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Burkina Faso soldiers massacred 223 civilians in one day, finds rights group
Human Rights Watch demands investigation into killings in two villages just weeks after Russian troops fly...
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Iranian women violently dragged from streets by police amid hijab crackdown
Video evidence shows multiple arrests after regime launched new draconian campaign against women and girlsHarrowing first-hand...
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Sudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows
The African country accounted for two-thirds of the additional 13.5m people needing urgent help as displacement...
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UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally
Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help...
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Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban
Petition filed on behalf of woman known as as Fausia, who underwent a forced pregnancy after...
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World Bank suspends Tanzania tourism funding after claims of killings and evictions
Plan to expand Ruaha national park has been beset by allegations of abuse, leading bank to...
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Sudan’s forgotten war - podcast
While conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine have captured global attention, the civil war in Sudan has...
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New types of mosquito bed nets could cut malaria risk by up to half, trial finds
Adding another insecticide to the protective netting has proved effective in fight against the disease that...
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Increasing number of villages torched across Sudan shows conflict is intensifying - report
Satellite data indicates growing number of airstrikes on settlements, in a war that has already killed...
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Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, report finds
Swiss food firm’s infant formula and cereal sold in global south ignore WHO anti-obesity guidelines for...
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Liberia senate votes to establish war crimes court
The court will investigate crimes against humanity committed during the African country’s two civil wars between...
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Covid pandemic made poorest countries even worse off, World Bank warns
Poverty reduction drive all but halted across many nations as Bank calls for more money to...
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UK Foreign Office holding secret talks with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group
Exclusive: Rights groups denounce negotiations with Rapid Support Forces, accused of ethnic cleansing and war crimesInside...
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Sudanese refugees in Chad unable to access medical care for war injuries
Some people in Ambelia camp waiting for treatment to wounds resulting from ethnic violence last yearHundreds...
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‘We searched for ladies over 70’: on the trail of Jordan’s forgotten folk music
An arts organisation has been seeking out and recording the region’s traditional music and is teaching...
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‘It is simply best not to get pregnant’: women left terrified as Haiti’s maternity services collapse
Delivering a baby was already risky, but an unprecedented surge in gang violence has forced clinics...
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Malawian journalist arrested over article accusing businessman of corruption
Rights groups condemn arrest of Macmillan Mhone, who was charged with ‘publication of news likely to...
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Fears of violence grow as Somalia scraps power-sharing system
Semi-autonomous state of Puntland refuses to recognise changes to the fragile country’s constitution and has withdrawn...
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Having the right glasses could boost earning power by a third, Bangladesh study shows
Researchers find that in low and middle-income countries owning spectacles can help people over 35 can...
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Global rainforest loss continues at rate of 10 football pitches a minute
Despite major progress in Brazil and Colombia, deforestation led by farming still cleared an area nearly...
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UN names veteran EU official Astrid Schomaker as new biodiversity chief
German’s appointment to head Convention on Biological Diversity follows global failure to meet any targets on...
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Venezuela arrests YouTuber for ‘terrorism’ amid pre-election crackdown
Detention of influencer Oscar Alejandro Pérez at Caracas airport en route to southern national park raises...
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‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime?
Exclusive: Satellite analysis revealed to the Guardian shows farms devastated and nearly half of the territory’s...
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Taliban edict to resume stoning women to death met with horror
Afghan regime’s return to public stoning and flogging is because there is ‘no one to hold...