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Sheij Aldine, in the workshop of the Sudanese Association for Disabled People in El Fasher, North Darfur. Aldine, who is disabled himself, makes crutches, wheelchairs and special shoes for persons…

One of the nine photographs to receive an honourable mention in the United Nations Forum on Forests Photo Competition, "Wood Man." A firewood seller arranges his pile of wood. This…

""Connecting 1,500 Women and Girls to the Export Market"", in Addis Ababa, is a project that trains women and girls to develop skills in industries such as leather, weaving,…

After surviving two decades of civil war, the archives of Radio Mogadishu are being converted into digital files. Abshir Hashi Hali, the head of the archives, is pictured at work in the station…

Bakers prepare biscuits in the Hamar Weyne district of Mogadishu, ahead of the Eid al-Adha holiday, which begins on the evening of 3 October.

A weaver at work in the village of Waarineene, near the town of Korhogo, northern Côte d'Ivoire.

In 1964-65, a team of United Nations experts, appointed under the Expended Programme of Technical Assistants, recommended the formulation of a plan for the development of tourism in the Adriatic…

At the village of Godino, women making cotton thread to be used for weaving clothes. About 90% of the people are engaged in subsistence agriculture. The Government, with help from the UN Development…

In most civilizations down through history, women have been considered the intellectual and moral inferiors of men, and laws have relegated them to the status of perpetual minors or at best second-…

Workers of a quarry in Dodoma, Tanzania.

If the poorer countries of the world are to earn the money they need to improve the lives of their peoples significantly, they must find markets not just for their raw materials but for their…

The Government of the Republic of Korea has been investing considerably in new plants and equipment in order to speed up the country's economic development. It is also attempting to raise the…