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Every few minutes, 14-month-old Awa coughs, the phlegm rising from deep within her chest. Her mother, Meta Ba, says Awa's been coughing that way for as long as she can remember. Ba, who suffers from chronic migraines, works as an artisanal gold miner in Senegal's far eastern region of Kedougou, near the borders of Mali…

Women often carry their children with them to work sites, where both are exposed to toxic chemicals, such as mercury and cyanide

KEDOUGOU, SENEGAL - As climate change has challenged food security, some African countries that have relied on grain imports, like Senegal, are looking

KEDOUGOU, SENEGAL - As climate change has challenged food security, some African countries that have relied on grain imports, like Senegal, are looking

KEDOUGOU, SENEGAL - As climate change has challenged food security, some African countries that have relied on grain imports, like Senegal, are looking

With effects of climate change being felt worldwide, demands from marginalized nations for fairness are rising at the COP27 global summit in Egypt.