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Abdul Qadir Sediqi | Reuters
- Feb 15, 2021
U.N. decries attacks on Afghan media at time when dialogue needed most
KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations on Monday denounced attacks on Afghan journalists and human rights activists at a time when dialogue...
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Sam Mednick | AP
- Feb 14, 2021
Women fleeing Burkina Faso violence face sexual assault
KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — A 20-year-old woman could no longer live in her village amid the rising violence caused by Islamic extremists....
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Sam Mednick | AP
- Feb 12, 2021
UN: Burkina Faso on brink of protracted humanitarian crisis
KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso is on the brink of becoming a protracted crisis after extremist violence displaced over 1 million...
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Jeff Seldin | VOA
- Feb 10, 2021
Islamic State Poised for Possible Resurgence in Afghanistan, US Officials Warn
WASHINGTON - The Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan – seemingly pushed to the brink last year following unrelenting pressure from...
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Nina Shea
- Feb 5, 2021
NINA SHEA ON PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA
House Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission December 17, 2020 Statement of Nina Shea Hudson Institute - Director...
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Rahim Faiez & Kathy Gannon | AP
- Feb 4, 2021
Crime, conflict, chaos crushing Afghan hopes for tomorrow
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Every morning when Khan Wali Kamran left for work, he was afraid his children might be killed in Kabul’s...