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Celebrate, remember and reframe: the therapy sessions healing South Africas women

As the trauma of apartheid, crime and violence continue to ripple through society, a counselling initiative by Tree of Life creator Ncazelo Ncube-Mlilo is helping ease the pain Red curtains and ceiling drapes create a pink-tinged glow inside the run-
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14 May 2024

Global violence causing record numbers of internally displaced people

Conflicts in Gaza, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have led to a total of 68m IDPs across the world Conflict has forced more than 68 million people to leave their homes as of the end of 2023 the highest figure since data became availab
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14 May 2024

Death, disease and despair as fighting closes in on besieged Sudanese city

Darfur is on the brink of another disaster as fighting intensifies around El Fasher, the last city in the region not controlled by the Rapid Support Forces At the Abu Shouk camp for displaced people on the northern fringe of El Fasher in North Darfur
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12 May 2024

Starmer has laid out his plan to tackle asylum. Will it actually work? | Sunder Katwala

The Labour leader confirmed he would scrap the Rwanda scheme in his Dover speech, then confusingly blurred his own argument Could Keir Starmer Make Asylum Boring Again? That would be the ultimate test of success for his claim that he can grip the iss
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12 May 2024

The Observer view on Sudans civil war: a humanitarian disaster we choose to ignore

Ethnic cleansing and war crimes in Darfur have left 25 million people in urgent need, yet the wests attention is elsewhere Parents are killed in front of their children. As they cry for help, the children die too. Panicked people fleeing attacks beco
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11 May 2024

The ANC has left South Africa a land of broken dreams. Its time seems over | Simon Tisdall

At this months elections, the party of Mandela should be judged on its dismal record over the past 30 years Who will save South Africa from itself? Not the ruling African National Congress (ANC), whose 30 unbroken years of under-achievement have brou
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11 May 2024

World Bank and IMF can press Ghana to rethink punitive LGBTQ law, charities say

Charities and campaign groups are calling on bodies to say they may stop funding country if legislation comes into effect The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are coming under pressure to use their financial might to persuade Ghana to r
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11 May 2024

Chads military leader Itno declared president in results contested by rival

Prime minister, Masra, accuses officials of manipulating results which show he won 18.5% of vote to Itnos 61% Chads military leader, Mahamat Idriss Dby Itno, has been declared the winner of , according to provisional results that have been contested
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10 May 2024

Rwandans arrive in Australia after perilous journey to claim asylum

Hunters reportedly find five Rwandan men in mangroves on Saibai Island, a known crocodile habitat As the UK government continues its push to asylum seekers to Rwanda, a group of Rwandan nationals has claimed asylum in Australia after arriving by boat
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10 May 2024