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More and more people worldwide gain access to safe drinking water.

Good News

Progress in drinking water supply and disease control

The two pieces of good news this month are about more people gaining access to safe drinking water and four countries being declared free of the neglected tropical disease trachoma.

by D+C / E+Z

05.12.2025

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Shared spaces

Students live in some of Nairobi’s worst housing

by Alphonce Shiundu

24.12.2020

Many Nairobians live in a slum – and the home they identify with is somewhere in a village.

Affordable housing

Why the government’s housing policy is failing in Nairobi

by Alphonce Shiundu

23.12.2020

In Mali, so-called “Solartainers” are providing green and affordable electricity to village residents.

Environment

Book shows rays of hope in climate crisis

by Dagmar Wolf

22.12.2020

This mud-brick house collapsed after a flood.

Infrastructure

Throughout the camp, houses lack adequate sanitation

by Qaabata Boru

20.12.2020

A man building what will probably become a family’s permanent residence.

Refugee camps

Kakuma camp has become a permanent settlement

by Qaabata Boru

18.12.2020

Favela life is tough, but two thirds of the residents do not want to move away.

Marginalised communities

Where Brazil's neglected people live

by Thuany Rodrigues

17.12.2020

Our view

More than a mere shelter

by Katja Dombrowski

16.12.2020

Tigrinya refugees in Sudan in early December 2020.

Horn of Africa

Who is caught in the crossfire of Ethiopia’s recent conflict

by Markus Rudolf

14.12.2020

Child brides

An early end to childhood

by Raphael Mweninguwe

14.12.2020

Masks, face shields, protective suits and test kits are badly needed in Kenya’s hospitals.

Corruption

Medical mystery

by Mahwish Gul

13.12.2020