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Since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, hundreds of people have been killed by mines and unexploded ordnance. Mine clearance services, such as those provided by the teams of civil society organisation The HALO Trust, remove explosive remnants from the earth.

Conflicts

More landmine casualties, less humanitarian aid

As more and more people worldwide are being killed by industrially produced landmines, international funding for mine clearance operations faces an uncertain future.

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by Kim Berg

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Among the lucky few: only one quarter of Pakistan’s women has a mobile phone of their own.

Education

Digital literacy would help Pakistan’s female population

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by Sundus Saleemi
Sundus Saleemi
Primary school girls in Punjab province, where the enrolment rate is comparatively good.

Women’s rights

How illiteracy perpetuates oppression of Pakistani women

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by Sundus Saleemi
Sundus Saleemi

Education

Keeping girls in school

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
Students from around the world study in Cologne.

Universities

The merits of studying abroad

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by Sudeh Dehnavi
Devastating fires destroyed shelters and property in Rohingya refugee camps near the Myanmar after this comment was finalised. Investigations are still ongoing.

Human rights

Refugee suffering in Bay of Bengal and Mediterranean

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by Ridwanul Hoque
by Hans Dembowski
Always too hot or too cold: provisional post-earthquake classroom.

School quality

Nepal’s deep educational divides

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by Abishek Thapa

Refugee camps

Protecting life and limb

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by Qaabata Boru
No masks: President Samia Suluhu Hassan holding her first Cabinet meeting.

Blog

How to erode people’s trust during a pandemic

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Staff member at a Ghanaian internet café in 2009.

Our view

Literacy empowers, so schools must do a good job

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by Hans Dembowski
Masses of people deserve better and cheaper connections.

Digital divide

National broadband plans for faster, affordable internet

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by Claudia Isabel Rittel