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Report says true scale of trafficked children who have gone missing is unclear as many local authorities lack data on how many are in their care
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Officials in Sudan hope Obama will ease the ban on importing much-needed spare parts for the country’s neglected rail network
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Impact of dams on climate change has been underestimated, researchers warn, as rotting vegetation creates 25% more methane than previously thought
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Campaigners fear Trump’s presidency could spell the beginning of the end for USAID, with development funding redirected on to home soil
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Under Trump, campaigners say, $600m in aid could be ‘cut drastically’, costing maternal lives, as they predict return to anti-abortion stance on health funding
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Hundreds of people in Sierra Leone worked on burial teams and in support operations to fight Ebola. One year on, we see how the lives of some of those volunteers have changed
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From drought-hit Nigeria to wine-growing Finland, we hear from people whose lives have already been changed by a warming world
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In Ghana’s capital, cars, motorbikes and minibuses jostle for road space during a daily descent on the city centre. With air pollution killing thousands every year and Accra’s population set to double within 20 years, can the city find a solution?
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Brazil’s centuries-old tradition of protest through the martial art is seeing a resurgence as capoeiristas demonstrate against Temer’s regime
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Cuba must shun capitalism and seek development solutions from within
Milford Bateman and Jonathan GlennieAs Cuba seeks to revitalise its ailing economy, it could learn much from countries where development has gone hand in hand with state involvement -
Little attention is given to issues such as health, or consent and sexual violence, leaving women vulnerable and at risk
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As India prepares to host a key global anti-tobacco conference, the world must seize the chance to end a scourge that claims 6m lives a year
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The death of Fezekile ‘Khwezi’ Kuzwayo, the woman who accused Jacob Zuma of rape, must not extinguish the powerful principles for which she stood
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Thousands of people in Unity state are fleeing increased fighting in Leer, heading for the UN protection of civilians camp in Bentiu, in the country’s north
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The 2015 earthquake devastated the Langtang valley. Reconstruction work involves hauling materials up mountain tracks, yet slowly communities are rebuilding their livelihoods to welcome back tourists
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Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of tailings from the Grasberg mine end up in the Indonesian province’s Aikwa delta system every day, which the Kamoro tribe say is destroying the landscape on which they rely for food and trade
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Hundreds of thousands of people drown every year. Many deaths go unrecorded, however, and pressure to teach people to swim is not what it might be
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Reckon you could teach world humanitarian summit delegates a thing or two about aid? Take our quiz and find out if you’re a wizard on human welfare
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Access to water is a basic human right, but roughly one in 10 people globally are without a safe source. To mark World Water Day, try our quiz
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Are you a superpower on sovereignty? Take our quiz to find out if you’re presidential material when it comes to people in power
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Women's rights and gender equality in focusWomen's rights and gender equality in focusUS aid for women’s sexual health worldwide under threatUnder Trump, campaigners say, $600m in aid could be ‘cut drastically’, costing maternal lives, as they predict return to anti-abortion stance on health funding
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Modern-day slavery in focusModern-day slavery in focusChild trafficking victims disappearing from UK care at 'alarming' rateReport says true scale of trafficked children who have gone missing is unclear as many local authorities lack data on how many are in their care
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Global Development Professionals NetworkGlobal Development Professionals NetworkThe fall-less city and other innovations for a healthier old ageRapid urbanisation and ageing populations mean that cities must become better for older people to live in. We have the technology to make this happen
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Guardian Africa networkGuardian Africa networkGhana's first travelling museum ready to hit the roadKiosk-sized cultural exhibition will travel across the country’s 10 regions in December
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A coup attempt last year provoked a fierce media crackdown. A group of journalists in exile are using the internet to fight back
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Entrepreneurs from around the world gather for a three-day conference looking at how the continent can get creative with the internet
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