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2018-04-26 DR Congo
Goma families terrorised by wave of child abductions
Child abductions have been commonplace in the Democratic Republic of Congo for years. Already in 2007, the charity Save the Children labelled the situation “catastrophic”, yet in...

2018-04-25 Spain
Catalonia's pro-independence movement tempted by radicalisation
In Spain, Catalonia is still being run by the central government half a year after the autonomous north-eastern region declared independence unilaterally. The leading separatist...

2018-04-24 Israel
Israel’s migrant crisis: Clear government signals, but unclear decisions
Israel has been trying to find a way to force between 30,000 and 40,000 African migrants to leave the country. Many of them arrived years ago, when they were minors. At the end...

2018-04-23 Cameroon
Tramadol: Cameroon’s low-budget opioid crisis
Today’s Focus report takes us to Cameroon where we look at a growing addiction to opioids. Readily available on the black market, one of the most abused substances, Tramadol, is...

2018-04-20 Asia-pacific
Pashtun Protection Movement speaks up against extrajudicial killings
Some 30 million Pashtuns live in Pakistan - that's around 15% of the country's population. Partly because most Taliban members are Pashtun, the word "Pashtun" has, for many...