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Indonesia
Floods Inundate Jakarta After Cuts to Disaster Relief

A long-term solution to a historic problem appears elusive as Indonesia’s leader shifts money elsewhere.

By Fadiyah Alaidrus

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Democratic Republic of Congo
Fearing Explosives, Farmers in War-Torn DRC Burn Their Own Land

After years of conflict, they see no other way to reclaim their fields.

By Merveille Kavira Luneghe
Zimbabwe
No Water From the Tap. They’re Asked to Pay a Tax Anyway.

By Linda Mujuru
Argentina
Years After Court Order, Arsenic Still Flows From Taps in Argentina

Families in Ciudad Nueva unknowingly drank arsenic-laced water. Now, they live with the scars — and they're losing faith in the government's ability to solve the problem.

By Lucila Pellettieri

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Africa

Coverage from Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Fearing Explosives, Farmers in War-Torn DRC Burn Their Own Land

By Merveille Kavira Luneghe

No Water From the Tap. They’re Asked to Pay a Tax Anyway.

By Linda Mujuru

Unchecked Development Eats Up Wetlands in Harare

By Linda Mujuru

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Americas

Coverage from Haiti, Mexico and Puerto Rico

Years After Court Order, Arsenic Still Flows From Taps in Argentina

By Lucila Pellettieri

In Buenos Aires Community, ‘All This Garbage Hurts’

By Lucila Pellettieri

Argentina Abandons Toxic River, Leaving Residents to Face the Fallout

By Lucila Pellettieri

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Asia

Coverage from Mongolia, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Floods Inundate Jakarta After Cuts to Disaster Relief

By Fadiyah Alaidrus

Nepal’s Farmers Struggle Amid Aid Cuts

By Sunita Neupane

and Yam Kumari Kandel

Rural Nepalis Fight Cable Car Project on Sacred Himalayan Mountain

By Sunita Neupane

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