‘The fire ruined everything’: Lives, livelihoods lost in Johannesburg blaze | Poverty and Development
Johannesburg, South Africa – Just hours after going to bed on Wednesday night, Adam Kamuweluze was woken in a frenzy in his small room on […]
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Asia’s poor grew by 68 million people after pandemic, report says | Poverty and Development
More than 155 million people were living on less than $2.15 a day last year, Asian Development Bank says. Nearly 70 million more people lived […]
Can BRICS end ‘apartheid’ against the Global South? | Inequality
Johannesburg, South Africa – Delegates from the world’s major emerging economies, and dozens of leaders from across the developing world, are meeting in Johannesburg for […]
How India’s ban on some rice exports is ricocheting around the world | Business and Economy News
Last month, three days after Russia pulled out of the Black Sea grain deal, India imposed a ban on July 20 on the export of […]
The Mumbai residents risking safety for affordable housing | Housing
Amid the luxury towers and expansive villas of Mumbai’s most exclusive postcode, a crumbling apartment block exemplifies the risks some people are willing to take to […]
US pauses foreign assistance to Niger as it reiterates support for Bazoum | Poverty and Development News
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says life-saving humanitarian and food assistance will continue. The United States has announced the suspension of some aid to Niger […]
Indian state’s new tax on digital platforms sets gig workers against firms | Business and Economy News
Gig workers have welcomed a new law in India’s largest state Rajasthan to impose a tax on revenue earned by digital platforms that operate in […]
‘Poor people don’t have friends’: A Pakistani widow’s life | Women
Bhatial, Pakistan – It is 8am on a bright February morning, and Zubeida Begum is walking through the narrow lanes of Bhatial, a quiet rural […]
400 love letters and a play: How two Indian prisoners found love | Prison
At the entrance to a small bright-green house with a wooden door in the village of Kazhuthapali in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, sits […]
How Ghana, Africa’s rising star, ended up in economic turmoil | Business and Economy
Accra, Ghana – Doris Oduro sits at her small, almost-empty store in Odorkor, a suburb of Ghana’s capital, Accra. The single mother of two feels […]