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What the UK’s main political parties have pledged on foreign policy in their manifestos.
Nigeria must do more on child rights
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All 36 states in Nigeria must adopt the Child Rights Act to safeguard their children.
Clouds of smoke from burning cars mark the skyline of Culiacan, Mexico, during a 12-hour siege by the Sinaloa Cartel, Oct. 17, 2019.
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A series of brazen, highly visible attacks by Mexican drug cartels have killed at least 50 people in the past month, terrorizing citizens and making the government look weak on crime.
A protest against Uganda’s anti-gay bill in front of the Ugandan High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2014.
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To address homophobia in Uganda, sexual rights must draw on the need for justice and social obligation.
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Guaranteed internet access is now crucial for everyone to equally exercise their political rights.
Australian media coverage of China can feel alienating to Chinese migrants, but most still hold a positive view of their adopted country.
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In a recent survey, a majority of Chinese migrants said they rarely share negative stories about Australia on their social media platforms, and actually side with Australia more on human rights.
Arresting pregnant teenagers won’t curb pregnancy rates.
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Tanzania’s government must focus on the drivers of teenage pregnancy, which are entirely overlooked in current punitive policies, instead of expelling and arresting schoolgirls.
Helen Zille’s return to the top echelons of the Democratic Alliance has been slammed as an attempt to make the party white again.
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The Democratic Alliance’s problems can be traced back to the politicisation of race, which has persisted even after the dawn of democracy in 1994.
A cemetery in Phola, a black residential area near Witbank, to which some graves were relocated to make way for coal mining.
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Mining companies and some heritage consultants don’t understand the sacredness attached to ancestral remains, and the meaning of land in African communities.
Boris Johnson, as foreign secretary, attends the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in 2018.
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A new study examined what the UK priorities – and sidelines – at the UN Human Rights Council.
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To break the cycle of poverty and malnutrition, the government needs to ensure that children have access to sufficient healthy food.
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Expert in immigration and asylum spoke with migrants who’ve travelled to the UK on the back of a lorry.
The UK has signed a number of trade deals to keep trade flowing in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
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The UK has signed 15 trade agreements, covering 46 countries. Most fail to cover human rights issues.
The newly elected President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi.
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Serious challenges lie ahead for Botswana’s governing party as it celebrates retaining power.
For most of human history, people had access to food either by producing it themselves, or through trade.
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Hunger affects people’s health. It also affects their dignity and their ability to live full and productive lives.
Andrew Hastie said the broad objectives of the identity-matching system were sound, but key changes were needed to ensure privacy and transparency.
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Human rights groups say the bill is an attempt to introduce mass surveillance to Australia and an egregious breach of individual privacy.
Syrian refugee men work as day laborers at a textile workshop in Istanbul, Turkey, June 20, 2019.
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Almost 4 million Syrian refugees live in Turkey, which has taken noteworthy steps to integrate them into the country in the past five years. Will Turkey now try to force those refugees back to Syria?
Morocco reformed its family law in 2004 to increase the legal age of marriage to 18.
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The region has made progress but efforts must continue to end a harmful practice rooted in poverty and tradition.
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We are in a battle for our minds. And it isn’t clear we will win.
Supporters of presidential candidate Filipe Nyusi’s Frelimo party on the last day of election campaigns in Maputo on October 12, 2019.
During the campaign, partisans of all political stripes were responsible for the violence. But Frelimo supporters were far more aggressive and violent.