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Researchers sound the alarm after statistics reveal almost half of impoverished children in rural areas do not have enough to eat
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From Somalia to South Sudan, torrential rains have devastated crops and made roads impassable, sending the cost of food soaring -
Calls for LGBT and women’s rights have taken center stage in the campaign – but scandals plague one of the most diverse parties
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Global heating linked to outbreaks of dengue fever high in the Kathmandu Valley -
Exclusive: in majority of cases, authorities do not perform postmortems, despite recommendations from regime’s lawyers -
As construction boom hits its peak ahead of Fifa World Cup, Guardian analysis shows workers toiling in potentially fatal temperatures
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Originally intended to hold 3,000 people, 19,000 now live at the Moria refugee camp – with no electricity, scant water and, for many, no shelter at all. Journalist Harriet Grant and photographer Giorgos Moutafis met some of those attempting to cope with life there -
Health and climate concerns are behind the growth of plant-based diets which were once prevalent on the continent -
Investment in health and education and an end to early marriage could transform Africa’s most populous country
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Irrigation systems and oases in the arid south are failing to keep up with the demands of thirsty palm plantations -
Draft bill aims to curb rise of pay-per-minute ebooks and costly facetime calls in prisons where visits are banned or restricted -
By providing food to some of the poorest children on Earth, a UK charity is also ensuring they get an education
We hear from residents of Africa's biggest slum, Kibera, about their struggles and aspirations, busting the myths and stereotypes about being poor and powerless
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Family takes many shapes and guises – and in Africa’s largest slum the ties of love and blood are especially tested, cruelly sculpted by epidemics like HIV as well as strained by economic and climate crisesAll photographs by Kate Holt
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GirlsDoPorn was sued by women who claimed they were coerced into making videos without knowing footage would be online -
All they want is to do is play football, but for many young hopefuls from Africa their expensive journey to Turkey ends in exploitation -
Guardian investigation in 2017 revealed Romanian women were being exploited on farms -
Ferrero says it has ‘zero tolerance’ for human rights abuses amid claims hazelnut pickers as young as 11 may be part of supply chain
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All they want is to do is play football, but for many young hopefuls from Africa their expensive journey to Turkey ends in exploitation
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The 16-year-old, from Eritrea, had been in the facility for more than a year and died of an unknown illness and lack of medical care -
As the death toll in Yemen passes 100,000, questions must be asked about UK arms exports to the Saudi-led coalition -
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Britain must be held to account for its role in the war in Yemen