WAN Commercial Award 2016 Winners Announced

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Showcasing the very best of commercial architecture, Stinessen Arkitektur AS and Robin Partington & Partners collectively claim title

Zaha Hadid Architects bring two halves together

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The world’s tallest central atrium extends 190m through the full height of this new building in Beijing

From Julia to Julius

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Julius Kaggwa was born intersex, which made for a confusing, isolating and sometimes dangerous childhood growing up in Uganda.

Stanley Kwenda: Could the next Messi come out of Lagos?

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One of the world's biggest football clubs, Barcelona is taking its skills to Nigeria.

Elizabeth Ohene: ‘Joining the desperadoes’

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Elizabeth Ohene considers Ghanaians' wanderlust as her compatriots join those taking risks to claim asylum abroad.

Drought battle

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Kenyan herders are giving their own food to animals to keep them alive during the severe drought.

Yousra Elbagir: Global pariah

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In our series of letters from African journalists, Sudanese columnist Yousra Elbagir explains what it is like to live in a country subject to US sanctions.

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani: Nigeria’s art of flowery language

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In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani considers the art of Nigerian verbosity.