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  • It is thought that between 80,000 and 150,000 people crossed the harsh and arid desert zone in northeastern Niger on their way to Europe in 2015.

    The perilous migration across the desert of Niger: Africa’s hidden story

    16 September 2016

    More than 7,000 people trying to reach Italy have died in the central Mediterranean since 2014. Much less is known however about those who have died trying to reach the sea, crossing the endless desert zone in northeastern Niger. In the city of Agadez, young migrants live basically locked in a clandestine ghetto, waiting to take the next truck to the Libyan border.

  • Maize growing alongside an irrigation channel, Ruti area in Gutu Province, Zimbabwe, January 2012. Photo: Ruby Wright/Oxfam

    Beyond Good Intentions

    10 August 2015

    Smallholder farmers, and particularly women, are on the frontline in the fight against hunger and climate change in southern Africa.

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