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A boy is hanging up laundry at Beirut’s Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, which has been converted into an emergency shelter for refugees.

Conflict

Life in war-torn Lebanon: refuge in a football stadium

Once a venue for football and other events, Beirut’s Sports City Stadium now shelters families displaced by war in southern Lebanon. Their lives reflect both the scale of the country’s humanitarian crisis and the limits of state support.

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by Ali Awadeh

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The Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi, one of India’s largest e-waste dumps.

Recycling

How India aims to secure rare earth supply through e-waste

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by Roli Mahajan
Illustration of an Interview with AI

Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT, how would you conduct development policy?

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by D+C / E+Z
Tries to balance his country’s economic interests against those of foreign mining companies: Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye, pictured here in Addis Ababa in February when Burundi officially assumed the chairmanship of the African Union.

Mining economy

Burundi’s struggle for mining justice

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by Mireille Kanyange

Violence against women

Why marriage is reviving female genital mutilation in Egypt

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by Ahmed Dahaby
A mining site near Rubaya in eastern DRC.

Conflict and resources

Minerals for peace – or war over minerals in the DR Congo?

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by Ezra Moïse Amisi
by Bossissi Nkuba
The port of Lobito in Angola, which gave its name to the Lobito Corridor.

Africa

Economic infrastructure alone is not enough for growth

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by Georg Schäfer
Some AI projects have noble aims. But how useful are they really?

Sustainability and public interest

“The image of AI as a tool is far too simple”

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by Theresa Züger
by Jörg Döbereiner
Many African communities have traditionally cared for and respected their elders, but modern pressures and economic strain have weakened support systems.

Older populations

Ageing in the shadows

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by Richard Waindi

Malnutrition

In Malawi, childhood is shaped by hunger

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
An Iranian woman with a mobile phone outside a café in Tehran in April 2026. The windows are covered with tape to prevent them from shattering in the event of an explosion.

Iran

How Iranians try to get by every day amid war

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by Ariya Farahmand