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17 August 2025

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Doctors argue that billions are being wasted on vanity projects, while they can't afford to eat

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15 July 2025

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The Togolese entrepreneur created a pan-African bank and airline

Written by Jean Sovon

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Emptying Moldova: the four waves of Moldovan emigration

The country now has one of the highest emigration and depopulation rates globally

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10 July 2025

Australian court says journalist was unfairly removed from work over Gaza post

Antoinette Lattouf said she was punished for her political opinion about Israel's military campaign in Gaza

Written by Mong Palatino

4 July 2025

Silenced, transferred, threatened: Nadira Yeasmin on facing threats amid Bangladesh’s growing extremism

"I am not afraid. Even if I lose my job, I will keep speaking."

Written by Abhimanyu Bandyopadhyay

2 July 2025

New report finds that Trinidad & Tobago needs to do more to stop LGBTQ+ discrimination

'[O]ur differences matter and must be accounted for in the struggle for freedom'

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25 June 2025

Are Africa’s youth Europe’s future? Inside the EU’s renewed love affair with Nigeria

‘Everything that happens here, positive or negative, has direct consequences for Europe, and vice versa.’

Written by Adesewa Olofinko

24 June 2025

Somalia’s coastal crisis: Voices from the edge of the sea

“We used to bring home fish every morning. Now we bring nothing...”

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22 June 2025

Hong Kong workers strike against the exploitation of Keeta, a food delivery platform

Soon after Deliveroo was squeezed out of the HK market, Keeta has started cutting costs to maximize its profit.

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14 June 2025

The illusion of a living wage in Myanmar’s factories

The calculation of wages for factory workers is often manipulative and intentionally confusing

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10 June 2025

South Korean youth are continuing to pursue social justice after the president’s impeachment

Young people joined forces with various social activists and civil society groups during pro-impeachment movement

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South Asian migrants are dying in Saudi FIFA worksites

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Women health workers in Kerala, India, demand fair wages and recognition of work

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23 May 2025

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The day was marked by heavy police presence and barricades as well as hundreds of detentions

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2 May 2025

Gains and gaps in gender equality in North Macedonia

Significant disparities emerge among the individual indicators of gender equality analyzed by the World Economic Forum

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The controversy over grasslands in eastern Sri Lanka

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