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Health system close to collapse as electricity crisis threatens total blackoutWorld Health Organization warns hospitals could be plunged into darkness by February without new funding to keep emergency generators running -
Boosting survival rates for mothers and babies – in picturesIn remote areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a programme training health workers aims to tackle maternal and infant mortality
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UN condemns Saudi ArabiaCalls for release of dozens of prominent figures imprisoned in wave of recent arrests as UN and human rights groups decry crackdown on dissent -
'Uber for blood': drones deliver urgent supplies to save livesA Silicon Valley robotics company has teamed up with the Rwandan health ministry to hasten deliveries of vital medicines to hospitals in remote areas
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Call it a world of dread and fear, Geldof? Try eating catfish in a Lagos bush barNigerian satirist Elnathan John responds to Do They Know It’s Christmas? – the Band Aid song that did as much to entrench myths as it did to raise money
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We pressed pause the day we had to leave Syria. The shock never goes awayWar has shattered our society and put our lives on hold. Now we women are demanding that our voices are heard in building peace in our damaged country
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I escaped war in Syria and am now free to dream – but other kids aren't so luckyOn World Children’s Day, the Guardian invited a young Syrian refugee now living in the UK to give us his views on the kind of stories we should be covering
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‘We rebel against the system’: inside Soweto’s thriving punk sceneUnemployment is high in the Johannesburg township, but the band TCIYF are a surprising, positive influence for disenfranchised young people
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How the sun's rays can keep food chilled: fighting waste in AfricaTwo low-tech innovations for storing fruit and vegetables could help save some of the food that goes to waste in a continent where millions are hungry
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Tensions in tourism: Nepal's middle class claim they are 'unwanted guests'Locals who want to join overseas visitors in enjoying the country’s stunning mountains say its tourist industry gives western trekkers preferential treatment
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'Everything was clouded by Trump in 2017': a gruelling year for poor nations – podcastLucy Lamble looks back over 12 months of critical changes for developing countries, dominated by the devastating effects of the ‘global gag rule’
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'It was unbelievable horror': the Rohingya crisis – podcastWith nearly a million Rohingya driven out of Myanmar in what the UN has called textbook ‘ethnic cleansing’, Lucy Lamble hears about the situation on the ground in Bangladesh – and how the international community can help
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'Society needs to learn to accept': living with HIV and Aids in Africa – in picturesAcross Africa, girls and young women continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV/Aids. Photographer Karin Schermbrucker documents their courage
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Who are the Rohingya and what is happening in Myanmar?Fresh outbreak of violence after decades of ethnic tensions has prompted tens of thousands of people to flee to Bangladesh
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A timeline of landmarks in women's rightsWomen have fought long and hard to secure access to family planning and abortion, and reduce maternal mortality. A modern timeline of that struggle tells a story full of highs and lows
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Why do people still go hungry? Actor Dougray Scott explainsThere is enough food in the world to go around, yet hundreds of millions of people go to bed each night on an empty stomach
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‘Traffickers take all that makes you human’Survivors of human trafficking recount how they were raped, abused and exploited as they became 21st century slaves
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Women's rights and gender equality in focusWomen's rights and gender equality in focusLife on the Congo river: boosting survival rates for mothers and babies – in picturesIn remote areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Tshopo province, a programme training health workers aims to tackle maternal and infant mortality
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Modern-day slavery in focusModern-day slavery in focus'An employer? No, we have a master': the Sikhs secretly exploited in ItalyIn a country where justice moves at a glacial pace, migrant workers suffering labour abuses have scant incentive to come forward
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Building a feminist city in the PhilippinesWhen Islamist insurgents destroyed the city of Marawi, its women saw an opportunity to demand rights and freedoms previously unknown to them
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Hairdressing, sewing, cooking – is this really how we're going to empower women?Women’s empowerment has long been a development buzzword, but a narrow focus on getting women into low-paid work may be marginalising them further
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Warm and cuddly global goals? The international community must get realAt the moment the SDGs simply offer UN member states a free pass to pat themselves on the back, despite their collective failures
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My mum had HIV and we never even spoke about it – a silence born of stigmaCharles Pensulo has worked as a health journalist in Malawi for five years now – but he’s never before spoken about his own family’s battle with HIV
'It's about our dignity' Vintage clothing ban in Rwanda sparks US trade dispute