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  • Flavio Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, was officially announced on Saturday as the candidate from his father's Liberal Party to challenge the incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
  • The most recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has claimed over 1,309 lives.
  • In Syria, two buses collided, which caused at least 35 deaths and 30 injuries.

Tag: Afghanistan

November 3, 2021

In Afghanistan, Owner of Female-Run Television...

When the Taliban took over the country in August, Afghanistan had a thriving media. One of the many TV channels was controlled by women. Because to Taliban threats and censorship, that channel is currently closed down. But the woman who started it all refuses to give up

October 29, 2021

Under the Taliban, Afghan Artists and...

Afghan artists and activists claim that the Taliban have defaced their murals with their logo and slogans, making it hard for them to operate in Afghanistan

October 27, 2021

‘All We Have is Dry Bread’

Afghanistan is facing a serious food crisis.Afghans  have been plagued by crippling hunger

October 23, 2021

Women Leaders in Afghanistan Demand a...

Afghan women’s leaders are urging UN member countries to put more pressure on the Taliban to honor their commitments and enable women and girls to work and study. Girls are still barred from secondary school in Afghanistan

Afghanistan Addiction Crisis:Focus on Bamyan

According to the United Nations, Afghanistan provides 80% of the world’s opium. Millions of people in Afghanistan are affected by drug abuse and addiction

In Hungary, A Young Afghan Immigrant...

Jan Mersa Mohammad was a small child when his family left Afghanistan’s conflict, walking and sailing part of the way to Europe. Jan, now 14 and living in Budapest, feels at ease in his new country and aspires to be a professional soccer player

October 22, 2021

Thousands of Afghan Refugees Are Expected...

In the coming months, more than 50,000 Afghan refugees now residing on US military bases will be relocated around the country. California and Texas will see far more people

October 21, 2021

Conversation with a Taliban Footsoldier on...

What do ordinary Taliban members believe about running a country after fighting an insurgency for two decades? This month, VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem spoke with ordinary Taliban footsoldiers  on the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital

The Menace of Drug Addiction in...

In Afghanistan, the poppy grows wild and has long been the country’s most profitable cash crop. However, opium made from poppy has a competitor in Afghanistan

Afghans Fearing Taliban Retaliation Have Few...

Those left behind in Afghanistan face huge challenge to seeking safety outside the country, Amnesty International said on October 20, nearly two months after airlift operations ceased. In an advocacy briefing, the organisation discusses how neighbouring nations have closed their borders to Afghans without travel documents, forcing many to make illegal crossings

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