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‘Solidarity in Surfing’ by Black girls and supporters surf around the world
From California to Indonesia, Australia and Senegal, black girls and supporters floated on surfboards yesterday to pay tribute to George...
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South Africa: educational divide highlighted by two girls' lockdown learning
When Zinzi Lerefolo was sent home from her fee-paying girls’ school in a leafy Johannesburg suburb in March, her family set up a virtual...
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Nigeria: Women's campaign stage protest over sexual violence
Nigerian rights campaigners took to the streets of the capital Abuja yesterday, to raise awareness for the constant sexual violence which...
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Ethiopia: mobile camel libraries keep children from forced labour
In a remote part of Ethiopia, one charity has come up with a novel way of protecting their children off school because of the COVID-19...
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Finally! Egypt: father to stand trial on charges of forced FGM of three daughters
Girls were allegedly told they were to have Covid-19 vaccinations but were cut by doctor after being sedate Egypt’s public prosecutor has...
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Sri Lanka: cafe owner feeds and shelters Western tourists
So many tourists came to see the enchanting waterfalls and mountain views of the lowland jungle and rainforest in Sri Lanka. But then the...
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EXCLUSIVE, Congo: UN denounces 1,300 civilians killed as half a million flee
About 1,300 civilians have been killed in conflicts across the Democratic Republic of the Congo while more than half a million people...
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Nepal: volunteers become local heroes during the pandemic
When the first person passed away from COVID-19 in Nepal, a young mother who died in a hospital last month, her days-old baby was moved...
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