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The mine that sparked a civil war but could bankroll the world’s next nation
Bougainville is on the brink of becoming the world’s newest country. But one major obstacle remains: a lucrative mine
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This addictive nut is driving record rates of cancer – yet millions continue to chew it
Twenty years after it was first classified as a carcinogen, the market for betel nut consumption is still booming
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‘They are stealing what should be ours’: Chinese trawlers are emptying West African fishing grounds
As China’s global fishing net widens, artisanal fishermen off the coast of Ghana see their catches plummet and go to bed hungry
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Trafficked and trapped: the housemaid scam making slaves of modern women
Women are being duped into going to Oman for work only to find themselves imprisoned and at the mercy of abusive employers
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