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Venezuelan migrants awaiting the issuance of the Special Stay Permit by the Colombian government in Bogotá in 2023.

Colombia

Colombia offers displaced Venezuelans residence and work permits

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by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
In 2024, Zimbabwe received a risk insurance payout from the African Risk Capacity Group to help alleviate the effects of severe drought.

Shock-sensitive social protection

Bridging funding gaps when disaster strikes

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by James G. Bennett
by Nazaruddin Puteh
Parveen Bibi in Darkut Colony in front of a water tank that is filled by a solar-powered pump.

Internally displaced persons

Solar-powered water supply for climate refugees in Pakistan

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by Syed Muhammad Abubakar
Coal mine in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Decarbonisation

The fossil fuel reality behind the rhetoric of energy transition

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by Pedro Alarcón
Refugees arrive at a German initial reception centre. How their lives unfold from this point on is largely the responsibility of the host society.

Refugee integration

The challenge of starting over

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by Jenny Phillimore
Transport on the Río Beni: the people of Asunción de Quiquibey sell their goods at the Rurrenabaque market.

Indigenous rights

Even in Bolivia, indigenous life is under threat from many sides

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by Katja Dombrowski
MHU’s mental-health hotline is focusing on Uganda’s youth.

Uganda

A hotline to support young people’s mental health in Uganda

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Lesotho declared an unprecedented two-year “state of national disaster” in order to reorganise its economy.

International Relations

Africa does not flinch before Trump

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Members of the Wairari Atun Sacha cabildo are mapping their territory.

Colombia

Defending territory with tradition and technology in Colombia

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by Leonardo Jiménez García
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