Violent extremism and climate change are driving crop growers and stock farmers from their fields in Nigeria. How Rural Violence Spoils Nigeria’s Harvest.
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Malians are due to take part in a referendum on Sunday that paves the way for elections and democratic rule in 2024. Repeated postponements and two military coups have stood in the way of the poll since 2017.
Millions of voters are eligible to decide on a draft constitution for Mali in Sunday's referendum. The long-awaited referendum is a milestone in the transition of Mali from three years of military rule to democracy. The Coalition for Citizen Election Observation meanwhile said its observers were not allowed into Gao and Timbuktu.
Some 160 million children worldwide are still being put to work, according to the International Labor Organization. It estimates that in sub-Saharan Africa alone, 72 million children are affected by child labor,