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A Tibetan protester serving a 21-year prison term for sharing news of Tibetan protests with foreign news media died this month in a hospital in Lhasa after being transferred from his prison in critical condition, Tibetan sources and rights groups say
Tanzania’s government insists there are no cases of COVID-19 in the country, but residents and doctors say otherwise. Opposition politicians say the government’s stance is endangering lives
A Uyghur man who spent 18 years in prison following an incident of deadly unrest in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has been handed another sentence of the same length years after his release, according to an official
Farmers in Nairobi have opened Kenya’s first produce market, selling their goods directly to customers
Austrian-based Zimbabwean musician, Vusa Mkhaya, has released a long version of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono’s DemLoot song. Listen and Share … #DemLoot-
The brutal attack on Lesedi FM presenter, Dimakatso Ratselane, allegedly by her husband, has spurred the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) to reiterate its call for South Africans to take a definitive stand against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF)
People across Myanmar continued protesting a military coup and called for the release of the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. This, despite an increased show of force by military and police
A World Health Organization (WHO) team sent to Wuhan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has sent out mixed signals regarding the transparency of the probe, Chinese commentators said on Monday
Social distancing has made gathering for funerals difficult if not impossible. But a Los Angeles artist has created a way to remember every life lost during the pandemic. Angelina Bagdasaryan has the story narrated by Anna Rice-VOA NEWS Subscribe Our You Tube Channel
India’s nationwide vaccination drive against COVID-19 is picking up speed after encountering “vaccine hesitancy” in a country where the pandemic has waned