global development
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West African children rescued from slaveryIn Togo and Benin, photographer Ana Palacios met children who have been rescued from slavery, and discovered how they are being helped to rebuild their lives
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'I'm a walking corpse' – new law will help acid attack victimsNew law in India comes into force this week which will recognise survivors as being physically disabled. They will now be entitled to compensation and help to get jobs
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Drought took their animals and land. Hunger is taking their childrenWhen the rains failed in Somalia, a war zone with few roads or hospitals, the consequences for people who live off the land were inevitable -
'Americans bomb our children daily, why care about polio?'A Taliban health chief says the resumption of a polio vaccination scheme in north Afghanistan does not alter lingering suspicion of the international community
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Madagascan farmer who says mining firm ousted him from his land is denied visaFailed application means Athanase Monja can't attend Rio Tinto AGM, where he hoped to highlight impact of mining on his community
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in depth
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Slave saviours: the men risking their lives to free brick workers in DagestanBeatings and death threats are part of daily life for two activists who save people enslaved in the remote Russian republic of Dagestan
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The boy who lived: surviving the scars of Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgencyAlmost left for dead when he was injured by a discarded bomb, Jonathan Gambo faces a long road to recovery. The teenager’s fate mirrors that of Nigeria itself
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Murder in Pondoland: how a proposed mine brought conflict to South AfricaYale Environment 360: The death of activist Sikhosiphi Rhadebe has not stopped local communities from opposing plans for a major titanium mine that threatens ecologically important lands and a way of life
talking points
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Feed the starving? Guns are the true cause of hunger and famineAid professionals would have you believe that tackling hunger is about feeding people. Take it from an industry insider – the truth is a lot more complex
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The boy who survived a Boko Haram bomb, and saving Dagestan's slavesJonathan Gambo shares his story of recovery after being injured by discarded munitions in Nigeria, and we follow the activists rescuing enslaved brick workers
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Cross-border surrogacy: exploiting low income women as biological resources?Our globalised economy responds voraciously to biotech advances, but lax regulation risks turning the poor into biological resources to be used for profit
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Appeal to fight hunger in east Africa, and the US cuts that pose a threat to womenDisasters Emergency Committee calls for urgent funds for 16 million people facing hunger, and the US lines up with world’s worst abusers of women’s rights
pictures, video & audio
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No respite for Rohingya as Aung San Suu Kyi rejects abuse inquiry – in picturesThe UN is assembling a team to investigate human rights violations against Rohingya Muslims, putting the organisation at loggerheads with Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Meanwhile, some of the world’s most persecuted people remain unable to access medical treatment and education
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Colombia landslide: grief turns to anger as Mocoa mourns – in picturesMore than 250 people are dead and hundreds more missing after heavy rainfall triggered lethal mudslides and flooding in Colombia’s Putumayo province. As the survivors mourn, there have been accusations that the government should have been better prepared for the disaster
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'We're taking them home': saving Russia's brick slaves – videoThousands of Russia’s most vulnerable men and women are enslaved in brick factories and farms in the remote republic of Dagestan. Two young activists, Alexey and Zakir, risk their lives to rescue them
games & quizzes
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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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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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Women's rights and gender equality in focusWomen's rights and gender equality in focusTrump administration halts money to UN population fund over abortion rulesInternational family planning agency, which will lose all future US funding, rejects state department claims it supports ‘coercive abortion’ in China
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Modern-day slavery in focusModern-day slavery in focusWest African children rescued from slavery – in picturesIn Togo and Benin, photographer Ana Palacios met children who have been rescued from slavery, and discovered how they are being helped to rebuild their lives
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networks
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Global Development Professionals NetworkGlobal Development Professionals NetworkView from Damascus: rebuilding in the midst of warBritish Red Cross press officer Penny Sims has been in Syria for the last four months and shares what she saw
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Guardian Africa networkGuardian Africa networkIs Uganda the world's best place for refugees?Once refugees themselves, Ugandans look to ‘return the good’ to people fleeing war in South Sudan by offering land and help
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South Africa mining massacre victims offered £75m in damagesGovernment offers to compensate victims of 2012 police shooting at Marikana mine that left 34 workers dead
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Rebels with a cause: Africa's whistleblowers need urgent protectionA group of activists, lawyers and artists have launched a platform to help citizen watchdogs in often dangerous situations
Aid 'Worrying trend' as funds stay in wealthiest countries