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A drowning town: are Bentiu’s dykes high enough to save it from disaster?

Surrounded by towering mud ramparts, the 300,000 residents of Bentiu in South Sudan will spend today, like tomorrow, anxiously scanning the gathering…

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How an Ethiopian emperor ended up living in Bath

It has been 50 years since an emperor, described by many as the "Father of Africa", was overthrown by security…

A new dawn for Risper Ominde

Risper Ominde is a 40-year-old wife and mother to five children. During the delivery of her sixth child, Risper experienced…

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