Looking back: A year in human rights
The UN observes Human Rights Day on December 10 as a way to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , but for us at Al...
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Kenya's slum DJ shows us around Kibera
Abdullah 'Dallas' Mussa walks us through the trials and tribulations of life as a slum journalist.
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Back to school in Kenya's biggest slum
Adults who grew up illiterate are getting a second chance to read and write in Nairobi's Kibera slum
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"What will be in your heart? Won't...
Karim Khan is suing the CIA for the deaths of his son and brother in a drone strike.
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"Every beardy man is not a terrorist...
Rafiullah Hanif was born an Afghan refugee in Pakistan. With tensions rising in his host country,...
Bringing hope to Syria's orphans
'We want to rebuild the personalities they've lost, and the identity that was taken away from them.'
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Issues
Being African in India: 'We are seen as demons'
'I speak Hindi and always laugh. But when I offer biscuits to the neighbours' children, they don't accept.'
Detained in Kinshasa: Antoine's Journey from Hell
A Congolese theatre student and revolutionary spent years in prison for a crime he did not commit
'Nearly 200 refugees die of starvation' in Nigeria camp
MSF says "a catastrophic humanitarian emergency" is unfolding at a camp in Bama, where 24,000 people have taken refuge
Refugees: From Syria to Somalia, tales of displacement
War and persecution forced more than 65 million people from their homes by the end of last year, UNHCR reports.
Nearly 500,000 Syrian kids shut out of education in Turkey, finds report
New Human Rights Watch report indicates only 13 percent of Syrian refugee children in Turkey regularly attend school
