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1. Africa: 'What Is the Plan?' - Inside South Africa's Reckoning With a Post-PEPFAR World

   [allAfrica] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- "What is the plan before we get back to a stage where we are burying people?"

2. Africa: 'Am I Safe Here?' - The Question Standing Between Transgender Africans and HIV Care

   [allAfrica] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- The greatest barrier to ending AIDS among transgender people in Africa is not a lack of medicine, but laws, stigma and exclusion.

3. Africa: Cotton Farmers Could Earn From Soil Carbon Credits

   [Bird Story Agency] A scheme tested in Uzbekistan could let African cotton farmers earn twice over, once for the fibre and once for the carbon stored in the soil beneath their fields.

4. Nigeria: Aso-Oke's Global Rise Masks Struggles to Preserve a Centuries-Old Craft

   [Bird Story Agency] Aso-Oke has never been more fashionable, appearing on international runways and in luxury collections. But behind the vibrant fabric lies a quieter story: the women who built Nigeria's iconic textile trade are fighting rising costs, imported materials and disappearing skills to ensure a centuries-old tradition survives another generation.

5. Kenya: Portable Ginnery Helps Cotton Farmers Keep More Value on the Farm

   [Bird Story Agency] A locally developed portable ginnery is helping Kenyan cotton farmers process their harvests closer to home, reduce losses and earn more by selling lint and seed separately. Its developers believe decentralised processing could help revive the country's cotton industry while keeping more value and jobs in rural communities.