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Separated in March, Hasina Begum’s family have now settled in Bangladesh as India continues to deport Rohingya despite UN refugee status
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Three million Kenyans face hunger, yet by 2030 it is thought 1.4 million of the country’s children will be obese. Meet the professionals tackling the problem
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Winner of the inaugural Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment award says she saw mainstream culture did not represent her, so she created her own space
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At least 19 journalists caught up in mass detentions after government moves against Fano, its former ally in Tigray conflict
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In Makoko, one of the world’s largest floating slums, most people are illiterate and many children cannot afford to go to school. The charity, Chess in Slums Africa, uses the game to inspire children to come to class
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About one in 10 people in Poland is now Ukrainian. The welcome has been warm, but as war grinds on, some fear the ‘full’ sign must go up soon
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As food prices soar, Zimbabwe’s diaspora are opting for delivery services rather than money transfers to help hard-hit relatives
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Somalia’s first woman to head a media house explains how she beat the odds to become a journalist and why Bilan was set up
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Khaula Jamil explores the difficulties faced by Bengali-speakers in Pakistan, and how they are filtering down the generations
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Exploitation common in the Gulf is emerging in the UK – and will only get worse without government intervention
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Evidence appears to show illicit payments taken from workers harvesting produce for M&S, Tesco and Waitrose
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Nargis Orakzai now lives in freedom in Germany. But the pain of leaving behind her mother, and the career she loved, is with her every day
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Sexual harassment and assault are rife in the factories that supply some of the world’s leading fashion brands. In Tamil Nadu, union leader Thiyva Rakini is trying to change that
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Mount Nyiragongo, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, erupted in May last year. More than 360,000 people were displaced from around Goma but the aid has dried up and now they must largely fend for themselves
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