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  • Somali shopkeeper Abdul Abdullah and his three employees share an evening meal in the small living space at the back of the shop
    Somali shopkeeper Abdul Abdullah and his three employees share an evening meal in the small living space at the back of the shop
  • Most Somalis who run shops in townships live on the premises to reduce the risk of night-time robberies
    Most Somalis who run shops in townships in South Africa live on the premises to reduce the risk of night-time robberies (Nov 2012)
  • Somali shopkeeper Abdul Abdullah has a generator to light his shop, but most of his neighbours in Zandspruit, an informal settlement near Johannesburg, rely on candlelight
    Somali shopkeeper Abdul Abdullah in Zandspruit, an informal settlement near Johannesburg (Nov 2012)
  • Township residents have come to rely on Somali-owned shops for their long opening hours and stock of reasonably priced essentials
    A spaza shop (small grocery store) run by Somali asylum-seekers in Zandspruit, an informal settlement outside Johannesburg (Nov 2012)
  • Residents of Zandspruit, an informal settlement near Johannesburg, regularly protest the lack of tarred roads, electricity and running water. When protests turn violent, foreigners are often targeted
    Zandspruit, an informal settlement near Johannesburg (Nov 2012)
  • Somali shopkeepers take various measures to protect themselves from the constant threat of crime and xenophobic attacks, including serving customers from behind metal grilles
    A spaza shop (small grocery store) run by Somali asylum-seekers in Zandspruit, an informal settlement outside Johannesburg (Nov 2012)
  • A spaza shop (small grocery store) run by Somali asylum-seekers in Zandspruit, an informal settlement outside Johannesburg. Somalis have opened such businesses in townships across the country over the last decade
    A spaza shop (small grocery store) run by Somali asylum-seekers in Zandspruit, an informal settlement outside Johannesburg (Nov 2012)
  • Abdul Abdullah, a 27-year-old asylum seeker from Somalia, in his shop in Zandspruit, an informal settlement outside Johannesburg
    Abdul Abdullah, a 27-year-old asylum seeker from Somalia, in his shop in Zandspruit, an informal settlement outside Johannesburg (Nov 2012)
  • Cocoa farmers breaking their cocoa pods to dry them near Akoupe in eastern ivory Coast
  • Mohammad Johar, 32, an undocumented Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh, is plotting his escape to Malaysia via a perilous boat journey across rough seas
  • Farm labourer Rosemary Filandre who went on strike on November 5 over low wages with her remittance slip that shows she earns R79.38 cents per day
  • Esther Vololona Razazarivola, head of the legal aid clinic in Manjakandriana, Madagascar
    Esther Vololona Razazarivola, head of the legal aid clinic in Manjakandriana, Madagascar
  • Prisoner Hov photo
  • Prisoner in South Sudan
  • Noticeboard at a prison in South Sudan
  • Dire conditions at a prison in South Sudan
  • Medicine on sale at a market stall in Foumban, Cameroun
  • Recent flooding in Qorilugud District in Somaliland’s Togdheer region
  • Moloantoa Mokhomphatha
    Moloantoa Mokhomphatha – « Le gouvernement doit nous aider »
  • Thangeswary Karuppaiyah, a 55-year-old grandmother and recent returnee to Kilinochchi District, has lived in transitional for more than three years
  • A three-year-old transitional shelter in Jaffna District. The coconut leaf matting used for its walls needs replacing
  • Thangeswary Karuppaiyah, 55, has lived in transitional housing since 2009. The grandmother and recent returnee to Kilinochchi District now wants to rebuild the house behind her
  • A participant in a UNDP-sponsored apprenticeship scheme in Bo, south-central Sierra Leone
    A participant in a UNDP-sponsored apprenticeship scheme in Bo, south-central Sierra Leone (Oct 2012)
  • A supporter of the ruling APC party at a rally in central Freetown
    A supporter of the ruling APC party at a rally in central Freetown. (October 2012)
  • A policeman looks on as APC supporters storm the national stadium during a presidential speech
    A policeman looks on as APC supporters storm the national stadium during a presidential speech (Nov 2012)
  • A woman and her baby take shelter at Don Bosco Orphanage in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
    Some 2.7 million are displaced internally within the Democratic Republic of Congo due to conflict
  • Despite economic growth, most of Sierra Leone’s population lives below the poverty line
    Despite economic growth, most of Sierra Leone’s population lives below the poverty line (Nov 2012)
  • Mohammed Turay burns cables in Freetown’s Kroo Bay slum to extract copper which he sells as scrap
    A man burns cables in Freetown’s Kroo Bay slum to extract copper which he sells as scrap (Oct 2012)
  • Map showing highway A9 that starts from Kandy and ends in Jaffna (CLICK TO VIEW LARGE)
  • SLPP supporters on the rampage in Bo (Sept 2011)
  • A young supporter of the opposition SLPP brandishes a Molotov cocktail in Bo (Sept 2011)
  • Youths campaign in Freetown ahead of presidential elections in November
    Youths campaign in Freetown ahead of presidential elections in November 2012

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