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  • A radical idea for an ancient African conflict: talking to the enemy

    Ruth Maclean

    January 10, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Nassarawa

    Intense and violent conflict between herders and farmers has long plagued the Nigeria's middle belt region. Community members and a humanitarian organization are taking steps to mend these complicated relationships, however, through organized meetings on neutral ground that allow the herder and farmer to talk about forgiveness and shared interests.

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  • The great African regreening: millions of 'magical' new trees bring renewal

    Ruth Maclean

    August 16, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Niger

    With climate change altering the realities of farming, small-scale farmers in Niger are doing their part to nurture the growth of local gao trees. As a tree that sheds its leaves in the rainy season and naturally fertilizes the soil due to its nitrogen intake, this specific tree is positively transforming the African landscape.

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  • Healers cure mistrust in Guinea's health system after horrors of Ebola

    Ruth Maclean

    September 28, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Guinea, Kissidougou

    In South Africa, when a person is sick they visit their local healer, but during the Ebola outbreak the healers with little knowledge of the disease often became infected and infected others. So the government in Guinea persuaded healers to receive a health care training and to refer patients to the hospital.

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