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Whitehaven, Cumbria, northern England – “We were five miles (8km) out from here, 2,000 feet (609 metres) underground.” David Cradduck,

40 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, barefoot school ‘offers hope’ | Poverty and Development

Bhopal, India – Triveni Sonani starts her working day at 9am when she opens the gates of Oriya Basti school

The small South American country of Suriname plans to share revenues from newly discovered oil- and gasfields off its coast.

Medan, Indonesia – Halimah Nasution used to feel as if she had it all. For years, she and her husband

An advocate for the world’s ‘poor and exploited’, Gutierrez promoted ideals that revolutionised the Latin American church. Peruvian priest Gustavo

Some 4.5 billion people worldwide are currently without adequate access to essential healthcare services, according to the World Health Organization

NewsFeed Victims of a fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria have been buried in a mass grave, after the deaths of

Soreti*, an Ethiopian migrant domestic worker living in Lebanon, says she feels lucky to be alive. She was not home

Mading, South Sudan – On a hot morning in July, Michael Alier grabbed his assault rifle and headed out on

Mostly women and children were on board a wooden vessel that capsized in Mokwa in the country’s Niger State. More