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Technology

Why the Global South can’t afford tech pessimism

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by Payal Arora
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu, Somalia, 2025.

International humanitarian system

The UN’s plan for humanitarian action in times of dwindling funds

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by Martin Ohms
by Jessica Kühnle
by Matthias Amling
A guard stands in front of a prison cell at the CECOT high-security prison in Tecolotzco, El Salvador.

Human rights

Inside El Salvador’s prison system

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by Julia Gavarrete
Sex workers from Kolkata celebrate the Indian Supreme Court’s ruling in May 2022 recognising sex work as a profession.

Feminism

Is prostitution work or exploitation?

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by Khushboo Srivastava
Sex workers and activists demonstrate on the eve of International Labour Day 2022 in Kolkata.

Labour rights

Selling sex, seeking respect: Life in India’s red-light districts

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by Khushboo Srivastava
Humanitarian organisations work closely together in Chad, especially in light of global aid cuts. A medical team with IRC and UNHCR staff at an initial reception centre in the border town of Adré.

Humanitarian organisations

Humanitarian crisis in Chad: “How do we prioritise among priorities?”

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by Alain Rusuku
by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Like-minded heads of state are supported by Donald Trump: Argentina’s President Javier Milei with the US President at the White House in October 2025.

Latin America

Trump’s vision to reclaim the “US backyard”

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by André de Mello e Souza
Picture of Donald Trump on a poster-covered wall in São Paulo, 2019. The fact is: Brazil has not made any major concessions to the US.

Latin America

Who bows in the face of Trump’s coercion?

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by André de Mello e Souza
Afghan refugees leaving Pakistan at the Torkham border crossing in November 2025.

Involuntary migration

The harsh fate of Afghan families pushed out of Pakistan

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by Aqsa Younas
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