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Pakistan’s social divide

Pakistan’s ruling elite are highly privileged: they send their children to private schools and go to private hospitals. Since they are disconnected from the problems faced by large sections of the population, they don’t invest in social security for the masses, but in services for the wealthy.

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by Abdur Rehman Cheema
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Water pollution

The lake that once gave life now poisons a city

Raw sewage, neglect and an invasive plant have turned the main water source of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare into a public health threat. In some suburbs, residents suffer from foul-smelling tap water and cholera outbreaks as the pollution of Lake Chivero worsens.

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by Derick Matsengarwodzi

Migration to Germany

“The opportunities I found here outweigh many of the challenges”

Boniface Mwangi is one of many people who have left their homeland because they no longer see any job prospects there. The Kenyan civil engineer arrived in Germany a few months ago and spoke with Katharina Wilhelm Otieno.

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by Boniface Mwangi
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Informal market

Up in smoke: Ghana’s Kantamanto market

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by Susanne Giese

Empowerment

The afterlife of fast fashion

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by Susanne Giese

Women's rights activists

“We have taken several transnational corporations to court”

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by Alejandra Ancheita
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Illustration on a magazine cover shows numerous stylized people in colorful clothing approaching two gates labeled "FRANCE" and "GERMANY," symbolizing migration and integration in Europe.
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Coping far from home

Migration to Germany

“The opportunities I found here outweigh many of the challenges”

Boniface Mwangi is one of many people who have left their homeland because they no longer see any job prospects there. The Kenyan civil engineer arrived in Germany a few months ago and spoke with Katharina Wilhelm Otieno.

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by Boniface Mwangi
New beginnings

Two sisters, two paths

Born during the war in South Sudan, twin sisters Anna and Lily Nadai now live almost 12,000 kilometres apart. Their story shows how lives can begin identically but unfold completely differently.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Migration to Germany

“I met Germans who didn’t see me just as a refugee”

Following the outbreak of war in Syria, the journalist Mohamad Melli embarked on a dangerous journey to Europe in 2015. He now lives and works in Germany and wants to build bridges between cultures.

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by Mohamad Melli
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