonjo-Iweala becomes first woman, African to lead WTO
The ex-Nigerian finance minister says tackling the economic fallout from coronavirus is her top priority.
Ebola outbreak in Guinea: 4 things you need to know
Five years after it was declared Ebola-free, Guinea has declared an "epidemic situation." Here's what you need to know.
South Africa: Zuma faces possible jail time
The former president had been called on to testify at an inquiry into corruption during his time in office.
Startups in Africa confront the pandemic
Many African startups have been able to persevere despite the added difficulties caused by the pandemic.
Crisis-crippled Burkina Faso needs urgent help
Ramesh Rajasingham
Burkina Faso urgently needs help to address the worlds's fastest-growing humanitarian crisis.
France to meet Sahel leaders over Islamist insurgency
French President Macron is thought to want backing for a troop drawdown amid growing numbers of French combat deaths.
African women embrace contraceptives as populations grow
Despite an increasing number of women in Africa taking advantage of family planning services, birth rates remain high.
Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine
This week on Eco Africa: Biking helmets made of mushrooms and getting newly hatched turtles safely into Kenya's ocean.
DW Business Africa
Germany to tighten policing of global supply chains - Boosting vaccination in Africa
AfricaLink on Air - 12 February 2021
An exclusive interview with Stella Nyanzi, a fierce critic of Museveni+++ Who will succeed ICC's Fatou Bensouda?
Africa mulls taxing Big Tech
African countries no longer want to miss out on tax revenue from US tech giants such as Amazon, Google and Facebook.
Can Austria contain the COVID variant outbreak?
Germany is imposing travel bans on the neighboring Czech Republic as well as Austria's Tyrol region.
Welcome to the latest edition of Eco Africa
This week on Eco Africa: Biking helmets made of mushrooms and getting newly hatched turtles safely to the Kenya's ocean.
Deby's French backing
Eric Topona
The president of Chad would not have lasted this long without being propped up by the former colonial power.
DW Business – Europe
African Startup Investment Falls - Volkswagen Teams with Microsoft
AfricaLink on Air - 11 February 2021
Zimbabwe among African nations using COVID-19 to silence critics++ Chad’s Idriss Deby declares to run for a sixth term
The 77 Percent - Sexual Health
Young people in Malawi discuss how they are dealing with sexual health matters.
South Africa's 'Spinach King'
Lufefe Nomjana's business is booming, despite the country's economy suffering during the pandemic.
Weekly roundup — South Africa & how the EU fell behind
Do any vaccines work well against the B.1.351 variant? Also, why 95% of EU citizens haven't been vaccinated.
Somalia's clan system: undermining democracy?
The Horn of Africa nation's controversial clan-based indirect voting system is under scrutiny.
Tanzania's COVID-19 denial risks pulling Africa back
As President Magufuli downplays the severity of the coronavirus, Tanzanians are realizing that the virus is spreading.
Vaccine setback
Not effective: South Africa has slammed the brakes on the roll-out of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
AfricaLink on Air - 08 February 2021
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is likely new WTO chief
BioNTech-Pfizer COVID vaccine effective against 2 variants
A peer reviewed study finds the vaccine is effective against strains originating in the UK and South Africa.
Do vaccines work against new COVID variants?
Forget the "90% effective" headlines. New information from South Africa has changed the COVID-19 vaccine landscape.
S. Africa vaccination campaign
South Africa's leading infectious diseases tells DW why the AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out was paused.
Why having an African woman as WTO chief is a big deal
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's colleagues praise the economist, as she readies to become the next director-general of the WTO.
South Africa suspends rollout of AstraZeneca vaccine
One study found that the vaccine offered "minimal protection" against mild and moderate cases of COVID-19.
DR Congo records first Ebola death in three months
Researchers are examining samples from the patient for potential links to the previous outbreak, WHO said.
Proximity & distance: Culture vs. the coronavirus
How to deal with a pandemic? The coronavirus and its consequences — in the U.S., Germany, and South Africa.
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