Turkey celebrates 2025 as the ‘year of family,’ even as households struggle with double-digit inflation
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Turkey celebrates 2025 as the ‘year of family,’ even as households struggle with double-digit inflation
When explaining the causes of decreasing birth rate, President Erdoğan did not mention inflation, or the related economic challenges. Instead, he ...
‘Our voices matter': Young Ethiopians push for role in national dialogue
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‘Our voices matter': Young Ethiopians push for role in national dialogue
Young people still living in conflict areas say they feel overlooked in a vital process that shapes the country’s future.
A library becomes a lifeline for out-of-school children in a Nigerian fishing community
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A library becomes a lifeline for out-of-school children in a Nigerian fishing community
A community library has made a profound impact on out-of-school children and shown how libraries can contribute to intellectualism and the overall ...
Shutting down the net: The growing threat of Russian internet censorship
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Shutting down the net: The growing threat of Russian internet censorship
The independent tech community is implementing new technologies to fight internet shutdowns in Russia, while the government prepares to create a fu...
Azerbaijan's Gymnastics Federation tainted by abuse accusations
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Azerbaijan's Gymnastics Federation tainted by abuse accusations
Accusations include physical abuse, including beating, an attempt to strangle one athlete, weight-shaming, verbal abuse, depriving athletes of spea...
Activist Thai lawyer gets additional years in prison for ‘defaming’ the monarchy
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Activist Thai lawyer gets additional years in prison for ‘defaming’ the monarchy
"The fire of struggle has not yet been extinguished. The seeds of freedom have been sown in people’s hearts already. We now wait for them to grow."
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Power, myth, and the personal: A conversation with Iranian-American artist Shiva Ahmadi
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Power, myth, and the personal: A conversation with Iranian-American artist Shiva Ahmadi
"I draw deep inspiration from the narrative elements of Persian miniature painting. This quality inspires me to use metaphor and narrative to refle...
After decades of campaigning, Jamaicans rejoice over President Biden’s pardon of National Hero Marcus Garvey
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After decades of campaigning, Jamaicans rejoice over President Biden’s pardon of National Hero Marcus Garvey
"Garvey’s life was dedicated to [a] vision of justice larger than any single race or nation. His wrongful conviction [is] a reflection of the wor...
Uganda's feminist movement under threat as foreign donors back conservative groups
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Women's rights under threat in Uganda as conservative groups push disinformation campaign
The rise of the anti-rights conservative groups in Uganda and around the world has led to gendered disinformation that is threatening democracy and...