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‘It’s not about the Qur’an, it’s about the money’: how boys of five are forced to beg on Senegal’s streets

silverguide.site – An old west African practice of sending children away to study is being used as a cover for trafficking, say human rights groups…
‘It’s not about the Qur’an, it’s about the money’: how boys of five are forced to beg on Senegal’s streets
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Ebola outbreak in DRC the fastest growing in the history of the virus

silverguide.site – As the death toll rises to almost 1,500, and with a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain potentially still months away, health workers face a battle to slow the outbreak…
Ebola outbreak in DRC the fastest growing in the history of the virus
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‘The number of remains is difficult to determine’: civil war death site dug up for landfill in El Salvador

silverguide.site – Despite a 2018 ruling to stop waste being dumped where civilians were executed in the country’s civil war, diggers are working at what campaigners call a place where ‘human life, biodiversity and the environment will be sacrificed’…
‘The number of remains is difficult to determine’: civil war death site dug up for landfill in El Salvador
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‘Why are you doing this to me?’: how one woman survived two years of slavery on a Spanish farm

silverguide.site – Fatima left her family behind in Morocco for seasonal work in Spain. But the dreams of a better life quickly turned into exploitation, squalid conditions and violence…
‘Why are you doing this to me?’: how one woman survived two years of slavery on a Spanish farm
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‘They targeted us directly’: how the Israel-Lebanon war became deadly for healthcare workers

silverguide.site – At least 135 medics in Lebanon have been killed by Israel’s bombardment since March…
‘They targeted us directly’: how the Israel-Lebanon war became deadly for healthcare workers
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Uganda begins emergency food handouts after 19 die from hunger

silverguide.site – Government move follows months of drought and crop failures in Karamoja, with 1.5m people facing malnutrition…
Uganda begins emergency food handouts after 19 die from hunger
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‘Her screams echo in my ears’: the trauma of so-called ‘honour killings’ in Pakistan

silverguide.site – There were 470 women killed in such circumstances across the country last year, with rights groups saying the true toll will be even higher, reflecting a system that still protects the accused…
‘Her screams echo in my ears’: the trauma of so-called ‘honour killings’ in Pakistan
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Family of missing Rohingya footballer fear he is among 500 believed dead in Myanmar shipwrecks

silverguide.site – ‘I can’t tolerate this life,’ said the 24-year-old in his last voice message to his relatives. Attacked by the military, a rebel army and criminal gangs, Siraz Ullah risked all for a better future…
Family of missing Rohingya footballer fear he is among 500 believed dead in Myanmar shipwrecks
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‘We can’t even walk through the streets’: women arrrested for kissing in public on life under Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law

silverguide.site – Wendy Faith and Alesi Diana Denise have been released after five months in prison over allegations of engaging in same-sex activity…
‘We can’t even walk through the streets’: women arrrested for kissing in public on life under Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law
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Trump’s HIV funding cuts having ‘severe and devastating’ impact around the world

silverguide.site – The President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief has saved 26m lives globally, but slashing of funds and dismantling of USAID have forced clinics to shut in dozens of countries…
Trump’s HIV funding cuts having ‘severe and devastating’ impact around the world
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Prickly pears, avocados and lemons: how rainwater harvesting is feeding Mexico City’s gardens and homes

silverguide.site – Thousands of low-income households are benefiting from a simple system that captures and filters rainfall from the city’s roofs…
Prickly pears, avocados and lemons: how rainwater harvesting is feeding Mexico City’s gardens and homes
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‘I’m sorry but I’m unable to speak’: hero of India’s Cockroach party weakens on 19th day of hunger strike

silverguide.site – The climate activist and engineer Sonam Wangchuk, who has become the figurehead of anti-government protests in Delhi, is resisting calls to end his fast until the education minister resigns…
‘I’m sorry but I’m unable to speak’: hero of India’s Cockroach party weakens on 19th day of hunger strike
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‘They said I had to kill him’: the Haiti gangs forcing children into a life of brutality

silverguide.site – With the state shattered, armed gangs offer food, shelter and perilous safety to young people – but at a terrible cost…
‘They said I had to kill him’: the Haiti gangs forcing children into a life of brutality
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‘Give us his body to bury’: a mother’s six-year fight for justice for son killed in Nigeria’s anti-police protests

silverguide.site – Pelumi Onifade, a young journalist, was allegedly shot while covering the #EndSars demonstrations in 2020. His body has never been released and no one has been held responsible…
‘Give us his body to bury’: a mother’s six-year fight for justice for son killed in Nigeria’s anti-police protests
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Giving nature a say: why Scottish marine scientists appointed the ocean to their board

silverguide.site – As the rights of nature are increasingly being recognised, the Scottish Association for Marine Science is the latest organisation to make the ocean a trustee…
Giving nature a say: why Scottish marine scientists appointed the ocean to their board
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First came the dead fish, then invasive plants. A year later and Lake Suchitlán’s pollution remains a mystery

silverguide.site – Fishers on El Salvador’s largest lake are still looking for answers after the die-off, with no explanation provided by the government…
First came the dead fish, then invasive plants. A year later and Lake Suchitlán’s pollution remains a mystery
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‘If a woman is killed, they say she fell, she took poison’: Pakistan’s devastating rise in ‘hidden’ sexual violence

silverguide.site – Karachi’s chief police surgeon condemns increasing acceptance of domestic murders and rapes of women and girls…
‘If a woman is killed, they say she fell, she took poison’: Pakistan’s devastating rise in ‘hidden’ sexual violence
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‘Every time the rain falls, the fear comes back’: life in Lagos under the constant threat of floods

silverguide.site – As Nigeria braces for another season of devastating rains, people affected describe the mental toll of repeatedly rebuilding their lives…
‘Every time the rain falls, the fear comes back’: life in Lagos under the constant threat of floods
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‘They made us say he was a martyr’: families at Iran’s largest cemetery mourn those killed in the January protests

silverguide.site – Six months on from the bloody crackdown on anti-regime protesters, families remembering loved ones at their graves at Behesht-e Zahra in Tehran tell their stories…
‘They made us say he was a martyr’: families at Iran’s largest cemetery mourn those killed in the January protests
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Less drugs, less care, less food: how aid cuts have hit Uganda’s 2m refugees

silverguide.site – Africa’s largest refugee population has seen rations and healthcare slashed as funding levels drop…
Less drugs, less care, less food: how aid cuts have hit Uganda’s 2m refugees
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