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People cross the Chenab River after the flow of water was halted from a dam, at Akhnoor, on the outskirts of Jammu, India in May.

Resource conflicts

Can India withhold Pakistan’s water?

India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty is not likely to cause its neighbour Pakistan much harm in the short term, but it sets a dangerous global precedent.

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by Imran Mukhtar

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Older people have a right to a dignified life: a woman in Sogamoso, Colombia.

Demographic change

Older people’s rights are human rights

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by Dagmar Wolf
Election winners Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez.

Democracy

Colombians have voted for change

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by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
Hala trains to become a police officer in Syria.

Summer Special

Emancipation in Syria, both personal and political

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by Aviva Freudmann
Ovaherero gathering at a chieftain’s grave in the Namibian city of Okahandja.

Germany and Namibia

Hurdles on reconciliation between Germany and the Ovaherero

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by Henning Melber
Women are unequal to men in many places.

Gender equality

Women are particularly disadvantaged in the informal sector

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by Oliver Schmidt

Kenya

Poor Kenyans complain about rising public debt

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by Jacob Opara
Street stall in South Sudan.

Economy

Bringing businesses out of the informal sector

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by Oliver Schmidt
Storage facility in Odessa in June 2022.

Geopolitics

The strategic relevance of Ukrainian grain

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by Jane Escher
Printing traditional Javanese textile patterns in a small-scale workshop.

Relevant reading

In promotion of small businesses, prioritise social capital

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by Iwan J. Azis
by Hans Dembowski
Street-side barbershop in Zimbabwe.

Our view

The nightmare of states that are too small

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by Hans Dembowski