Poverty & Development

India's forest dwellers plan protests against mass eviction order

Indigenous groups plan protests against Supreme Court verdict to evict over 1 million tribal people from forestlands.

India's forest dwellers plan protests against mass eviction order

Inside Story

Why is measles back and spreading?

World Health Organization says number of cases doubled in 2018.

Poverty & Development

Migingo Island: Africa's 'smallest war'

Kenya and Uganda both claim the tiny island as their territory.

Migingo Island: Africa's 'smallest war'

Indonesia

Drowning in waste, Bali steps up battle against plastic

The Indonesian resort isle is drowning in waste, authorities are banning single-use plastics.

Bali looks to turn the tide on Indonesia's plastic waste

Counting the Cost

5G economics: Is the Internet in danger of splitting?

Examining the future of the Internet, 5G, and connecting the 3.5 billion people across the globe who don't have access.

Pakistan

A cafe giving hope to women in Pakistan's Lyari

In the heart of Karachi's southern neighbourhood of Lyari, a cafe has given birth to, and shelters, dreams of many women of the area.

A cafe giving hope to women in Pakistan's Lyari

Al Jazeera World

Iraq's Dying Rivers

War and pollution plague the fertile crescent's Tigris and Euphrates rivers, leaving fishermen struggling to survive.

Kenya

Life in a Kenyan rubbish dump: Illness, poverty afflict community

Dandora is Nairobi's main dumping ground. Every day, it receives more than 2,000 metric tonnes of waste.

Life in a Kenyan rubbish dump: Illness, poverty afflict community

Unemployment

India unemployment rate highest in 45 years: Report

The jobless rate stands at 6.1 percent, a local newspaper reports, citing an official survey withheld by the government.

India unemployment rate highest in 45 years: Report

Al Jazeera World

Morocco's Village Superwomen

Emotional stories of women overcoming hardship without any outside support, as their husbands seek work elsewhere.

Bangladesh

Almost 5,000 Bangladeshi garment workers sacked over strikes

Workers sewing clothes for international brands had protested earlier this month over wages.

Almost 5,000 Bangladeshi garment workers sacked over strikes

Human Rights

From waste to taste: Brazil's fight against food waste

Brazilians fight back against food waste by educating the youth and salvaging food.

From waste to taste: Brazil's fight against food waste

Poverty & Development

World's richest got $2.5bn richer each day in 2018

Billionaires' fortunes grew by billions daily as poorest saw wealth decline by 11 percent last year, Oxfam report says.

Oxfam: World's richest 26 own same wealth as poorest half

101 East

North Korea's Secret Money

101 East reveals the shadowy financial operations funding North Korea's economy and fueling its missile ambitions.

Poverty & Development

Bangladesh police and garment workers clash over wage rise

Police fire tear gas and water cannon on protesters, who have been demanding higher wages for the past two weeks.

Bangladesh police and garment workers clash over wage rise