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The magazine’s longest serving co-editor discusses world progress and whether the concepts of development and economic growth are out of date.…

As he remembers the 1999 Freetown massacre, Seray Bangura looks to a bright future for the country formally known as ‘war torn.’…

Sabrina Mahtani on the push for equal leadership representation, and the question of gender quotas.…

As the world hails the ex-Liberian President’s 50-year sentence for civil war atrocities, Sabrina Mahtani hopes the judgment will not detract from the root causes of the conflict.…

Sabrina Mahtani is a British-Zambian lawyer who has worked on human rights projects in Sierra Leone since 2005, including the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law and ‘Opin Yu Yi’ (‘Open Your Eyes’), the country’s first human rights film festival…

Massaging the truth for a good story doesn’t help reshape reality, argues Mgcini Nyoni.…

Libby Powell looks for some answers.…

Aoife Allen describes how The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is not doing enough to clean up the gems trade…

Vanessa Baird reports on a new campaign pressing for tighter monitoring of unscrupulous mining companies.…

The country’s first headcount of street children is complete…