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The Chimamanda effect: Nigerians’ delight at first novel in a decade from their beloved daughter

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – ‘Rock star’ author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Dream Count has been hotly anticipated by her fans…
The Chimamanda effect: Nigerians’ delight at first novel in a decade from their beloved daughter

Thailand condemned for ‘shameful’ mass deportation of Uyghur refugees to China

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Amid claims that deportees may face torture, family of one man say he was forcibly repatriated and will never see his children again…
Thailand condemned for ‘shameful’ mass deportation of Uyghur refugees to China

‘People cry, get angry’: remembering the enslaved in Ghana’s remarkable sculpture park

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Kwame Akoto-Bamfo started by shaping one clay head in 2009. Now thousands are displayed at the Nykyinkyim Museum, each representing an African who was lost to slavery…
‘People cry, get angry’: remembering the enslaved in Ghana’s remarkable sculpture park

‘We had all this energy’: the landmark gathering of women that unnerved the Chinese government

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – In 1995, 30,000 women from all over the world gathered near Beijing for what became a seminal moment in the women’s rights movement. Some of those who were there reflect on what has been achieved since…
‘We had all this energy’: the landmark gathering of women that unnerved the Chinese government

Those who depend on aid must embrace Trump’s bombshell and shape their own destiny | Janet Mawiyoo

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Trump cutting off USAid reminds us how much power we surrender to those who fund our work. We need a new mindset…
Those who depend on aid must embrace Trump’s bombshell and shape their own destiny | Janet Mawiyoo

‘I focus on the person, not the disability’: the photographer on a mission to make India inclusive

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – After spending four years meeting people all over the country, Vicky Roy’s new book, Everyone is Good at Something, contains 100 inspirational life stories to raise awareness and combat taboos…
‘I focus on the person, not the disability’: the photographer on a mission to make India inclusive

‘This will cost lives’: cuts to UK aid budget condemned as ‘betrayal’ by international development groups

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Widespread alarm at Keir Starmer’s decision to slash funds, amid warnings of dire consequences for world’s poorest…
‘This will cost lives’: cuts to UK aid budget condemned as ‘betrayal’ by international development groups

The secret bond that helped two captive women survive Mozambique’s Islamists

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Barely known to each other before they were abducted by the brutal al-Shabaab militants, a friendship forged in adversity helped them and their children find safety…
The secret bond that helped two captive women survive Mozambique’s Islamists

US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Cuts could result in 500,000 deaths over the next 10 years in the country, research suggests…
US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’

How much does the UK spend on overseas aid – and where does the money go?

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – With more spending going to defence, the latest budget cut will take Britain’s aid contribution to its lowest for a quarter of a century…
How much does the UK spend on overseas aid – and where does the money go?

Saudi border forces accused of killing ‘hundreds of Ethiopian migrants’

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Witnesses making the crossing from Yemen report coming under machine-gun fire and seeing rotting bodies…
Saudi border forces accused of killing ‘hundreds of Ethiopian migrants’

‘We used to think the ice was eternal’: Colombia looks to a future without glaciers

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – In Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, people have watched the ice fields turn to exposed rock and experts predict these vital water sources could be lost in 30 years…
‘We used to think the ice was eternal’: Colombia looks to a future without glaciers

His final photo was of the bomber that killed him: the last journalist to die before Assad fell

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Anas Alkharboutli was fatally injured in a missile attack just four days before the president fled to Russia. His colleagues and friends explain why his life was more exceptional than his death…
His final photo was of the bomber that killed him: the last journalist to die before Assad fell

Africa’s medical system risks ‘collapse in next few years’, warns health leader

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Focusing foreign aid on infectious diseases has allowed a rise in cancer and diabetes that African governments don’t have resources to fight, says Dr Githinji Gitahi…
Africa’s medical system risks ‘collapse in next few years’, warns health leader

‘The forests are going up in flames – so is the rule of law’: Argentina’s climate of fear

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Wildfires are devastating Patagonia. In response, Argentinian authorities are removing environmental protections and raiding Indigenous communities…
‘The forests are going up in flames – so is the rule of law’: Argentina’s climate of fear

‘They forced me to stand for hours in the cold, arms raised and shackled’: eight Gaza doctors on their Israeli prison ordeal

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Senior doctors and surgeons describe the torture, starvation, humiliation and denial of medical care they endured while being held without charge…
‘They forced me to stand for hours in the cold, arms raised and shackled’: eight Gaza doctors on their Israeli prison ordeal

Starmer’s cuts to UK aid budget are ‘cruel and shameful’, say experts

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Reduction to 0.3% of gross national income in order to fund defence spending has been decried as a ‘move to appease Trump’…
Starmer’s cuts to UK aid budget are ‘cruel and shameful’, say experts

‘It shatters my heart’: the slow death of India’s once-famous Urdu book bazaar

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – For over a century, poets, publishers and printers filled this Delhi district’s narrow lanes. But as profits plummet, bookshops are being replaced by kebab shops…
‘It shatters my heart’: the slow death of India’s once-famous Urdu book bazaar

‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Healthcare workers are protected under international law yet hundreds were detained during the war. Now, some of Gaza’s most senior doctors have spoken of the violence and abuse they say they faced…
‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention

More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture

conseil.margueritedyouville.ca – Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained…
More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture
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