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Faridat Bakare, 12, a student enrolled in a special STEM programme for children from poor families at the Knosk Secondary School, for which she pays 100 naira ($ 0.25) per day, attend a computer class alongside other students in the area of Kuje, in Abuja, Nigeria February 18, 2022. Picture taken February 18, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

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Making the future of African STEM female

Ayotola Aremu, Adefunke Ekine, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

A general view of the U.S. Capitol after United States Vice President Kamala Harris, voted on the Senate floor to break the 50-50 tie to proceed to the Inflation Reduction Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

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How three big bills in Congress will spur innovation and competitiveness

Adie Tomer and David Dollar

Monday, August 8, 2022

A delegate walks at the Kigali Convention Centre, the venue hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana

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The role of regional economic communities in implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area

Andrew Mold and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Shipping containers are seen at a terminal inside the Port of Oakland as independent truck driver continue protesting against California's new law known as AB5, in Oakland, California, U.S., July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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How to improve global supply chains

Darrell M. West and David Dollar

Monday, July 25, 2022

Activists from the social justice centres working group chant during a demonstration asking the government to lower costs of living, especially on food prices, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

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African Youth Survey reveals sustained optimism and shifting priorities

Ivor Ichikowitz and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) speaks at a press conference at the end of the G-7 summit at Schloss Elmau.

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Post-G7 summit, a time of great uncertainty in the global economy

Douglas A. Rediker and David Dollar

Monday, July 11, 2022

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Pursuing an education “Against All Odds”

Betty Ogiel Rubanga and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) leader and Member of Parliament Marine Le Pen is escorted by France's President Emmanuel Macron after talks at the presidential Elysee Palace, France, June 21, 2022. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

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After France’s parliamentary elections, can Macron govern at home and lead abroad?

Célia Belin and David Dollar

Monday, June 27, 2022

A newly commissioned Nigerian railway is seen Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station in Ebutemeta, Lagos, Nigeria, on June 10, 2021. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday visited Lagos for the inauguration of the 157-kilometer Lagos-Ibadan standard rail project at the Mobolaji Johnson railway station in Ebutte Metta. The Construction which started in March 2017, and test-running commenced in December 2020. The Ebute Metta Station, known as the Mobolaji Johnson Station, is the largest railway station in West Africa with a holding capacity of 6000 passengers A statement from the precedential aide ''''Femi Adesina''. ''President Buhari is committed to developing a modern national railway network that will connect every part of Nigeria, and promote trade, travel, tourism, commerce and national integration.'' (Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

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Re-approaching Africa’s economic integration agenda

Aloysius Uche Ordu and Julius Kiiza

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

More than 1,000 South Korea-made Daewoo cars are unloaded at the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna on March 31. The cars will be disassembled and shipped in containers to neighbouring countries.BULGARIA DAEWOO

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A short history of trade liberalization in developing countries

Douglas A. Irwin and David Dollar

Monday, June 13, 2022

'Fridays for Future' coordinator Hilda Flavia Nakabuye holds a sign during the global 'School Strike for Climate' in Kampala, Uganda on May 24, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Alice McCool.

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Young Ugandan climate activists on their work and vision

Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Morris Nyombi, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden poses with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as he announced the countries that are joining the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework on Monday (May 23) during his visit to Tokyo. Biden launched his plan for U.S. economic engagement in Asia on Monday by initiating the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework with 13 founding countries. Speaking at the launch event in Tokyo, Biden said that the future of the 21st Century economy will be written in the Indo-Pacific. The 13 initial members of the group, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), are the U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, New Zealand and Brunei, the Biden administration said Monday. The members accounting for about 40% of the world's gross domestic product.

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US economic diplomacy in Asia

Susan A. Thornton and David Dollar

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

United States Vice President Kamala Harris talks to the media next to President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana before their meeting in the Vice President’s Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington.Featuring: Vice President Kamala Harris, President Nana Akufo-AddoWhere: Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesWhen: 23 Sep 2021Credit: Yuri Gripas/POOL via CNP/INSTARimages/Cover Images

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What’s next for U.S.-Africa relations under the Biden administration?

Witney Schneidman and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Sprawled out on Second Avenue behind his truck, a FEDEX worker sorts out packages to be delivered on Christmas Eve, New York, NY, December 24, 2020. With a resurgence in COVID-19 infections, package shipping services such as FEDEX, UPS and the USPS are expecting to deliver a record number of packages for 2020. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

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How workers got left behind in the pandemic while shareholder wealth soared

Molly Kinder and David Dollar

Monday, May 16, 2022

Nurses talk with Blessing Mbeng, 13, who was shot by gunmen after they stormed his school, as he lies in a hospital bed in Kumba, Cameroon October 25, 2020. REUTERS/Josiane Kouagheu

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The resilience of African nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic

Winnifred Groves and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, May 11, 2022