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Alcohol abuse

Unwilling and incapable of working

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by Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki
Unveiling a statue of Nelson Mandela at Cape Town’s city hall in 2018: Helen Zille (left), premier of Western Cape Province, and Patricia de Lille, mayor.

Diverse society

White South Africans generally accept majority rule today

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by Roger Southall
Three fingers lost in an accident: a worker of an informal wool processing business in Peshawar in 2016.

Informal sector

Undocumented job is best opportunity many Pakistanis get

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by Marva Khan
Marva Khan
In spite of some recent agreements, the WTO does not seem revitalised: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO director general during a press conference in Geneva in June.

International trade

The WTO has not collapsed, but it does look shaky

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
by Hans Dembowski
“The unequal distribution of medical supplies was frustrating”: South African nurses in 2021.

World economy

Multilateral order faces toughest test since World War II

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by José Siaba Serrate
José Siaba Serrate
Attending a World Disability Day rally in Dhaka on 3 December 2021.

Social inclusion

Children with disabilities deserve to be encouraged

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by Sharlin Akther
Disabled member of a women’s microfinance cooperative showing her savings book in Northern Togo.

Our view

Do not abandon people with disabilities

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Small-scale farmer in Zimbabwe.

Food security

“Smallholder farms must benefit from innovations”

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by Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau
by Hans Dembowski
by Jörg Döbereiner
Gaëtan Ahoomey-Zunu is the first parliament member in Togo with a disability.

Togo

The first disabled member of Togo’s parliament

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by Samir Abi
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