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  • Commemoration and remembrance – Germany is still considered a role model – Memorial Day for the liberation of Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Brandenburg
    Germany, the Holocaust and colonialism

    Controversy over 'culture of remembrance' reform

    Germany's coalition government wants to expand its remembrance culture to include the country's colonial history. Initial proposals have been met with criticism, in particular from heads of Holocaust memorial sites

  • The Nile Project was a multinational music collective inspired by a river. It sang songs in a variety of styles and languages about life along and with the Nile. Like many projects in the region, it failed because of politics.
    Interlacing cultures

    Music of the Nile

    The Nile Project was a multinational music collective inspired by a river. It sang songs in a variety of styles and languages about life along and with the Nile. Like many projects in the region, it failed because of politics. By Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

  • East Africa's historic metre gauge railway system is getting an overhaul. In many parts, the envisioned SGR network is still a long way away.
    Construction and infrastructure

    Turkey supplants China in East Africa

    Uganda is abandoning its Chinese partners and turning to Turkey to build a new railway line that will connect to neighbouring Kenya. East Africa is keen on improving its railway network as part of a pan-African project. By Philipp Sandner, Emmanuel Lubega & Burak Unveren

  • The South Sudan U20 men's team is helping to forge unity in their country.
    South Sudan

    Through football, South Sudanese youth forge ahead

    With the return of peace after a decade of war, South Sudan's youth national teams qualified for the country's first continental football championships. They are helping forge a stronger national identity and pride. By Lolade Adewuyi

  • A "perfect storm" of drought, rising global inflation and armed hostilities is threatening the lives of Somalis and others, driving them from their homes.
    Climate change impacts Somalia

    What future without rain – or aid?

    Somalia is still facing unprecedented drought and high inflation, ruining the livelihoods of many and causing widespread hunger. Dadaab refugee camp in eastern Kenya, where Somalis have found refuge over decades, is again facing a new influx. Erik Siegl reports

  • The Holocaust, colonialism and mutual understanding

    Time for a refresher in humanity

    It is possible to write about the Holocaust and the crimes of colonial powers without downplaying anything. In her latest book, Charlotte Wiedemann focuses on the numerous blind spots in our culture of commemoration. By Rene Wildangel

  • Abdulrazak Gurnah, the British-Tanzanian Nobel-winning writer, has spent a lifetime confronting colonialism and racial politics – and welcomes a new generation keeping these issues alive.
    Nobel winner Abdulrazak Gurnah

    "It's good to make right-wingers cry"

    Abdulrazak Gurnah, the British-Tanzanian Nobel-winning writer, has spent a lifetime confronting colonialism and racial politics – and welcomes a new generation keeping these issues alive

  • Hydroelectric power station in Jinghong, China
    Middle East

    Water resources – another conflict trigger?

    From the Euphrates to the Mekong, dams that ensure one country's water supply risk leaving others parched. But shared water resources can be a source of peace as well as conflict. By Ruby Russell

  • Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah

    Exile, migration and the art of writing

    The Tanzanian-born Nobel Prize winner talks to Annabelle Steffes-Halmer about his decision to leave Zanzibar, to write in English – and about the rise of African writers in the post-colonial era

  • In the spirit of Turkey's deepening relations to the countries of Africa, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invited his partners to Istanbul for the third Turkey-Africa Summit. Beyond Erdogan and Trade Minister Mehmet Mus, speakers included Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi and Africa Union (AU) Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat. Representatives from the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat were also on hand.
    Turkey-Africa summit

    Erdogan scores "Made in Turkey" points

    Ankara staged its third Turkey-Africa summit on 17 December, a sign of growing economic partnership under President Erdogan. Military co-operation is also a hot topic. Martina Schwikowski, Daniel Bellut and Pelin Unker have the details

  • Relgions for Peace in Lindau

    "Women are the ones who ensure religion survives"

    Organised by interfaith NGO Religions for Peace, an international conference in Lindau on Lake Constance is dealing with the peace-building role of women inspired by the faith of their respective religions. Some 600 participants from around the world meet virtually to discuss the central challenges of our time. By Christoph Strack

  • Groupe RTD

    Energy and rhythm from Djibouti to the world

    The small East African nation of Djibouti has so far evaded musical discovery by the West. Now, however, the country's official national band, Groupe RTD, is picking up international accolades with the music it plays when it's off-duty. Stefan Franzen spoke to the group's producer Janto Djassi

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