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There are also women and children working in illegal cobalt mines in the DRC. Without cobalt and other raw materials needed for hardware, there would be no AI.

Technology

How AI exploits

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by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
by Azza Mustafa Babikir Ahmed
This meme spread in Kenya following President William Ruto’s announcement to buy a machine that makes chapati – a popular flatbread – for schools. Many consider this to be superfluous compared to other problems in the country.

Internet culture

When humour and tragedy go hand in hand

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by Alba Nakuwa

Energy supply

Zambia supports $ 50 billion funding pledge to expand energy access in Africa

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by Derrick Silimina
Textile workers protest in Dhaka, demanding payment of their wages before the Eid holidays.

Sustainable supply chains

“The law would be gutted before it even came into force”

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by Armin Paasch
by Leon Kirschgens
Cotton harvest in Uzbekistan on the border with Turkmenistan.

Forced labour

Improving working conditions in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry

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by Shahida Tulaganova
Distributing food to earthquake victims in Mandalay, Myanmar in early April.

Emergency aid

Humanitarian aid should not be driven by politics

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by Marvin Fürderer
How much would investment need to grow to achieve the SDGs? This article is part of a focus section on development finance accompanied by a series of AI-generated images.

Financing for development

Facts and figures

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by Isah Shafiq
by Marvin Fürderer

Textile waste

How Nigerian designers are embracing sustainability

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by Oluwatoyosi Asunmo
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