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Zimbabwean child waste-pickers work ‘hazardous’ jobs to help their families
Boys as young as six scout for scrap metal to sell in a country where 14 percent of children have jobs.
‘Colonial-era classism’: Residents decry demolitions in Nigeria’s Makoko
Thousands displaced from December to February as Lagos authorities destroy homes in Africa’s largest floating village.
Why US-funded vaccine trial plan for babies in Guinea-Bissau caused outrage
The health trial by researchers at the University of Southern Denmark has been suspended by Bissau-Guinean authorities.
‘I came back from the dead’: 21 hours underground after DRC mine collapse
In mineral-rich Rubaya, source of most of the world’s coltan, miners suffer poverty and dangerous working conditions.
‘We are exploited’: Congolese fear losing out as US makes minerals deals
As officials meet in Washington to discuss critical minerals, many in DRC fear their country will gain little.
Funeral insurance thrives as millions can’t afford healthcare in Zimbabwe
More Zimbabweans are preparing for death than survival as funeral policies are more popular than health insurance.
Billionaires have more money and political power than ever, Oxfam says
Charity says superrich 4,000 times more likely to hold political power than others and own all social media companies.
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Where in the world are wealth and income most unequal?
The richest 10 percent of the world’s population owns three-quarters of all personal wealth.
What if…. we abolished billionaires?
Experts tell Al Jazeera what would happen if the world decided to downgrade its richest residents.
AI threatens to widen inequality among states: UN
Report warns of potential ‘great divergence’, with developed states profiting and others left behind.
