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Violence against women is a recurring issue in India. In August, protesters took to the streets in Kolkata after a young female doctor was raped and killed.

Empowerment

How India’s young women reclaim safety and confidence

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by Roli Mahajan
Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa, and Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian prime minister.

Governance

Lessons on democracy from South Africa and Ethiopia

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by Hafte Gebreselassie Gebrihet
Narendra Modi, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin in September.

International relations

Why India and China are realigning their relations

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
The parliament building in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, was set on fire during the protests in September.

Opinion

Nepal can change for the better

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by Rukamanee Maharjan
Antonia Konarska is currently working as a volunteer in the cafeteria of a retirement home.

Migration to Germany

“Every day I had to force myself to take small steps”

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by Antonia Konarska
A 2018 election poster from Cameroon. This year, 92-year-old President Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, is running for office for the eighth time.

Governance

How fossilised, power-hungry men keep Africa in a stranglehold

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by Baba G. Jallow
Students being taught inside a half-collapsed building at Shuhada-Alwahdah School in Ibb province, Yemen.

Education

Overcrowded classrooms, outdoor lessons or no school at all

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by Abdulrahman Al-Humaidi
A view of Chukudum, where the twins were born.

New beginnings

Two sisters, two paths

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Mohamad Melli came to Germany in 2015 to escape the civil war in Syria.

Migration to Germany

“I met Germans who didn’t see me just as a refugee”

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by Mohamad Melli
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