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LESOTHO

No girl should face this alone: Why China and the UN are standing together for Lesotho's girls

In the remote highlands of Mokhotlong, Lesotho, adolescent girls and young women face a 'Triple Threat' of high HIV burden, pervasive gender-based violence, and early pregnancy.…

  • Alankar Malviya
  • Yang Xiaokun
5 min read
Support: The principles underlying South Africa’s liberation from oppressive apartheid rule are captured at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg. Norway continues to show solidarity through development aid to those countries in need. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
APARTHEID

Struggles for freedom still relevant today

Shifting geopolitics is highlighting new and old arenas of conflict and violations of international law

  • Gjermund Sæther
6 min read
Sign outside the offices of an organisation in Mozambique that was defunded by USAid. Photos: Jesse Copelyn
AFRICA

Mozambican children die after US funding cuts: Who bears responsibility?

The least the Trump administration could have done was provide ample warning that it was going to cut aid

  • Jesse Copelyn
10 min read