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For many homeless people, finding shelter sometimes isn’t nearly as important as finding a meal. Providing food is the main mission of Manna House, a charity organization where homeless and underprivileged people get breakfast and other services for free
More than 3 million women are registered to vote in Afghanistan’s September 28 presidential election. But some women are expected to vote for their husband’s choice of candidate.Hundreds of university students in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, blocked roads in protest over the accidental death of a fellow student at Bahria University.Pakistani police fired tear gas and used batons against doctors protesting in the city of Peshawar
The head of Zimbabwe’s Doctors Association has left the country for urgent medical treatment in South Africa after being held captivity, during which his medical team says he was poisoned. Police tried to block his departure even though he had a court order allowing him to leave
It’s been a bad year for dengue fever, a painful, debilitating virus that is surging in the Philippines, Bangladesh, Vietnam and other nations. There is no cure for dengue, which is spread by mosquitos. However, scientists are enlisting a bacteria in the fight against dengue because they think will make it harder for mosquitos to spread the often deadly dengue virus
Young Afghans raised after the end of Taliban rule in Afghanistan in 2001 are getting a first chance to vote in presidential elections taking place on September 28. An international footballer and a cyclist, both 18, told RFE/RL about their hopes for the election and for the future
Ugandan woman Turns plastic bags into affordable fashionable back pack
Rwanda accused of manipulating poverty Statistics but Rwandan president Paul Kigami dismissed the report
Tunisia’s economic crisis — which triggered the North African country’s 2011 Arab Spring revolution, and later provided fertile ground for terrorist recruitment — has now dragged on for nearly a decade. It will likely top the list of voter concerns in next month’s legislative and presidential runoff elections. But as Lisa Bryant reports from Tunis, some Tunisians are not waiting for their politicians to turn things around – and are creating national youth movements to bring about change
Some clerics say the Koran forbids tattoos, but that hasn’t stopped a growing number of young people in Kabul from getting inked. One tattoo artist says the trend actually has roots in Afghan tradition
A tech company is offering literature and short films created specifically for mobile devices. They already have 50 million monthly subscribers…The study by the Food and Land Usage Coalition of universities and environmental organizations says current agricultural practices contribute to food shortages and global warming. One proposed solution is to rely more on insects as a food source