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Baker with his motorbike.

Informal sector

“On a bad day, my earnings are just enough to pay my boss”

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Mercy Mutemi is one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers.

Content moderation

Sorting out human horror for less than two dollars an hour

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by Alba Nakuwa
Demonstrations against Elon Musk and his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), which USAID has fallen victim to.

Development politics

Global voices on ending USAID, part 2

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by D+C / E+Z
In February, people demonstrated in front of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington against the government to support employees who had to vacate their offices.

Development politics

Global voices on ending USAID, part 1

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by D+C / E+Z
A domestic help in India. It is not Reba.

Informal sector

“I just want my son to study well and then live a better life than I do”

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by Roli Mahajan
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

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
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