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The government of Guatemala has called off its search for victims of the June 3 Fuego Volcano eruption, with 110 people declared dead and another 197 still missing. But residents, local firefighters and family members — who have been on the front lines of the rescue effort since day one — say they were never relying on the government’s help. Anthropologist Walter E. Little and photojournalist Kerstin Sabene interviewed victims and volunteers in the disaster zone about why they’ll keep digging.
Nigeria is heading towards an election year with many crises casting a long shadow over the country. There’s conflict between farmers and herders in the north, and Boko Haram remains a threat. Conflict analyst Olayinka Ajala argues that unless the country deals firmly with these and other challenges, the upcoming election is unlikely to be free and fair.
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Ivan Rodriguez and Juan Ortiz are still searching for relatives who disappeared in San Miguel Los Lotes during Guatemala’s June 3 Fuego volcano eruption. The government’s rescue mission has now ended.
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Walter E. Little, University at Albany, State University of New York
Guatemala has ended its Fuego volcano rescue mission and declared 110 dead. But people in the hot, ash-covered eruption zone say that the real death tally is much higher and that they'll keep digging.
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Members of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress party protest the 2015 elections. More trouble is likely ahead of the 2019 elections.
EPA/Tife Owolabi
Olayinka Ajala, University of York
Nigeria is far from ready to hold a credible ballot in 2019.
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Politics + Society
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Sarah Joseph, Monash University
The UN human rights council can certainly be improved, but the worst way to do that is by walking away.
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Ella S Prihatini, University of Western Australia
Male and female lawmakers differ in their reasoning why women struggle in winning elections. They also have different opinions about the legitimacy and effectiveness of the gender quota policy.
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Wilson T. Bell, Thompson Rivers University
The more notorious concentration camps of the 20th century must serve as a stark reminder of the depravity of tearing children away from their parents and putting them in camps.
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Health + Medicine
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Marleen Temmerman, The Aga Khan University
Many countries still don’t openly and comprehensively address sexual and reproductive health.
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Science + Technology
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Vincent Mitchell, University of Sydney; Bernadette Kamleitner, Vienna University of Economics and Business
People find data difficult to own – and things we don't own, we tend not to protect.
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It’s been argued the Impressionists were short sighted.
The Boulevard Montmartre at Night, Camille Pissarro/Wikimedia Commons
Andrew Anderson, University of Melbourne
Disease and disorders can affect how we see. Can the images in painted artworks tell us something about the state of an artist's vision?
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