Moscow's illegal flesh markets are flourishing, with up to 30 women at each pickup point, or tochka, standing in order of price for the night.
Cuba puts more state-owned farm land into private hands in a move designed to increase lacklustre food production.
Like many Somalilanders, Safia's family has been hit by inflation and high food prices that have especially hurt the livelihoods of the predominantly pastoralist population and created general food shortages.
Uganda's coffee industry could be basically kaput in 30 years, according to a new Oxfam report.
The Clinton Foundation announced an agreement with several drug makers that it hopes will assure a supply of a crucial malaria medicine at reasonable prices for the world's poor.
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