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Heat

Our cruel summer days

The hot season is the toughest time of the year in most of rural India – and Adivasi communities struggle to cope

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Hard life in rural Benin

Life in rural Benin is incredibly hard – but the ‘Hunger Project’ intends to improve the conditions

Teenagers

Information in strong demand

Sex education is an urgent issue in Douala, and a civil-society organisation DUCA is rising to the challenge

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Direct aid

Grassroots initiative supports Syrian refugees in Beirut

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Rough patch for anti-graft movement

India's anti-corruption activists need to reconsider strategy

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Escaping poverty

Nowadays: a grassroots entrepreneur escapes poverty

Public health

Controversial campaign

Malawi's unpopular Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision programme looks stuck

Urban live

On the top of the world

Innovative roof-top gardening in Kolkata

Gender

More needs to happen

India's public outrage over sexualised violence that goes unpunished

Financial services

Health care in our hands

Nowadays: Peter Musa on a micro insurance for health care services in Cameroon

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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.