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Cotton picker in a field in Sindh.

Labour rights

Dangerous cotton harvest

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by Imran Mukhtar
The shores of Lake Tanganyika are increasingly unsafe.

Global heating

Lake Tanganyika: levees needed

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by Mireille Kanyange
Across Africa, river blindness makes affected persons dependent on other people’s support: visually impaired man in Cote d’Ivoire.

Blind in Benin

In Benin, the blind struggle to fend for themselves

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by Karim Okanla
Helicopter on a luxury boat during the Monaco Yacht Show in 2018.

Relevant reading

American journalist sheds light on plutocrats’ anxieties

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by Hans Dembowski
Hospital in Tanzania, 2021.

Social protection

Financing health systems for informal workers

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by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Staff of agricultural insurer Pula update details of a farmer in Kenya, 2021.

Digitalisation

Marketing digital microinsurance

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by Dirk Reinhard
Farmers need protection against climate risks: Harvesting rice in Bangladesh.

Finance

Inclusive insurance for everyone

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by Dirk Reinhard
A pastoralist stands among goats and sheep that presumably died of exposure to extreme weather in Kenya, 2022.

Informal sector

Social protection for everyone

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by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Poor infrastructure makes accidents more likely – overturned truck in Uganda in late 2020.

Road safety

High death risk on African roads

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by Ben Ezeamalu
Ben Ezeamalu
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