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The increase in adulteration and falsification of food poses a growing challenge to public health in India. In a country that feeds more than one billion people daily, ensuring the quality and safety of products that reach consumers has become an increasingly complex task for the authorities. Report by Selma Daoui, Nabeel Ahmed, Supriya Kumar and Jeanne Houtin for France 24.
In Guadalupe, French overseas territory, access to drinking water has become a daily struggle for thousands of people. The obsolete distribution networks and the constant leaks leave some families without supply for weeks, as a clandestine market grows that supplies individuals, hotels and restaurants at prices far higher than those of the public service. Report by F. Méréo and J. Ababsa for France 24.
The shortage of drinking water exacerbates the humanitarian crisis in Kabul, where recurrent droughts, depletion of underground reserves and population growth threaten access to water for millions of people. The emergency is in addition to a deep economic crisis that strikes Afghanistan, where about 22 million people need humanitarian assistance to survive. Ondine de Gaulle report for France 24.
