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Report says UK ignoring £323m annual impact on poorest nationsOverseas Development Institute says UK has a moral duty to avoid harming people in developing countires, which will lose out if current export terms end -
Train takes the strain for Kaduna to Abuja commutersAttracted by modest fares and an alternative to slow and often hazardous road routes, passengers are making the most of a new rail link to the country’s capital
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Women's leader from ruling BJP charged with child traffickingJuhi Chowdhury, state secretary of Bharatiya Janata party, arrested for alleged involvement in a cartel that police say sold Indian babies to people overseas -
Is brutal treatment of young offenders fuelling crime rates?Detaining juveniles in overcrowded conditions, where there is little scope for learning or rehabilitation, may be contributing to violence in Brazilian society
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UK fails to join donors in bridging US funding shortfallAs countries pledge a total of €181m to fill void left by Trump administration’s funding ban, UK highlights existing commitments on family planning
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'We need development': Maldives switches focus from climate threat to mass tourismThe new government plans to relocate residents to larger atolls – leaving small islands ripe for development. It says these super resorts, not solar power, will create the money needed to adapt to climate change
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Burn it, dissolve it, eat it: is the solution to India's waste problem in the bag?A Bengaluru businessman believes his organic plastic bags can help to reduce India’s 15m tonnes of annual plastic consumption
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Lush heartlands of Nicaragua’s Miskito people spark deadly land disputesThe indigenous group faces a battle with settlers lured to the Caribbean rainforest region by the promise of cheap virgin land, precious timber and gold
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Even in an age of austerity, aid works. We have to keep givingAltruism aside, it makes sense to help fragile states as best we can. We suffer the effects when they fail
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Saving lives under the threat of famine, and tributes to data guru Hans RoslingThe aid operations hoping to save lives in South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen, and remembering the master statistician and development champion
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The same forces fuelling the rise of hate groups and crime in America are operating in Brexit BritainAnti-Muslim groups have tripled. But this isn’t just a US problem
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British banks are go-betweens in global conflict. This can be stoppedHigh-level corruption and illicit trade in natural resources depend on banks across the EU. Putting financial pressure on them can help save lives
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Plastic pollution blights Bay of Bengal – in picturesIn India, 6,000 tonnes of plastic waste lies uncollected every day. Some of this washes up in Tamil Nadu state where it pollutes and contaminates the food and water of communities living along the Bay of Bengal
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Food aid from warehouse to plate: fighting South Sudan’s famine – in picturesLast year, photographer Matt Black documented the logistics chain of international food aid from a warehouse hub in Dubai to Unity State in South Sudan, where famine has just been declared
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Is child labour always wrong? The view from Bolivia – podcastKary Stewart looks at why 850,000 children work in Bolivia, and whether the numbers can be vindicated by the country’s unique cultural context
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The world in 2016: how much do you know? – quizFrom the Brexit vote to Donald Trump’s victory in the US election, 2016 was a year of seismic shifts. How closely were you paying attention?
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Drowning: do you know enough about this global killer? – quizHundreds 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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Humanitarian aid quiz: are you good in a crisis?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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World Water Day quiz – are you a fount of wisdom?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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Women's rights and gender equality in focusWomen's rights and gender equality in focusUK fails to contribute as donors unite to bridge US 'global gag' funding shortfallAs countries pledge a total of €181m to fill void left by Trump administration’s funding ban, UK highlights existing commitments on family planning
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Modern-day slavery in focusModern-day slavery in focusWomen's leader from India's ruling BJP charged with child traffickingJuhi Chowdhury, state secretary of Bharatiya Janata party, arrested for alleged involvement in a cartel that police say sold Indian babies to people overseas
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Global Development Professionals NetworkGlobal Development Professionals NetworkBasic income isn’t just a nice idea. It's a birthrightA basic income could defeat the scarcity mindset, instil a sense of solidarity and even ease the anxieties that gave us Brexit and Trump
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Guardian Africa networkGuardian Africa network'Fake news' fuelled civil war in Burundi. Now it's being used againExiled journalists tell of how decades of balanced post-conflict reporting is being dismantled by President Nkurunziza
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In an age of autocracy, meet the dissidents speaking truth to powerStrongmen are back in vogue, but these six people are determined to defy the despots
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Kenya's health system on the verge of collapse as doctors' strike grinds onMass walkout over reneged 2013 deal on boosting pay and staffing has left patients untreated and medical union leaders in jail
Daily horror is part of life in Yemen. We must act to prevent famine