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Africa has the world's most under-reported humanitarian crises — but why are we turning a blind eye?

28 January 2020

Day-to-day life for those living in drought-stricken Madagascar and other parts of Africa consist of hoping to get enough food and water to survive. So why are extreme poverty and climate change issues in Africa given less media coverage than others?

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Dozens of Wellington businesses are bracing themselves for another two months of disruptions from wastewater repairs
	28 Jan: Dozens of Wellington businesses are bracing themselves for another two months of disruptions from wastewater repairs... more

Emergency teams have recovered the last two missing victims from an earthquake in eastern Turkey
	28 Jan: Emergency teams have recovered the last two missing victims from an earthquake in eastern Turkey... more

A woman and her baby pulled out alive from collapsed building from Turkey's earthquake
	27 Jan: A woman and her baby have been pulled out alive from under a collapsed building, just as Turkey prepares to wind down its rescue operation from the weekend's earthquake... more

Yet another popular Canterbury swimming spot is closed to the public due to toxic algae
	27 Jan: Yet another popular Canterbury swimming spot is closed to the public due to toxic algae... more

Dinosaurs had shorter days than us, thanks to the Moon's gravity
	27 Jan: If it feels like the days are zipping by too quickly, spare a thought for the dinosaurs, whose days were even shorter. That's right, when dinos walked the Earth, a day was only 23 hours — and it has to do with the Moon.... more

A seismologist says the shallow depth of last night's Paraparaumu earthquake is part of the reason it was so widely felt
	26 Jan: A seismologist says the shallow depth of last night's Paraparaumu earthquake is part of the reason it was so widely felt... more

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake off the coast of Paraparaumu has broken a GeoNet record for the most "felt reports" the agency has ever received
	26 Jan: A magnitude 5.4 earthquake off the coast of Paraparaumu has broken a GeoNet record for the most "felt reports" the agency has ever received... more

There were two widely-felt earthquakes off the southern North Island last night
	26 Jan: There were two widely-felt earthquakes off the southern North Island last night... more

The death toll in eastern Turkey is continuing to rise after part of the country was rocked by a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake
	25 Jan: The death toll in eastern Turkey is continuing to rise after part of the country was rocked by a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake... more

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