Rolling The Bones In Kyrgyzstan

What do sheep bones, a Khan’s palace, and standing on one foot have in common? They’re all part of the Kyrgyz game of ordo

Intersex People Recognized in Kenya Census

Kenya has become the first country in Africa to recognize people who identify their gender as intersex during a population count starting Saturday

Colorado Helps Towns Quit Coal

Around the world, an energy transition is underway. Concerns about climate change are helping wind and solar power move into markets once dominated by coal. But what’s good for the climate is trouble for communities where coal is the backbone of their economy

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As rents have risen, so has homelessness in Los Angeles. But one group is providing a safe place – a guarded parking lot – for homeless people and their vehicles…..We go to a historic and award-winning ice cream parlor in Georgia and see how simple can equal delicious

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Immigrants, including sex workers, in Botswana could get a lifeline as the southern African country’s cabinet is due to decide on offering free Anti-Retroviral (ARV) treatment to foreigners….On the other hand, Women’s soccer has enjoyed phenomenal growth in recent years — and has now arrived in rural Kyrgyzstan

Uighurs Find Security in America, but...

U.N. officials and human rights advocates say China continues to step up its persecution of ethnic Uighurs, confining as many as one million members of the largely Muslim ethnic group in conditions that observers describe as similar to concentration camps

Nigerian Human Trafficking Victims Rebuild Their...

Nigeria’s agency for combating human trafficking is repatriating and re-settling women who have been subjected to forced labor and prostitution after being smuggled into Europe on false promises of working at well-paying jobs

Commemoration of 400th Anniversary of Slavery...

Africans and African Americans participating in events marking 400 years since the start of slavery in the United States say everyone must work harder to unite societies divided along racial and economic lines

South Sudan’s Men4Women Takes on Cultural...

In South Sudan, a group of men and boys is trying to break cultural taboos on a topic that often drives young girls out of school — menstruation. Men4Women is distributing menstrual pads to girls

Rohingya Reject Plans They Voluntarily Return...

Two years ago, Myanmar’s army drew international condemnation for driving more than 750,000 Muslim Rohingya into neighboring Bangladesh. This week the Myanmar and Bangladesh governments announced the beginning of a voluntary repatriation plan for many, however not a single person volunteered to go back. Steve Sandford spoke to refugees and rights workers about the prospect …

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