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Watershed moment as countries step forward to tackle global statelessness

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Two stateless Shona sisters wait to register for citizenship certificates at the District Commissioner’s office in Kinoo on...

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Rural women a ‘powerful force’ for global climate action: UN Secretary-General

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Women forest conservation workers in the northern Bolivian Amazon.

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Protests Erupt After Spain Sentences Catalan Separatists Leaders

Thousands of protesters in Catalonia took to the streets Monday and blocked Barcelona's El Prat airport after Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine separatist leaders to lengthy prison terms for their attempt to declare independence from Spain in 2017...

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Police, Journalists Held by Ecuador Protesters

The weeklong protests in Ecuador took an alarming turn Thursday when indigenous protesters took several police officers hostage and paraded them before an angry crowd in the capital Quito.

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