Poverty
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Ethiopia: Tigray on brink of humanitarian disaster, UN says
The Tigray region of northern Ethiopia stands on the edge of a humanitarian disaster, the UN has said, as fighting escalates and…
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North Korea Plots a Course of “Heavy Agony” for 2022
With the pandemic not yet tamed and other uncertainty on the international scene, Pyongyang may continue refraining from major provocations…
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Qandi’s father sold her for $1300 to feed the family. Her mother is fighting to buy her back
Aziz Gul’s husband sold the 10-year-old girl into marriage without telling his wife, taking a down-payment so he could feed…
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‘I was squatting’: why asylum seekers so often struggle to find secure housing
It took Mariah* six months to find her first rental in western Sydney. Stephanie Convery The Guardian An asylum seeker…
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Afghan mothers forced to sell their children to survive as starvation threatens millions
Fatima is facing a torturous decision no mother should ever have to face: selling her toddler to prevent her other children…
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In middle Australia, rosy wealth data can hide a world of pain
The latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (Hilda) survey, released on Tuesday, shows that while incomes received a…
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TikTok videos humanise Colombia’s cocaine workers
Viral social media videos in Colombia reveal how the people on the lowest rung of the cocaine industry work and…
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Tesla boss Musk challenges UN official
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, challenged a United Nations official’s claim that just a small percentage of his wealth…
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Managing Lebanon’s Compounding Crises
Reform – and fiscal relief – is unlikely before 2022 elections. ICG While pushing for timely polls, international partners should…
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UN: Climate change threatens over 100 million people in Africa
A UN report said the continent’s glaciers could all melt by the 2040s. Deutsche Welle A new report from the…
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EU warns of fuel poverty due to energy price crunch
Rising global energy prices are causing a huge spike in heating bills. Nik Martin Deutsche Welle European Union Labor Commissioner…
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Viewpoint: Why Ethiopia’s Tigray region is starving, but no famine declared
A report from Ayder Referral hospital in Tigray’s capital city, Mekelle, this week described children dying of starvation. Alex de…
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The Afghan children hiding under moving lorries
They’re hiding under lorries to cross national borders in the hope they’ll be able to get money for their families…
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Venezuela crisis: Three in four in extreme poverty, study says
Researchers at Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB) linked the increase to both the pandemic and a fuel crisis. BBC Since…
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Wealthy nations must share more resources or risk crisis for billions, warns UN chief
The head of the UN has called on rich countries to step up efforts to protect workers hit by the Covid-19 pandemic…
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‘It is a big relief for me’: how the welfare provided by madrassas holds a key to fighting the Taliban
One area policymakers should focus on are madrassas — the religious schools that have existed in many Muslim countries for…
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