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The Power of Trees: A Success Story
Farmers in Morocco are experiencing unprecedented challenges brought about by extreme droughts, high temperatures, and other ...
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Coloured South Africans are all but erased from history textbooks – I asked learners how that makes them feel
The way Coloured identity is discussed in textbooks and curricula is leading young self-described Coloured people to believe that their history – and their identity – is shameful.
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My family lived the horrors of Native American boarding schools – why Biden’s apology doesn’t go far enough
From the 19th to 20th century, Native children were physically removed from their homes and put into boarding schools. A scholar asks if that was genocide?
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GDP is an outdated way of measuring the health of the economy – it doesn’t reflect the health of people or the planet
People feel left behind, impoverished and unvoiced. They are looking to ethno-nationalist strongmen to help them. Right-wing movements and governments are on the rise. As an economist who has written ...
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Cancer care in Africa: translations of key words convey fear and need to change
Understanding how cancer is discussed across diverse languages and cultural contexts is crucial, especially on a continent that has more than 2,000 languages.
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Kamala Harris is being called ‘Jezebel’ – a Biblical expert explains why it’s a menacing slur
Calling a powerful woman like Harris a Jezebel isn’t just an offensive slur; it carries with it the persistent threat of racist violence and sexual assault.
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Is targeting UN peacekeepers in Lebanon a war crime? Here’s what international law says
Recent incidents involving the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (Unifil) have raised an important question. Can Israel lawfully target UN peacekeepers and ...
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Ecuador: One year into his term, president Noboa must avoid abuses and opacity in security policies
On the eve of President Daniel Noboa’s first year in office, the evidence suggests that human rights have suffered under the current administration, Amnesty International said today in a briefing ...
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What you need to know about clonazepam, the drug found in Liam Payne’s hotel room
Early toxicology reports suggest that former One Direction singer Liam Payne had several drugs in his system when he fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. These include ...
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Class identity: why fancy freebies are a bigger political problem for this Labour government than its Tory predecessors
While much of the intense media coverage of the UK government’s freebies scandal might be attributable to overzealous scrutiny by a predominantly right-of-centre printed press, there is at least one ...
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Trump’s anti-Haitian rhetoric reflects America’s long-standing racism against Haiti and its people
As Black immigrants, Haitians are doubly marginalized by structural racism embedded in US immigration policies and the broader societal racism experienced by Black Americans.
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Somaliland elections: what’s at stake for independence, stability and shifting power dynamics in the Horn of Africa
Somaliland is due to hold a presidential election on 13 November 2024. The results of the election will be important for two main reasons. First, what the leadership outcome will mean for Somaliland’s ...