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Aid groups warn of collapsed health system as traumatised people displaced by Islamist insurgency in Cabo Delgado seek help -
A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Colombia to the Sahara
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Petra Diamonds already faces court action on similar grounds, as its contractors are accused of continued assaults on illegal miners -
Staff of charities including Save the Children and MSF among dozens facing sentences of up to 20 years over humanitarian work
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We can rise to the challenge of a green, resilient and inclusive recovery from Covid, says the World Bank’s Axel van Trotsenburg -
For two decades the global community has stood by while militia groups have got away with killing, raping and looting
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The mostly white development sector only funds efforts led by more ‘legitimate’ people. We need support from the diaspora
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Natural disaster compounded by the collapse of a lucrative export during the pandemic has thrust people into poverty -
Analysis: as need outstrips funding, experts are making the case for overhauling ‘old-fashioned’ donor-recipient narratives -
Staying home means starvation for many Zimbabweans, and those forced to work face police raids and dwindling custom
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Indonesian men, women and children are risking their health wearing metallic paint to earn money as the economic impact of coronavirus worsens
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Dozens of pro-democracy politicians and activists have been rounded up, charged and denied bail in fresh crackdown on opposition to China -
Is smartphone tracking a less intrusive reward for good behaviour or just a way to enrich the incarceration industry?
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The terror of earlier crackdowns taught me to write between the lines as a journalist – now I see repressive tactics returning
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As platforms pivot towards greater encryption, analysts are rushing to finesse child abuse prevention technology
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Life was hard in this remote area of central Asia, until tourism offered new hope. Then Covid-19 struck and the tourists stopped coming
Europe's refugee crisis
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Campaign group calls for more testing at Mavrovouni, a temporary facility housing thousands of refugees on the Greek island -
Agency says violent ‘pushback’ policies are continuing despite number of arrivals falling by nearly a quarter last year -
Relentless and escalating programme of refugee evictions amounts to a campaign of harassment, say activists
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Through mud and ice, parents and children attempt the desperate crossing into Croatia time and again
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We’ve cut aid to Yemen and children will starve – is this what global Britain means?