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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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Across Africa, river blindness makes affected persons dependent on other people’s support: visually impaired man in Cote d’Ivoire.

Blind in Benin

In Benin, the blind struggle to fend for themselves

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by Karim Okanla
Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter.

Twitter

Twitter could become a plutocrat’s toy

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by Charles Martin-Shields
Helicopter on a luxury boat during the Monaco Yacht Show in 2018.

Relevant reading

American journalist sheds light on plutocrats’ anxieties

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by Hans Dembowski
Hospital in Tanzania, 2021.

Social protection

Financing health systems for informal workers

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by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Staff of agricultural insurer Pula update details of a farmer in Kenya, 2021.

Digitalisation

Marketing digital microinsurance

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by Dirk Reinhard
Farmers need protection against climate risks: Harvesting rice in Bangladesh.

Finance

Inclusive insurance for everyone

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by Dirk Reinhard
A pastoralist stands among goats and sheep that presumably died of exposure to extreme weather in Kenya, 2022.

Informal sector

Social protection for everyone

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by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Poor infrastructure makes accidents more likely – overturned truck in Uganda in late 2020.

Road safety

High death risk on African roads

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by Ben Ezeamalu
Ben Ezeamalu
China is not interested in democracy and human rights: President Xi Jinping with guests at Africa summit in Beijing in 2018.

Development cooperation

The relentless global decay of democracy

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by Aline Burni
by Niels Keijzer
Drought in Chimanimani in eastern Zimbabwe: The region is severely affected by climate change.

World Risk Index 2021

Small island states and Africa are particularly vulnerable

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by Monika Hellstern