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The African killer bees providing a living in LiberiaA corps of master beekeepers is leading a drive to produce honey for the growing domestic market, offering subsistence farmers a new livelihood
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In Chittagong, people pay the priceThousands of workers have been killed or maimed dismantling ships in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan -
Living with HIV and Aids in AfricaAcross Africa, women continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV/Aids. Photographer Karin Schermbrucker documents their courage
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We pressed pause the day we had to leave Syria. The shock never goes awayWar has shattered our society and put our lives on hold. Now we women are demanding that our voices are heard in building peace in our damaged country
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I escaped war in Syria and am now free to dream – but other kids aren't so luckyOn World Children’s Day, the Guardian invited a young Syrian refugee now living in the UK to give us his views on the kind of stories we should be covering
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The demise of the opposition sounds the death knell for democracy in CambodiaIn crushing the one party capable of ending his brutal and protracted rule, Cambodia’s prime minister has shown himself to be nothing more than a dictator
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O efeito Amazônia: como o desmatamento está deixando São Paulo sem águaHá dois anos, uma seca desencadeou violência, saques e ‘estados de calamidade’ oficiais pela metrópole, com o Exército de prontidão para intervir. Agora, novos sinais sugerem que a história poderia se repetir – e apontam para um surpreendente responsável
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The Amazon effect: how deforestation is starving São Paulo of waterWhen a devastating drought two years ago brought this metropolis of 21 million to the brink, the army prepared to barricade reservoirs. Could it happen again?
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'We're neglected as if we're nothing': sacked workers desperate to get jobs back at Madagascar's portUnion-busting and dismissals at Madagascar’s main port highlight the struggle facing workers on this impoverished island
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Blood flows and rivers run dry as Honduras prepares to go to the polls – in picturesWith Honduras poised for Sunday’s elections, the murder of environmentalists is being linked with water and food shortages, violence and migration
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'Famine as mass atrocity': in conversation with Alex de Waal – podcastWhen the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, they planned to starve 30 million people to death. Seven decades on, famine as a weapon of war is making a comeback
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'Making war is easier than making peace': in conversation with Colombia's President Santos – podcastWith six months left in office, Juan Manuel Santos talks to Lucy Lamble about whether his acclaimed yet controversial peace deal can survive the transition
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Who are the Rohingya and what is happening in Myanmar?Fresh outbreak of violence after decades of ethnic tensions has prompted tens of thousands of people to flee to Bangladesh
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A timeline of landmarks in women's rightsWomen have fought long and hard to secure access to family planning and abortion, and reduce maternal mortality. A modern timeline of that struggle tells a story full of highs and lows
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Why do people still go hungry? Actor Dougray Scott explainsThere is enough food in the world to go around, yet hundreds of millions of people go to bed each night on an empty stomach
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‘Traffickers take all that makes you human’Survivors of human trafficking recount how they were raped, abused and exploited as they became 21st century slaves
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Women's rights and gender equality in focusWomen's rights and gender equality in focusRohingya girls as young as 12 compelled to marry just to get foodAllocation of food rations by household means refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar are marrying off children as young as 12 to create new family circles
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Modern-day slavery in focusModern-day slavery in focus‘This is the world’s cheapest place to scrap ships’ – but in Chittagong, it’s people who pay the priceThousands of workers have been killed or maimed dismantling the world’s ships in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
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How Ugandan orphanages are harming a generationA boom in the orphanage industry is fuelling concern that many institutions are run for economic benefit, with scant regulation, and are damaging children
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Male rape and sexual torture in the Syrian war: ‘It is everywhere’When Sarah Chynoweth was asked to look into sexual violence against men and boys in the Syria crisis, she had no idea of the scale of the problem
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Forced to have oral sex with a colleague: aid workers speak out on assaultThree humanitarian workers look back at their experiences of sexual violence and harassment. This time there must be change
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The Chinese 'miracle' elixir that threatens donkeys around the worldChinese demand for donkey gelatine is hammering the Chinese and African donkey populations, putting the price of donkeys out of reach for subsistence farmers
Ed Sheeran Comic Relief film branded 'poverty porn' by aid watchdog