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The life-threatening tropical disease malaria is transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito.

Good News

Success in the fight against malaria

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by D+C / E+Z
David Amen is socially involved in Rio de Janeiro.

Artist of the month

David Amen supports young people in Rio's favelas

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by D+C / E+Z
Aya Cissoko attends the first meeting of the Parliament of Francophone Women Writers in Orleans in 2018.

Books

Moving forward without losing sight of one’s roots

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by Dagmar Wolf
At an event in São Paulo in 2024, women commemorate the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888.

Novel

How brave women fight back against oppression

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by Sinikka Soriya Dombrowski
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
“Tagesschau”, the German-language news programme with the greatest reach, devoted more airtime to sport in the first half of 2022 than to all the countries of the Global South put together.

Media

Prioritising royals over hunger: how media neglect the Global South

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by Ladislaus Ludescher
Scene from the music video for “Maandamano” by Bien and Breeder LW.

Music

Dancing under tear gas

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Renewable energy is on the rise.

Good News

Renewable energy and protecting the ocean

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by D+C / E+Z
More and more people worldwide gain access to safe drinking water.

Good News

Progress in drinking water supply and disease control

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by D+C / E+Z
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