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Every day, Congolese refugees, mostly women and children, arrive at the Musenyi site. The site has a capacity of 10,000 people, but by the end of April it was hosting more than 15,000 refugees. Photo: Dorine Niyungeko/ MSF

How to respond to sexual assault survivors

Many women and girls have survived sexual violence perpetrated by armed groups and armed forces in DRC, when fleeing to Burundi, and incidents have also been reported in the refugee site

  • Eyaaz
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Slaves cut cane in the Caribbean. The recently published book, The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden: Slavery, Colonialism and Reparations explores slavery around the world.

Global Africa’s quest for reparations for crimes against humanity

This excerpt is from the recently published book, The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden: Slavery, Colonialism and Reparations (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2024)

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Swedish excellence: Volvo’s XC90 Recharge impresses in most departments.
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Zlatan Ibrahimović and the Volvo XC90 Recharge … both have a touch of Swedish excellence

Much like the former footballer, the XC90 Recharge combines a tough nature with elegance

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Thank you for the music: The Swedish supergroup Abba performs on stage in New York in the late Seventies. Photo: Getty Images

‘I could never let you go …’

The new Abba biography gets me thinking about the band’s role in an angry young man’s life

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Indiscriminate: A technician in Madrid with monkeypox samples. Anybody can acquire the virus if they have had close contact with an infected person. Photo: Pedro Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images

Mpox declaration marks a key shift in power for Africa

The continent asked for more say in global health decisions after Covid. It now has that. The mpox declaration is a test of this new power

  • Eyaaz
3 min read