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A Taliban fighter stands guard as people wait to receive food rations distributed by a South Korean humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 10, 2022.

Afghan women say they are ‘dying in slow motion’ after killing of former female MP

Afghanistan

Mursal Nabizada, who decided to remain in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over in 2021, was killed by gunmen on Jan. 15, along with her bodyguard. A friend and former colleague of hers, Fawzia Koofi, speaks with The World’s host Marco Werman about her memories of Nabizada and the ongoing plight of women in the country.

Juliana Lumumba, the daughter of Patrice Lumumba, speaks during a ceremony to return the remains of her father to the family at the Egmont Palace in Brussels

Return of Patrice Lumumba’s remains to DR Congo gives ‘peace of mind,’ UN envoy says

Justice
A broadcast studio at Radio Haiti

Radio Haiti finds a new home with a trilingual archive at Duke University

Media
Police in camouflage stand amid a crowd protesting against the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse

Haitians’ voices need to be heard in country’s rebuilding, former Amb Pamela White says

Conflict
Haiti's President Jovenel Moise speaks during an interview at his home in Petion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home

Obituary
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A poster depicting the former government adviser and political analyst Husham al-Hashimi, who was killed by gunmen, is seen in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, July 8, 2020.

Iraqi security expert’s assassination in Baghdad has left many in shock

Global Politics

So far, no group has officially claimed responsibility for Husham al-Hashimi’s death. But shortly after the news broke, a journalist who knew Hashimi said he had received WhatsApp messages from him, saying he had been threatened by a member of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed, Shiite militia.

A portrait of assassinated Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is displayed atop a table in Islamabad.

Who killed Benazir Bhutto? The theories behind the murder

Conflict

Ten years after former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the first woman to lead a Muslim nation, was killed in Rawalpindi the unanswered questions about her assassination still fuel conspiracy theories.

An investigator works at the scene of a car bomb explosion that killed Maksym Shapoval, a high-ranking Ukrainian official involved in military intelligence, in Kiev

In Kiev, assassinations are becoming commonplace

Conflict

A car bomb this week killed Col. Maksym Shapoval, a top Ukrainian military intelligence official. It wasn’t the only high-profile assassination that’s struck Kiev lately — nor is it the only one Ukraine is blaming on Russia.

Alexander Litvinenko in the hospital shortly before his death in 2006.

Moscow gets formal blame for the 2006 killing of a dissident in London

Justice

A court of inquiry in London has accused Russia of a “miniature nuclear attack” on the British capital. The inquiry says 2006 murder of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned with radioactive material, appears to have been carried out at Moscow’s behest, but the evidence is still secret.

COSAT student

School Year Blog: What do South African kids know about JFK?

Development & Education

We recently asked high school students in Cape Town, South Africa, this question: Who was JFK? Here is what they said.

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