Africa
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UN votes to ask world court to rule on countries’ climate duties
The call for the International Court of Justice to provide a legal opinion on the climate crisis follows a campaign…
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Medieval Swahilis had African and Asian ancestry: DNA study
Researchers say up to half of the DNA of people from Swahili areas was from Persia (90 percent) and India…
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How a single mum manages a household of nine on $100 a week
What’s your money worth? A series from the front line of the cost of living crisis, where people who have…
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Displaced twice: Gay Ugandans on the run face upheaval in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya – In June 2018, Danee Naturibale (not his real name) moved to Kenya after escaping from a Ugandan…
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US VP Harris says ‘history must be learned’ at Ghana slave castle
United States Vice President Kamala Harris has delivered a speech on women’s empowerment to thousands of young Ghanaians in the…
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Freed ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero heads to US for family reunion
Rusesabagina was released last Friday after President Kagame commuted his sentence, following months of negotiations between Washington and Kigali. The…
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For real climate justice, it’s time for a food revolution
Among the bleakest findings in the latest report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released last…
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Gold Mafia The Podcast: The Skeleton Key
PodcastPodcast, Al Jazeera Investigates The six-part series shows how government officials and businesspeople are profiting off the illegal movement of…
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Photos: For displaced Muslims in eastern DRC, a tough Ramadan
It is a difficult Ramadan for hundreds of Muslims displaced by the deadly violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of…
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Russia-Ukraine war exposed human rights ‘double standards’
The invasion of Ukraine has exposed the “double standards” of human rights internationally, a new Amnesty International report has said,…
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