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Fallout erodes public trust and diminishes UK's stature, say criticsAid experts fear furore over departed development secretary’s secret trip to Israel could reverse progress on helping world’s poor and dent UK influence -
Tamil men accuse Sri Lanka of rape and tortureExpert condemns ‘egregious and perverted’ sexual abuse after dozens of men claim they were seized, blindfolded and assaulted by security services
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President sacks senior official amid claims of corruptionBabachir Lawal removed from office after allegations that humanitarian aid was illegally diverted to companies he set up
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When the sheep turn black, war's toxic legacy can no longer be ignoredThe battle for Mosul has left the city caked in soot and shrouded in smog. When will the world realise that the environment is not merely a silent victim of war?
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The 'genocide' of Brazil's black youth gives Day of the Dead extra resonanceThe release of new figures showing that 2016 was Brazil’s most murderous year lends additional poignancy to the country’s All Souls Day festivities
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This was not 'just another bomb in Mogadishu’. It will destroy al-ShabaabWith more than 350 people killed in this deadly attack, it is time for we Somalis to unite against violent extremism, says the country’s minister of information
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How HIV found its way to a remote corner of the HimalayasLike many men from the impoverished district of Accham, Sarpa migrated to India for work only to return home with HIV
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Have psychologists found a better way to persuade people to save the planet?Recent studies linking people’s views on social inequality to how they think and act on environmental issues could prove crucial to changing their behaviour
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Gasping for breath: pneumonia's deadly toll among the hungry children of KenyaA disease that claims the lives of two children under five a minute worldwide has hit drought-stricken Kenya hard, its spread driven by malnutrition
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Yemen reels under the weight of brutal cholera outbreak – in picturesWith Yemen in the grip of the biggest and most rapidly spreading cholera epidemic on record, the country’s health system is on the verge of collapse
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Dead or imprisoned for having an abortion: fighting El Salvador's brutal laws – videoThe country’s total ban on abortion has seen women jailed over miscarriages and dying after unsafe terminations. But amid growing protests, politicians may bow to pressure to overturn El Salvador’s anti-abortion laws
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Bold vision: giving blind people back their sight in Pakistan – in picturesAn estimated 36 million people are blind worldwide, yet 75% of blindness and visual impairment can be cured or prevented. Photographer Andrew McConnell documents the successes of a scheme in northern Pakistan
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Who are the Rohingya and what is happening in Myanmar?Fresh outbreak of violence after decades of ethnic tensions has prompted tens of thousands of people to flee to Bangladesh
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A timeline of landmarks in women's rightsWomen have fought long and hard to secure access to family planning and abortion, and reduce maternal mortality. A modern timeline of that struggle tells a story full of highs and lows
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Why do people still go hungry? Actor Dougray Scott explainsThere is enough food in the world to go around, yet hundreds of millions of people go to bed each night on an empty stomach
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‘Traffickers take all that makes you human’Survivors of human trafficking recount how they were raped, abused and exploited as they became 21st century slaves
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Women's rights and gender equality in focusWomen's rights and gender equality in focusWinnie Mandela the movie: 'She was volatile and uncontrollable, and that was punished'An award-winning documentary demystifies the image of the activist as ‘sinner’ to Nelson the saint, as part of a wave of films in African cinema breaking with the status quo on gender, race and politics
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Modern-day slavery in focusModern-day slavery in focus'Absolutely unacceptable': UK accused of failing to protect domestic workersCampaigners warn foreign workers continue to suffer abuse and exploitation in UK households after failure of safeguards designed to protect them
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The Chinese 'miracle' elixir that threatens donkeys around the worldChinese demand for donkey gelatine is hammering the Chinese and African donkey populations, putting the price of donkeys out of reach for subsistence farmers
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Pregnancy is a universal experience - but access to good healthcare is notDevelopment worker Leila de Bruyne says the first-world healthcare that saved her life is a basic human right that should be afforded to all expectant mothers
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Traffic accident? Call a reporter! How journalists are forcing change in LiberiaA desperate lack of skilled reporters in the most far-flung rural areas became clear during the country’s Ebola outbreak. Now, with the first crop of trainees in the field, the benefits of good health reporting are beginning to be seen
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Want to avert the apocalypse? Take lessons from Costa RicaChasing economic growth gains us nothing but global warming. We should follow the lead of tiny Costa Rica, where life expectancy is soaring
Santos speaks 'Making war is easier than making peace' – Colombian president