5+ hour, 23+ min ago  (644+ words) Dandc. eu Why marriage is reviving female genital mutilation in Egypt On her wedding night in a village in rural Giza Governorate, Egypt, 25-year-old university graduate Hind watched her marriage collapse within minutes. Her husband recoiled when he discovered she…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (619+ words) Two things happened in January 2025. Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States and promised peace for everyone " whilst putting "America first. Three days later, on 23 January, the M23, an armed rebel group supported by Rwanda, launched…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (624+ words) Dandc. eu Economic infrastructure alone is not enough for growth The African Union (AU) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are calling on African governments, donor countries and the private sector to significantly increase their investment in…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (404+ words) Theresa Z'ger in an interview with J'rg D'bereiner You developed a method that should help determine whether a certain AI project is essentially beneficial or harmful. What criteria do you think make sense in this context? 2030 Agenda in numbers Before…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (239+ words) Africa is seeing a significant increase in its older population, with more people entering their later years than ever before. This change entails serious challenges, especially for those living in rural and remote areas. Nonetheless, older citizens remain largely excluded…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (709+ words) Dandc. eu How AI firms are appropriating Latin America's resources In October 2025, Open AI " the US company behind AI chatbot Chat GPT " and Argentinian firm Sur Energy jointly announced their intention to spend $ 25 billion building a new data centre in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (224+ words) Migration governance also needs attention. Legal migration channels and bilateral labour agreements could allow Nigerians to work abroad safely, send remittances home and return with skills " thereby turning the brain drain into brain circulation. The African Development Bank notes that…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (550+ words) Katja Mu'oz in an interview with Eva-Maria Verf'rth There's been plenty of discussion about how digital disinformation campaigns, bots and trolls influence elections " the Cambridge Analytica scandal in the wake of the 2016 US elections or Russia's attempts to manipulate voters…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (219+ words) Mines pose a major obstacle to development in at least 57 countries: they render large swathes of land unusable by hampering agriculture and preventing the construction of roads, schools and power lines. This makes it more difficult for millions of refugees…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (14+ words) Mines: a lethal obstacle to Syria's reconstruction | D+C - Development + Cooperation'Dandc. eu...