Young girls in an ethnic group in Uganda have undergone genital cutting for generations. An NGO is working to end the practice and empower girls. A six-year-old girl screams while being cut in Somalia, 17 June 1996. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju) Esther Chebet recalls...
By Colin McIntyre At a time when the European Union’s borders are under siege from thousands of refugees and immigrants fleeing war, persecution and poverty, the prospect of enlarging the 28-nation bloc would seem a distant dream. Yet negotiations continue with a view...
Cocaine seized by police in Panama City, 21 September 2011. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco) This article is part of a News-Decoder series of “decoders” that explain crucial background to big issues. For more decoders, click here. It’s the stuff of...
More than a century after the end of the U.S. Civil War, race relations remain a problem, highlighted by the killing of black men by white policemen. Martin Luther King, Jr. leading the Selma voting rights march in Montgomery, Alabama, 17 March 1965. (AP Photo) This...
Human rights are relatively new to international law. But these values safeguard our dignity and protect against government oppression around the world. (iStock.com/Rawpixel Ltd) This article is part of a News-Decoder series of “decoders” that explain...
image buach image skyline image temple img 2984 img 2985 By Robert Conner It is a busy Saturday at Chatuchak Market in downtown Bangkok. Food stalls and handicrafts line streets crowded with Thais and foreign tourists. Street performers sing and dance, weaving between...
“Caught in a bad romance…” Lady Gaga’s hit song fits the strained relationship between Europe and Turkey. “Caught in a bad romance…”Lady Gaga’s hit song fits the strained relationship between Europe and Turkey.But will this week’s electoral setback for Turkish...