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Gond women showing the ink marks that indicate they took part in the state elections in Madhya Pradesh in late 2018.

India’s Adivasis

Over 100 million people belong to India’s scheduled tribes

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by Suparna Banerjee
Suparna Banerjee
Paramilitary troops on patrol in Chhattisgarh after a gun fight with leftist extremists.

Governance

How central Indian forests become sites of conflict

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by Suparna Banerjee
Suparna Banerjee
When a family member joins an extremist group, the cattle are safe: herders near Mopti in 2019.

Security

Islamist extremists operate like typical insurgents

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by Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni
by Hans Dembowski
Inger Andersen, the executive director of UNEP, speaking at the agency’s headquarter in Nairobi.

Multilateralism

"The UN must adapt to global change"

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by David Mfitumukiza
David Mfitumukiza
by Jörg Döbereiner
by Hans Dembowski
Healer procuring supplies for traditional medicinal use at a local market in the Nigerian city of Akure in August 2019.

Traditional medicine

Why many Africans must rely on informal health care

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by Ben Ezeamalu
Ben Ezeamalu
Ovaherero gathering at a chieftain’s grave in the Namibian city of Okahandja.

Germany and Namibia

Hurdles on reconciliation between Germany and the Ovaherero

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by Henning Melber
Father and daughter picking waste in Islamabad.

Pakistan

Some poor people depend on garbage scavenging in Islamabad

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by Imran Mukhtar

Recycling

Used clothing collection in Germany

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by Thomas Ahlmann
Women are unequal to men in many places.

Gender equality

Women are particularly disadvantaged in the informal sector

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by Oliver Schmidt
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