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Sex workers and activists demonstrate on the eve of International Labour Day 2022 in Kolkata.

Labour rights

Selling sex, seeking respect: Life in India’s red-light districts

Drawing on fieldwork in red-light districts, the political scientist and gender studies scholar Khushboo Srivastava explores the complex realities of sex work in India and the ongoing debates over rights, regulation and recognition.

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by Khushboo Srivastava

Latest contributions

Inclusion

This Malawian invention rewrites the rules for blind students

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by Lameck Masina
Humanitarian organisations work closely together in Chad, especially in light of global aid cuts. A medical team with IRC and UNHCR staff at an initial reception centre in the border town of Adré.

Humanitarian organisations

Humanitarian crisis in Chad: “How do we prioritise among priorities?”

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by Alain Rusuku
by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Like-minded heads of state are supported by Donald Trump: Argentina’s President Javier Milei with the US President at the White House in October 2025.

Latin America

Trump’s vision to reclaim the “US backyard”

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by André de Mello e Souza
Picture of Donald Trump on a poster-covered wall in São Paulo, 2019. The fact is: Brazil has not made any major concessions to the US.

Latin America

Who bows in the face of Trump’s coercion?

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by André de Mello e Souza
Afghan refugees leaving Pakistan at the Torkham border crossing in November 2025.

Involuntary migration

The harsh fate of Afghan families pushed out of Pakistan

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by Aqsa Younas
Patients wait in front of the IRC health centre in Farchana in eastern Chad.

Resources

The fact that life in eastern Chad works is nothing short of a miracle

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Trade between Chad and Sudan flourished even during the war until the temporary closure of the border at the end of February.

War and flight

From Sudan to Chad: Refuge in one of the world’s poorest countries

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

Sustainable agriculture

How farmers grow food without burning out their land

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by Derick Matsengarwodzi
Protests in Caracas against electoral fraud following the 2024 presidential elections.

Democracy vs autocracy

The kind of solidarity Venezuelans need right now

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by Laura Vidal
Former child soldiers stand in line waiting to be registered with UNICEF to receive a release package, in Yambio, South Sudan.

Children in conflict

Child soldiers are still a reality in South Sudan

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by Mamer Kuot
A Taliban fighter stands guard as people receive food rations from China in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

Looking the other way is (not) an option

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by Selmin Çalışkan
Food aid in Kakuma is now only available to people who have been classified by the WFP as belonging to the relevant categories.

Refugees

Ending up in the last category means no food at all

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by Alba Nakuwa

Humanitarian crisis

Burundi’s refugee camps overwhelmed after new fighting in the DRC

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by Mireille Kanyange
Transporting medical patients in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

Crises and conflicts

“The triple nexus needs to be more flexible and tolerant of error”

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by Katharina Valjak
by Leon Kirschgens
Football training in Juja, Kenya.

Masculinity

What does it mean to be a man?

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by D+C / E+Z
Torchlight procession in Kolkata in August 2025, on the anniversary of the brutal rape of a female doctor in the city.

Gender equality

A city where women need panic buttons is not a safe city

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by Roli Mahajan
Tanger Med container port in Morocco.

International relations

Africa and Europe should put trade at the centre of their relations

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by Moses Vilakati
by Mathias Mogge
by Debisi Araba

Border conflict

This vital corridor has become deadly for truck drivers

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by Derrick Silimina
Image by David Amen, inspired by the favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

Urban life

Cities have many faces

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
People walk on the street of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Urban mobility

Ethiopia’s promising future on foot and by bike

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by Stefanie Holzwarth
March for the 8th UN Global Road Safety Week in Gaborone, Botswana, in May 2025.

Urban mobility

Walking and cycling: Africa’s undervalued path to sustainable mobility

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by Stefanie Holzwarth
Cocoa harvest in Ghana: For cocoa farmers, the billion-dollar market often does not yield much.

Supply chains

Tracking cocoa from tree to trade

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by Nastaran Zarnegari
by Francis Dadzie Mintah

Sustainability

How biogas is changing daily life in rural Rwanda

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by Stella Tushabe
The Metrocable in Medellín’s Comuna 13 neighbourhood.

Urban innovation

The miracle of Medellín

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by Camilo Andrés Carvajal Guerra
The life-threatening tropical disease malaria is transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito.

Good News

Success in the fight against malaria

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by D+C / E+Z
David Amen is socially involved in Rio de Janeiro.

Artist of the month

David Amen supports young people in Rio's favelas

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by D+C / E+Z
Aya Cissoko attends the first meeting of the Parliament of Francophone Women Writers in Orleans in 2018.

Books

Moving forward without losing sight of one’s roots

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by Dagmar Wolf

Motorcycle taxis

The dark side of Malawi’s motorcycle boom

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by Charles Pensulo
Bicycle riders gather during the Lagos State Government 2022 World Car Free Day.

Urban traffic

How citizens take action for a cleaner and healthier Lagos

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by Olamide Udoma-Ejorh
by Waziri Mainasara
A supporter of Chile’s far-right president José Antonio Kast holds up a photograph of former dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte when celebrating the election win.

South America

A growing appeal for authoritarian rule

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by Pedro Alarcón
by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón

Contributors

by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
Promoting pluralistic discourse
by Ndongo Samba Sylla
Ndongo Samba Sylla
Giving voice to the voiceless
by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Africa does not flinch before Trump
by Boro Baski
Boro Baski
Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation
by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
by Imran Mukhtar
Can India withhold Pakistan’s water?
by Samir Abi
African responsibility for climate justice
by Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Need for government advertising makes media vulnerable
by Suparna Banerjee
Suparna Banerjee
The ecosystem of hate
by Svenja Schulze
Svenja Schulze
Women, climate and chocolate
by José Siaba Serrate
José Siaba Serrate
What G7 should do in response to sovereign debt crises
by Praveen Jha
US tariffs will aggravate economic crises in the Global South
by André de Mello e Souza
Trump’s vision to reclaim the “US backyard”
by Achim Steiner
In a time of disruption, we still have prospects
by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Financing health systems for informal workers
by Henning Melber
Justice after genocide
by Sundus Saleemi
Sundus Saleemi
Whose development?
by Marva Khan
Marva Khan
Tangible action needed in Pakistan
by Hugh Williamson
Hugh Williamson
The internet is crucial
by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
Many crops are neglected in spite of being vitally important
by Roli Mahajan
A city where women need panic buttons is not a safe city
by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Why India and China are realigning their relations
by Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola
A powerful role model for African girls
by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
A hotline to support young people’s mental health in Uganda
by Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado
Mexico’s first female president
by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
A growing appeal for authoritarian rule
by Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar
There are very few educational opportunities for refugees in Lebanon
by Ben Ezeamalu
Ben Ezeamalu
Why many Africans must rely on informal health care
by David Mfitumukiza
David Mfitumukiza
Pressure on wildlife in Uganda
by Kathrin Berensmann
Kathrin Berensmann
Ideas to reform debt policy

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