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    <description>Reporting on displacement, housing and water.</description>
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      <title>The $27,000 Problem: Musasa’s Broken Pump and the Cost of Waiting</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>In June, a Musasa resident described spending 210,000 Burundian francs a month on water after a pump failure. Emergency deliveries arrived in July. Residents were still asking for the pump to be repaired.</description>
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      <title>Water by Hand: A Human-Powered UV Device and Questions for a Field Trial</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A crank or pedal powers a UV lamp. The next questions concern water quality, everyday use and repairs: what would it take to try the device outside the laboratory?</description>
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      <title>Sand Cartels: Illegal Dredging in Southeast Asia and Coastal Displacement</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>An estimated 20 to 50 million Bangladeshis are projected to be displaced from coastal areas due to river erosion by 2050. The relentless extraction of sand in Southeast Asia is leaving communities facing an uncertain future.</description>
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