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Timbuktu, the difficult reconstruction
Timbuktu, the cradle of Islam in Africa, is struggling to recover from the occupation and destruction wrought 8 years ago by al-Qaeda jihadists.
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The Netherlands, the golden age?
The Amsterdam Museum has announced that it no longer wishes to use the term "Golden Age" in its museum, in order to respect all sensibilities and not forget that the Golden Age experienced in Amsterdam was that of settlers and merchants, and not that of the populations of the Dutch colonies.
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Greenland’s child guinea pigs
In the 1950s, the Danish government took 22 Greenlandic children away from their families, in order to involve them in a social experiment against their will.
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Athens tightens its laws on refugees
With over 70,000 refugees on its soil, Greece is overwhelmed. It criticizes Turkey for letting too many boats through, and criticizes Europe for its lack of solidarity.
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State bullets rain down on favelas
Since January and the start of the mandate of Rio de Janeiro's new governor, Wilson Witzel, a close associate of President Bolsonaro, police violence against favela residents has risen sharply.
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Ovacik’s Che
In eastern Turkey, Fatih Mehmet Maçoglu embodies an ongoing utopia and a form of resistance to Erdogan's autocratic drift.
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The Guarani people in struggle
Since January 1, 2019, the start of the new Brazilian government's mandate, 197 additional types of pesticide have been authorized and placed on the market.
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Pesticide overdose in agriculture
It is to the courts that the Guaranis turn to demand respect for their constitutionally-guaranteed land rights.
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