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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

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by Kim Berg
Experts from The HALO Trust educate schoolchildren in Idlib province about the dangers posed by mines and unexploded ordnance.

Humanitarian aid

Mines: a lethal obstacle to Syria’s reconstruction

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by Kim Berg
Algerian women call for the protection of women’s rights on the occasion of the International Women's Day 2021 in Algiers.

Gender equality

Algeria’s legal recognition of women’s rights must be put into action

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by Khadidja Kelalech
This elementary school for girls in the city of Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan Province was de-stroyed by a US missile. The attack in late February claimed the lives of many civilians, most of them children.

International law

Iran war: Call out violations of international law, push for reform

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by Kai Ambos

Gender equality

How a transgender tobacco farmer in Zimbabwe is fighting for dignity

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu
A guard stands in front of a prison cell at the CECOT high-security prison in Tecolotzco, El Salvador.

Human rights

Inside El Salvador’s prison system

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by Julia Gavarrete
Artwork by Muthoni Nderitu

Humanitarian aid

The fact that funds are lacking to relieve suffering is scandalous

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Afghan refugees leaving Pakistan at the Torkham border crossing in November 2025.

Involuntary migration

The harsh fate of Afghan families pushed out of Pakistan

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by Aqsa Younas
Protests in Caracas against electoral fraud following the 2024 presidential elections.

Democracy vs autocracy

The kind of solidarity Venezuelans need right now

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by Laura Vidal
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