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Mass detentions of civilians fan ‘climate of fear’ in Ethiopia
By Abdi Latif Dahir
NAIROBI — The family was startled awake by a loud bang in the middle of the night on the gate of their home on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.
Police officers barged in without a warrant,…
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They warned their names were on a hit list, they were killed
By Hannah Beech
At night in the refugee camps, with only a thin tarpaulin wall as protection, Mohammed waits for the men to come and kill him.
In less than a month, assassins have killed at least eight people in the Rohingya refugee…
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When the Taliban are in your bedroom
By Thomas Gibbons Neff
KABUL — When the Taliban are in your bedroom and there’s a photograph of you on the wall holding an American flag, a rifle and dressed like a recruiting commercial for the Marines, you have to keep it together.…
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Sri Lanka gamble on fertilizer leads to crisis, emerging controversy over monk
By Shihar Aneez
COLOMBO– Unlike previous years, 64-year old Wijesiri* is not busy late in October this year.
He loiters with his sarong and bear body in his home town area of Mullegama, a rural village in the border of Ambara-Monaragala…
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Hunger forces Afghans to sell young daughters into marriage
By Elise Blanchard
QALA I NAW - Fahima has wept many times since her husband sold their two young daughters into marriage to survive the drought gripping western Afghanistan.
Oblivious to the deal, six-year-old Faristeh and 18-month-old…
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Thousands flee Myanmar for India amid fears of a growing refugee crisis
By Sui Lee Wee
Terrified farmers and families with children in Myanmar are fleeing into India as the military junta that seized power in a February coup continues to seek out and eliminate resistance along the country’s border.
The…
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A tragedy of errors takes Sri Lanka towards a food crisis
By Chandrasena Maliyadde
A food shortage brewing for several weeks, coupled with a stagnant economy and indecision, has pushed Sri Lanka to the brink of a crippling crisis.
It is ironic that Sri Lanka, which was known as the Granary of…
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American siblings barred from leaving China for 3 years return to US
By Michael Forsythe, Chris Buckley and Katie Benner
China has allowed two American siblings who were barred from leaving the country for more than three years to return to the United States, after a Justice Department deal that cleared the…
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New Taliban chancellor bars women from Kabul University
By Cora Engelbrecht and Sharif Hassan
KABUL - Tightening the Taliban’s restrictions on women, the group’s new chancellor for Kabul University announced Monday (27) that women would be indefinitely barred from the institution either as…
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Thai protesters are back, and angrier, as government fumbles on COVID
By Muktita Suhartono and Hannah Beech
BANGKOK — In air heavy with monsoonal pressure and discontent, the riot police in Bangkok unleashed rubber bullets and tear gas. Tanat Thanakitamnuay, the scion of a real estate family, stood on a…
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