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Exploitative conditions continue to prevail in mining regions of the Global South.

Fair trade

Critical minerals: unearthing injustice

Who profits from the natural resources of the Global South? In many places, colonial patterns of exploitation are repeated. However, some developments offer hope for greater distributive justice.

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by Jörg Döbereiner

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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
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
Experts from The HALO Trust educate schoolchildren in Idlib province about the dangers posed by mines and unexploded ordnance.

Humanitarian aid

Mines: a lethal obstacle to Syria’s reconstruction

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by Kim Berg
This elementary school for girls in the city of Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan Province was de-stroyed by a US missile. The attack in late February claimed the lives of many civilians, most of them children.

International law

Iran war: Call out violations of international law, push for reform

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by Kai Ambos
Tanger Med container port in Morocco.

International relations

Africa and Europe should put trade at the centre of their relations

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by Moses Vilakati
by Mathias Mogge
by Debisi Araba
Refugees continue to risk their lives in the Mediterranean Sea.

Book

A prayer on the night before fleeing across the sea

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by Dagmar Wolf
Media reporting on Gaza has drawn widespread criticism.

Media criticism

“Gaza is not a black box”

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by Fabian Goldmann
by Björn Cremer
Gaza City on 3 November 2025.

War

When I left Gaza City, I left my heart beneath the rubble

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by Ansam Al-Kitaa
Students being taught inside a half-collapsed building at Shuhada-Alwahdah School in Ibb province, Yemen.

Education

Overcrowded classrooms, outdoor lessons or no school at all

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by Abdulrahman Al-Humaidi
Mohamad Melli came to Germany in 2015 to escape the civil war in Syria.

Migration to Germany

“I met Germans who didn’t see me just as a refugee”

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by Mohamad Melli