Magazine
April 2012
To Rio and beyond: Africa seeks sustainable solutions
Ensuring safe drinking water is a top priority for Africa, since about 340 million people across...
Special feature: Sustainable development
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Africa’s priorities for sustainable development
Under a sustainable forestry programme, a logger cuts down a tree in the Ndoki rainforest of the...
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‘Only our collective voice will be heard’
Kumi Naidoo, fighting for the environment, development and people’s empowerment.Photograph:...
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For sustainable cities, Africa needs planning
Joan Clos, executive director of UN-Habitat, visiting the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya.Photograph...
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Towards African cities without slums
Poor district in Algeria’s capital, Algiers. Most North African countries have made progress in...
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Community radio gives voice to shack dwellers
Presenters at the studio of Koch FM, Kenya's first licensed community radio station. Photograph:...
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Africa’s vanishing Lake Chad
Passengers in Nigeria taking ferries to cross Lake Chad, whose shoreline is receding because the...
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Power from the wind in South Africa
Turbines at the Darling Wind Farm in South Africa.Photograph: Liane Greeff
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Full steam ahead to sustainable energy
Steam venting from beneath Kenya’s Rift Valley: Geothermal power may eventually supply a quarter of...
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Malian women create beauty — and profit
After the bazin fabrics are dyed, they are hung out to dry.Photograph: Redux / Contrasto / Riccardo...
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Bid to end subsidy stirs protest in Nigeria
With consumer prices already high, many Nigerians protested when the government abruptly announced...
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Africa Renewal at 25: keeping up with a dynamic continent
Africa Renewal then and now: The first issue of Africa Recovery, and the first colour edition of...
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Looking back after 25 years
Salim Lone, who edited Africa Recovery during its first decade, looks back at the magazine’s early...