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Thursday, 07 May 2020 22:03
Bangladesh: coronavirus in Cox’s Bazaar
Cox’s Bazaar is the largest refugee settlement on earth. One million Rohingya refugees, half of whom are children, have been cramped together in these camps since 2017, after they were forced to flee their homes in…
Thursday, 07 May 2020 22:01
Kenya: police abuse of power
In many places, police not only fail to protect people in poverty from violence, but they are violent predators themselves. Millions of the most vulnerable people in the world live in fear of police who extort…
Thursday, 07 May 2020 21:57
Gaza: an economic boost
Manufacturing clothes was once a pillar of Gaza’s economy, with 900 factories employing 36,000 Palestinians. But the industry collapsed in 2007 when Hamas seized control of Gaza and Israel banned the export of clothing from Gaza…
Thursday, 07 May 2020 21:54
Kuwait: Ramadan and lockdown
The Kuwaiti government has imposed a nationwide curfew to contain the spread of coronavirus. On 6 May there were 485 new cases of infections, bringing the total to 6,289. Kuwaiti citizens enjoy one of the highest…
Thursday, 30 April 2020 21:23
China and the pandemic
China filed a patent for a drug seen as one of the best potential weapons against coronavirus the day after Beijing confirmed coronavirus was transmissible to humans. The revelation that it moved so fast fuels concerns…
Thursday, 30 April 2020 21:19
Lebanon: 'night of the Molotov'
On 29 April, banks across Lebanon were torched and vandalised by hundreds of demonstrators during the second night of protests over their currency recently losing 50% in value. The largest and most violent protests were in…