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UAE to lease millions of hectares of land in Africa to generate carbon credits
A combined area the size of the UK is being leased to a company run by a member of Dubai’s royal family
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Inside the besieged city of Goma Food is fast running out – and sexual violence is rife
As thousands of civilians swamp DRC’s refugee camps, the sanctuaries are becoming increasingly unsafe for women and children
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Corruption, pollution and exploitation The fallout from China’s push into Africa
In Sierra Leone, the Chinese have stepped into the void left by the British, plundering natural resources and threatening livelihoods
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Remaking Turkey Inside the biggest rebuilding project on earth
After February’s catastrophic earthquakes, Turkey must now repair its broken cities and towns. But can Erdogan and his government deliver?
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‘It was like being on a warfront for two years’ Pandemic experts reveal how they coped with the crisis
When Covid struck, they found themselves leading the UK response. Now, scientists and experts reflect on the highs and lows of the crisis
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‘Six of my classmates died in the war’ The Ukrainian refugees with time ticking on their visas
Thousands of Ukrainians are helping the war effort from afar, but many are continuing to battle old-fashioned British bureaucracy
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Roads to hell The country with the worst motorcycle death rate in the world
The motorbike boom reflects increasing prosperity and freedom – but it has come at a terrible human cost
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Lies, love and deception Inside the cut-throat world of international adoption
Over six decades, a million ‘orphans’ were shipped to the West from around the world. Now many are finding their past was a fabrication
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Drone assassins The AI weapons of mass destruction that could rewrite the rules of war
We are entering the much prophesied age of the killer robot – but do we really know what we’re unleashing?
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The ‘road of death’ A treacherous, jungle trafficking route lined with rotting corpses
Patrolled by drug traffickers and armed bandits, the Darien Gap is a prominent route to North America – and one of the most dangerous
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Deadly cocktail The villagers with no option but to drink toxic water
River pollution is plaguing India, and experts warn it is causing a deadly crisis that threatens the country’s health and prosperity
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Vulture apocalypse Why we should all be worried about the decline of raptors
The birds are synonymous with death and gluttony – but their plummeting numbers could spell serious trouble for humans
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Into the sewers Risking snakes and toxic gases in the ‘world’s worst job’
Manual sewage clearing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, but is widespread among India's outcasts, the ‘untouchable’ caste
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Horn of Africa drought ‘First I lost my livestock, then I lost my children’
Russian food blockade turns lives and livelihoods to dust in Somaliland
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Kabul’s addiction abyss Inside the Taliban’s new drugs hell
The country's heroin reaches all corners of the world, but it is inside Afghanistan itself that a catastrophe of addiction is unfolding
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Snail fever Waterborne parasites are laying eggs inside women’s bodies – with deadly consequences
An invisible enemy lurking beneath the water's surface is leading to cancer and infertility in Zambia
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‘Annihilation by pollution’ Peru’s toxic gold mines
Would-be treasure hunters flock to an uninhabitable town at the top of the world – but the lure of riches comes with a heavy price tag
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Horrors of forgotten Sudan war ‘verging on pure evil’
Atrocities in West Darfur are a grim echo of the massacres seen in the region’s genocide 20 years ago, aid agencies warn
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‘Tragic milestone’ hit as 1,000 attacks against doctors and hospitals recorded in Myanmar
Medics accuse the junta of ‘using communicable disease as a weapon’ by curtailing access to health resources
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Myanmar junta faces ‘biggest threat’ since coup as fighting engulfs border region
The UN warned 50,000 have been forced to flee, with the junta conceding the country could be split if it cannot contain the clashes
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Almost half the world’s population could be at risk from dengue due to global warming
Once specific to small pockets of Asia, the infection can now be found across several continents of the world, say researchers
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Climate change blamed for ‘concerning’ rise of flesh-eating infections
Bacterium that thrives in warm seawater kills ten people in Florida this year. Scientists fear it could reach every US coastal state by 2040
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‘Dark, chaotic, scary events’: Australia braces for a ‘horror’ wildfire season
A hot, dry season – driven by the El Niño weather phenomenon – leaves a country on edge
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Death toll in Bangladesh’s worst-ever dengue outbreak passes 1,000
Experts blame the climate crisis and El Nino-driven weather patterns for the surge in infections
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This city was built on diamonds but its citizens are starving
Mbuji-Mayi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, made its wealth out of diamonds. Now, the city is overcome by poverty and malnutrition
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‘The new rock n roll stars of our time’: Photographer Rankin swaps celebrities for scientists
Acclaimed artist – renowned for his portraits of Kate Moss, Madonna, David Bowie and Queen Elizabeth II – fixes his lens on hidden heroes
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