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Military police patrolling a Rio favela.

Urban life

Rio’s poor have reason to fear the police

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by Thuany Rodrigues
Many students live in slums.

Shared spaces

Students live in some of Nairobi’s worst housing

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Many Nairobians live in a slum – and the home they identify with is somewhere in a village.

Affordable housing

Why the government’s housing policy is failing in Nairobi

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
In Mali, so-called “Solartainers” are providing green and affordable electricity to village residents.

Environment

Book shows rays of hope in climate crisis

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by Dagmar Wolf
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Cassava

The little tuber that could

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by Derrick Silimina
This mud-brick house collapsed after a flood.

Infrastructure

Throughout the camp, houses lack adequate sanitation

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by Qaabata Boru
A man building what will probably become a family’s permanent residence.

Refugee camps

Kakuma camp has become a permanent settlement

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by Qaabata Boru
Favela life is tough, but two thirds of the residents do not want to move away.

Marginalised communities

Where Brazil's neglected people live

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by Thuany Rodrigues
The favela Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro.

Our view

More than a mere shelter

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by Katja Dombrowski
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