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A two-day international conference is urging collective and decisive action against Myanmar.

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Jewish academic’s New York office vandalised with swastikas

Anti-Semitic incident at Columbia University comes as rising number of hate crimes are reported across the US.

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Why Ebola crisis in DRC is unlike anything before

Democratic Republic of Congo has seen multiple outbreaks of Ebola, but this time it faces more challenges.

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‘Open the borders’: New York rally urges US to welcome caravan

Before the crucial midterm elections on November 6, advocates put spotlight on Trump’s immigration ‘scare tactics’.

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Why the shack dwellers’ movement poses a threat to the ANC

S’bu Zikode leads a shack dwellers’ movement and says city officials crack down on those who highlight a housing crisis.

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Politics of second-hand clothes: A debate on ‘dignity’

Rwandan traders selling used clothes suffer as the government taxes used imports, but local designers welcome the move.

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The mixed tale of women’s empowerment in Rwanda

Rwanda’s push for gender equality hailed by some, but others call it ‘smokescreen’ for government repression.

Workshop [Azad Essa/Al Jazeera]

Rwanda’s slow-brewing love affair with coffee

Despite its important role in the economy, coffee isn’t part of daily life for most Rwandans but things are changing.

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Unpacking South Africa’s fraught and complex land debate

Land reform a key issue before elections next year, experts say, turning up debate over legacy of apartheid.

Residents walk through shacks in Cape Town''s crime-ridden Khayelitsha township in this picture taken July 9, 2012.

Six years on, still no justice or closure for Marikana victims

As thousands of mining jobs are cut, families of striking workers slain in 2012 still await compensation and justice.

Miners and members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU)