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NIGERIA/BOKO HARAM – Boko Haram claims kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian students (Al Jazeera)

An audio message from a man identifying himself as the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram has claimed that the armed group was responsible for...

YEMEN – Health Funding Shortages in Yemen Put Thousands of Migrants’ Lives at Risk (IOM)

COVID-19 has greatly disrupted the journeys of migrants making their way to and through Yemen, where migrant arrivals have decreased by over 80 per cent...

ETHIOPIA – IOM Rehabilitates Educational Institutions in Ethiopia (IOM)

More than 500 pupils attend Bilisuma primary school in Gursum District in Ethiopia’s Oromia Regional State, despite there being, until recently, no school to attend. The...

LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION/GENDER GAP/COVID19 – COVID-19 widens gender gap in labor force participation in some but not other advanced economies (Simeon Djankov and Eva...

Despite some progress over recent decades in reducing the barriers women in the workforce face in job advancement and wage parity, discrimination in these...

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS – Record number of journalists imprisoned in 2020: CPJ (Al Jazeera)

A record number of journalists were behind bars this year, a US-based watchdog said, accusing governments worldwide of suppressing the media and increasing misinformation...

QATAR/PALESTINIAN PEOPLE – Qatar reiterates stance ‘in supporting Palestinian people’ (Al Jazeera)

Qatar has reiterated its stance “in supporting the Palestinian people and their just cause” just days after Morocco became the latest country to announce...

FRANCE/RACIAL JUSTICE – Documenting police violence is a form of resistance (Mitali Nagrecha, Al Jazeera)

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Paris in recent days demanding the state scrap part of a proposed security bill that would criminalise...

IRAN/PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS – Iran to ban dual-nationals, Green Card holders from running for presidency

People register as candidates for parliamentary elections set for February 2020, at the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019. (AP) Iran’s parliament...

KUWAIT – Emir of Kuwait tells parliament: reform needed, stop disputes (Al Arabiya)

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Sabah reads his opening speech at the start of the 4th ordinary session of the 15th Legislative...

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