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Life as a judge in MyanmarResearch suggests lax, poorly trained judges and shambolic court hearings that contravene local and international law are par for the course
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High school student killed in protests as price of bread doubles in SudanAt least five others injured as demonstrations spread across the country against price hikes caused by government austerity measures -
'Now people call me a killer'A former Lord’s Resistance Army fighter feels abandoned, failed by the Ugandan government after broken promises of help and support
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Call it a world of dread and fear, Geldof? Try eating catfish in a Lagos bush barNigerian satirist Elnathan John responds to Do They Know It’s Christmas? – the Band Aid song that did as much to entrench myths as it did to raise money
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We pressed pause the day we had to leave Syria. The shock never goes awayWar has shattered our society and put our lives on hold. Now we women are demanding that our voices are heard in building peace in our damaged country
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I escaped war in Syria and am now free to dream – but other kids aren't so luckyOn World Children’s Day, the Guardian invited a young Syrian refugee now living in the UK to give us his views on the kind of stories we should be covering
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‘We are brought up to think suffering this violence is OK’: domestic abuse in NigeriaDespite high levels of violence within relationships in Nigeria, wedding vows are still regarded as sacred, and women are urged to stay with bullying husbands
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'Boats pass over where our land was': Bangladesh's climate refugees – photo essayWhen monsoon rains swept Bangladesh, flooding forced people from their homes in droves. Climate migration is fast becoming commonplace in the country
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'Now Katine is famous': how a Guardian project wrought change in rural UgandaA project to help farming communities in a remote area of Uganda has brought greater prosperity to an area where living conditions were once dire
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Life on the Congo river: boosting survival rates for mothers and babies – in picturesIn remote areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Tshopo province, a programme training health workers aims to tackle maternal and infant mortality
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The trade deal that triggered a health crisis in Mexico – in picturesMexico has become a tariff-free dumping ground for soft drinks and junk food imported from the US. James Whitlow Delano reports from a country in crisis
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'Everything was clouded by Trump in 2017': a gruelling year for poor nations – podcastLucy Lamble looks back over 12 months of critical changes for developing countries, dominated by the devastating effects of the ‘global gag rule’
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Who are the Rohingya and what is happening in Myanmar?Fresh outbreak of violence after decades of ethnic tensions has prompted tens of thousands of people to flee to Bangladesh
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A timeline of landmarks in women's rightsWomen have fought long and hard to secure access to family planning and abortion, and reduce maternal mortality. A modern timeline of that struggle tells a story full of highs and lows
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Why do people still go hungry? Actor Dougray Scott explainsThere is enough food in the world to go around, yet hundreds of millions of people go to bed each night on an empty stomach
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‘Traffickers take all that makes you human’Survivors of human trafficking recount how they were raped, abused and exploited as they became 21st century slaves
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Women's rights and gender equality in focusWomen's rights and gender equality in focusAbducted at nine to be a girl soldier for Kony: 'Now people call me a killer'A former Lord’s Resistance Army fighter feels marginalised and abandoned, failed by the Ugandan government after broken promises of help and support
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Modern-day slavery in focusModern-day slavery in focusWorkers held captive in Indian mills supplying Hugo BossGuardian inquiry into concerns raised by Hugo Boss reveals Tamil Nadu firm, which also supplies major UK brands, stops women leaving factory
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The Syrian refugee child who started a schoolFor a 12-year-old boy in a Lebanese refugee camp, learning about photography ended his isolation, and inspired him to get funding for a school there
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Building a feminist city in the PhilippinesWhen Islamist insurgents destroyed the city of Marawi, its women saw an opportunity to demand rights and freedoms previously unknown to them
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Hairdressing, sewing, cooking – is this really how we're going to empower women?Women’s empowerment has long been a development buzzword, but a narrow focus on getting women into low-paid work may be marginalising them further
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Warm and cuddly global goals? The international community must get realAt the moment the SDGs simply offer UN member states a free pass to pat themselves on the back, despite their collective failures
The world is in a perilous place. Here's my wishlist for change in 2018