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How a transgender tobacco farmer in Zimbabwe is fighting for dignity

In a country where queer people face exclusion, formal agriculture offers rare stability. Yet significant risks remain.

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu

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Without immigration, Italy’s population would have dwindled: Pope Francis visiting a regional migration centre in Bologna in 2017.

UN forecast

55 countries will see their population shrink by 2050

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by Sarah Josef
Garment factory workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, have been sent home as factories have been closed.

Blog

Gender implications of Covid-19

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by Monika Hellstern
Soldiers delivering maize flour to needy people in a Kampala suburb.

Pandemic side-effects

Two daily meals of porridge

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by Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Education

A boost for women

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by Gildaneliz Barrientos
Malawi’s markets are not ordered to shut down.

Legal action

Malawi judge blocks lockdown

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
Rural road in Malawi: local people would benefit from better infrastructure.

Employment

The urgency of public works programmes

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by Joachim von Braun
by Tekalign Sakketa
Nigerian police officer arresting man for disobeying lockdown.

Pandemic response

Why lockdowns may prove deadly

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by Katharina Michaelowa
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by Axel Michaelowa
Work must go on – a carpenter in Benin in better times.

Development finance

Africa’s private sector needs support

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by Bruno Wenn

Family planning

Fast population growth

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by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
Copper smelting in Zambia: commodity prices have plummeted because of Covid-19.

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Covid-19 as seen by World Bank board member

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by Hans Dembowski