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‘Village of one kidney’: India-Bangladesh organ traffickers rob poor donors | Poverty and Development
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‘Village of one kidney’: India-Bangladesh organ traffickers rob poor donors | Poverty and Development

Joypurhat/Dhaka, Bangladesh, and New Delhi/Kolkata, India – Under the mild afternoon sun, 45-year-old Safiruddin sits outside his incomplete brick-walled house in Baiguni village...

Once-in-a-decade UN conference on development aid kicks off in Spain | Poverty and Development News
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Once-in-a-decade UN conference on development aid kicks off in Spain | Poverty and Development News

At least 50 world leaders gather in Seville to address global concerns, including hunger, climate change and healthcare. The United Nations Conference on...

‘I invested in a Ponzi scheme’: Nigerians fall victim to crypto scams | Poverty and Development News
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‘I invested in a Ponzi scheme’: Nigerians fall victim to crypto scams | Poverty and Development News

Lagos, Nigeria — Mandela Fadahunsi, who works at a technical training school in Ikeja in Nigeria’s Lagos, never believed he could fall victim...

Photos: A free clinic for donkeys, vital to Ethiopia’s economy | Poverty and Development News
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Photos: A free clinic for donkeys, vital to Ethiopia’s economy | Poverty and Development News

Ethiopia is believed to host the world’s largest population of donkeys – one in five of the global total, according to the United...

A lens on poverty and the environment: Sebastiao Salgado is dead at age 81 | Obituaries News
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A lens on poverty and the environment: Sebastiao Salgado is dead at age 81 | Obituaries News

Known for sweeping black-and-white photography that captured the natural world and marginalised communities, Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado has passed away at age 81....

Public workers in Africa see wages fall by up to 50% in five years: Survey | Poverty and Development News
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Public workers in Africa see wages fall by up to 50% in five years: Survey | Poverty and Development News

Public spending cuts across six African countries have resulted in the incomes of health and education workers falling by up to 50 percent...

DR Congo’s coltan miners struggle as they dig to feed world’s tech | Poverty and Development News
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DR Congo’s coltan miners struggle as they dig to feed world’s tech | Poverty and Development News

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with...

White and Black farmers still bear the scars of Zimbabwe’s land grabs | Poverty and Development News
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White and Black farmers still bear the scars of Zimbabwe’s land grabs | Poverty and Development News

Harare, Zimbabwe – Guy Watson-Smith felt hurt and betrayed when his 5,000-hectare (12,355-acre) farm in Beatrice, in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East province, was violently...

Jailed for fishing: India-Pakistan tensions trap families in debt, poverty | Border Disputes
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Jailed for fishing: India-Pakistan tensions trap families in debt, poverty | Border Disputes

Diu, India – Boxes of sweets are being passed around as cheers and joy surround Rajeshwari Rama’s brick house, insulated with tin sheets,...