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People turn to desperate measures after authorities stop 6 million people accessing their own money -
Fears the unit will enforce public order laws limiting women’s rights and freedoms amid crackdown since military coup
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A centuries-old festival on the banks of the Osun River in Nigeria has seen prayers answered down the ages. Now it faces a modern challenge – pollution -
With a strong HPV vaccination programme for girls and a concerted screening and treatment drive for women, the country could be the first in Africa to eliminate the disease
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In Makoko, one of the world’s largest floating slums, most people are illiterate and many children cannot afford to go to school. The charity, Chess in Slums Africa, uses the game to inspire children to come to class -
About one in 10 people in Poland is now Ukrainian. The welcome has been warm, but as war grinds on, some fear the ‘full’ sign must go up soon
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As food prices soar, Zimbabwe’s diaspora are opting for delivery services rather than money transfers to help hard-hit relatives -
Somalia’s first woman to head a media house explains how she beat the odds to become a journalist and why Bilan was set up -
Khaula Jamil explores the difficulties faced by Bengali-speakers in Pakistan, and how they are filtering down the generations
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Rolando Álvarez and eight others in custody after latest clash between President Daniel Ortega and Catholic church -
My work as a journalist made us targets. Now we have a safe new home and I am determined to keep reporting on the bravery of Afghan women and girls -
Salma Al-Shehab alleged she had been ‘repeatedly accosted’ by at least five men for belonging to kingdom’s Shia Muslim minority -
Last August, one Afghan reporter told how her life imploded when the militants took power. One year on, she tells of desperate months trying to evade capture and flee the country
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The disease is a leading killer of under fives across Africa. But trials for a new vaccine suggest an end to the death toll could be in sight -
Differences between the UK and India in treating the blood-clotting disease highlight a global medical apartheid -
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La Fe is one of three educational centres that exist in the African country to provide schooling for those with hearing disabilities
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