Africa
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945‘My vulva cupcakes were confiscated’: a day in the life of an anti-FGM campaigner
The vulva cupcakes that Leyla Hussein uses in her anti-FGM campaigning.
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1.0KUN calls for more aid to avoid largest humanitarian crisis in 70 years – video
World faces worst humanitarian crisis since 1945, says UN official Stephen O’Brien, the UN under secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, speaks to the...
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915Famine warning signs were clear – so why are 20 million lives now at risk?
A woman collects grain left on the ground after a food distribution in Ganyiel, Unity State. Large areas of South Sudan have...
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928Famine looms in four countries as aid system struggles to cope, experts warn
Campaigners say tens of millions in urgent need in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia are in hands of an overwhelmed, outdated...
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862Rights groups welcome court ruling to block Kenya refugee camp closure
Judge declares repatriation of 200,000 Somali refugees from Dadaab complex unconstitutional and discriminatory Refugees, aid workers and rights groups have welcomed a...
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989One million refugees flee famine in Africa – 1985
8 February 1985: UN launches appeal in response to the African emergency, which affects 20 countries The office of the United Nations...
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826Refugees in Kenya hit by US travel ban after years of waiting for asylum
Hundreds of Somali refugees in Kenya who were days from traveling to the US to start new lives under a longstanding resettlement...