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Supporters of Cyril Ramaphosa celebrate his election as president of South Africa.

Southern Africa

New brooms sweeping clean?

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by Henning Melber
„The big question is what can be done to better protect these young people.“

Child abuse

When crime is the best of many bad options

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by Sally Atkinson-Sheppard
Google search at a Thai internet café.

Asian economies

New cross-border competition policy

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by Yasuyuki Sawada
by Cyn-Young Park
by Hans Dembowski
Because the soft drink is so popular, some people call Mexico the Coca Cola Nation.

Disease prevention

Sugar crisis in Mexico

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by Alejandro Calvillo
by Sonja Peteranderl
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo protested against an amnesty for crimes committed during the military dictatorship in Argentina.

Latin America

The grim legacy of dictatorship

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by Sebastián Vargas
Worship in the Holy Spirit Church of East Africa in Bukoyani, Kenya.

African Instituted Churches

Close to God and the people

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by Hans Spitzeck
The protection masks offer are limited, but in China’s smog-engulfed cities – like Shanghai, for example – they have become a regular outdoor accessory.

China

Poisonous air is making us sick

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by Felix Lee
Those who can afford it, go to Morocco, South Africa or France for up-to-date cancer care: radiosurgery in Paris.

Cancer

Unaffordable treatment

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by Karim Okanla
Workers at a rice mill in Bangladesh: breathing in the dust often causes lung disease.

Non-communicable diseases

A global problem

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by Hedwig Diekwisch
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