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Narendra Modi, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin in September.

International relations

Why India and China are realigning their relations

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
A mural on a wall at Punjab University in Lahore depicts the burden placed on the poor to sustain the lifestyle of the elite.

Social sector

Pakistan’s social divide

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by Abdur Rehman Cheema
A 2018 election poster from Cameroon. This year, 92-year-old President Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, is running for office for the eighth time.

Governance

How fossilised, power-hungry men keep Africa in a stranglehold

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by Baba G. Jallow
Students being taught inside a half-collapsed building at Shuhada-Alwahdah School in Ibb province, Yemen.

Education

Overcrowded classrooms, outdoor lessons or no school at all

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by Abdulrahman Al-Humaidi
A view of Chukudum, where the twins were born.

New beginnings

Two sisters, two paths

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
The Baghdasaryan family was forced to flee their home in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023. They now live in Yeghegnadsor, in southern Armenia.

Displaced by conflict

“I wanted to die in Nagorno-Karabakh”

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by André Uzulis
Helen Zughaib.

Artist of the month

Helen Zughaib

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by D+C / E+Z
Distribution of improved cooking devices in Rwanda: funds are allocated to projects such as this one under the contribution-claim model.

Contribution-claim approach

How companies can contribute to climate justice voluntarily

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by Lukas Küsters
by Kirsten Gade
Further investment in education and health is needed to fully realise the potential of young people in Africa.

Growth

What can help sub-Saharan Africa grow in an inclusive way?

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by Aimé Muligo Sindayigaya
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