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At COP22, the African Development Bank’s president, Akinwumi Adesina, tells of strategies to improve energy supplies and fight the impact of climate change
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As World Toilet Day approaches, WaterAid report reveals dire state of urban sanitation, as globally one child dies every two minutes from diarrhoeal disease
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With many people from southern Haiti struggling with lack of food and shelter, the country’s postponed presidential elections could see a low turn-out
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At Dakar’s One Health conference, leaders pledged to act fast to detect, report and control the spread of diseases that often pass from animals to humans
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COP22 host leads by example in the fight against climate change with 52% green energy target by 2020 and Africa’s first city cycle hire scheme
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More than 99.5% of Cuban children attend an early childhood education programme or institution. Kary Stewart visits Havana to speak to families, doctors and teachers about a Latin American success story
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Goma has only 11km of good roads and is blighted by poverty and violence, but the city’s cycling club is going from strength to strength
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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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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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The president-elect has promised to rip up the free trade treaty, yet there is no sign that his approach will be any fairer
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The sudden withdrawal of 500- and 1,000-rupee notes will batter India’s currency-reliant poor and middle classes, leaving tax evaders unscathed
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While overseas aid booms, domestic economies bomb – yet we cannot respond to international poverty and inequality without responding to problems at home
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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
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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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Más del 99,5% de los niños cubanos asiste a un programa o institución de educación infantil. Kary Stewart visita La Habana para hablar con familias, médicos y maestros sobre una historia de éxito en América Latina
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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 NetworkCelebrating toilets from Madagascar to Ghana - in pictures‘Before we built toilets, there were faeces all over the village,’ says Valentina Horacio from rural Angola. Tomorrow is World Toilet Day, set up by the UN in 2013 to bring attention to the global sanitation crisis
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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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