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Informal sector

Devastated businesses

Zambia’s informal sector has been hit hard by Covid-19 lockdown

SDGs

Indispensable private sector

DEG assesses development impacts precisely and intends to promote women more

Lockdown

Falling ill while far from home

For two Libyan correspondents abroad, dealing with foreign medical systems became a personal battle

Summer Special

Descent into Hell

Tragic tale of a young Nigerian’s life wrecked by an ill-fated love affair

Informal sector

Massive economic pain

Covid-19 has badly affected informal livelihoods in Tanzania, but the impacts on the entire economy are harsh

Africa

Environmental destruction

Poverty is an important driver of deforestation in sub-Saharan countries

Journalism

Working in fear

Journalists exposing crime and corruption in Guatemala work in an atmosphere of fear and impunity

Water treatment

“Each drop of water matters”

DBL Group, a Bangladeshi garments producer, recycles its industrial water

Information technology

Tech training at Rhino Camp

A South Sudanese exile has become the go-to IT expert for his neighbours at a refugee settlement in northern Uganda

Household chore

Gender injustice

Unequal income opportunities are the reason why women and girls must fetch water for poor families

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