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Donkeys are unsung heroes in Ethiopia’s humanitarian crisis – and they could do even more with better support
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Donkeys are unsung heroes in Ethiopia’s humanitarian crisis – and they could do even more with better support

The front cover of the Norwegian Refugee Council's Annual Report on Ethiopia. Tinbit Amare Dejene / Norwegian Refugee Council, CC BY-NC-ND Conflict and drought in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia has triggered a humanitarian crisis. The Ethiopian government says 16 million people across the country are facing food shortages, with almost half of those […]
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‘Tarry awhile’: how the Black spiritual tradition of waiting expectantly could enrich your approach to Lent
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‘Tarry awhile’: how the Black spiritual tradition of waiting expectantly could enrich your approach to Lent

Brian Lundquist|Unsplash Every year, hundreds of millions of Catholic and Protestant Christians around the world celebrate the season of Lent. For the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, observers devote themselves to fasting, prayer and acts of generous giving. Lots of people, who might not be observant, also take this time to give […]
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Ukraine war: Kyiv needs a fundamental rethink of its strategy, not just a reshuffle of military leadership
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Ukraine war: Kyiv needs a fundamental rethink of its strategy, not just a reshuffle of military leadership

The recent replacement of Valeriy Zaluzhnyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces may have put a temporary end to the increasingly public disagreements between the very popular “iron general” and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky. But it has not answered the fundamental question of what a winning – or even surviving – strategy in the […]
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Pakistan election results in political instability when the country needed it least
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Pakistan election results in political instability when the country needed it least

Shock results in Pakistan’s national election threaten to see the country free-fall into political crisis. Days after the election, it remains unclear which party (or parties) will form a government and who the next prime minister will be. Independent candidates affiliated to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice/PTI), the party of former prime minister, Imran […]
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