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Reham, a nine-year-old Syrian refugee, is stuck in limbo with her family in Lebanon. Without money for her education, and with no way to leave the country, her father is out of options. Heaven Crawley spoke with the family. She tells the story of how hard life is for them, and why they have found it near impossible to survive.
The African Union wants member countries to adopt a protocol that will allow for the free movement of people across the continent. But it’s meeting serious obstacles. The biggest is that larger economies are worried that their borders will be overrun. Alan Hirsch argues that the continent must quickly find a way around these concerns to reap the proven economic benefits of open borders.
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Reham (aged nine) and her sister Fatima (age seven) have lived most of their lives as refugees in Lebanon.
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Heaven Crawley, Coventry University
Reham and her family are among an estimated 1.5m Syrian refugees living in limbo in Lebanon.
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People from the DRC flee the fighting. Movement of people is restricted across the continent.
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Alan Hirsch, University of Cape Town
The free movement of people between African countries could facilitate economic development.
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Politics + Society
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Myriam Renaud, University of Chicago
Madrasas, or Islam-centered schools, have long spread knowledge and literacy throughout the Muslim world. However, can they prepare students for today's tech-based economies?
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Environment + Energy
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Shane Keating, UNSW; Darryn Waugh, Johns Hopkins University
Almost 30 years ago the world responded to the realisation that our ozone layer was in trouble. The resulting Montreal Protocol was a rare example of global cooperation, but there's no room for complacency.
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Health + Medicine
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Herjeet Marway, University of Birmingham; Gulzaar Barn, University of Birmingham
The surrogacy industry needs international regulation to stop the exploitation of women's bodies.
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Arts + Culture
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Daryl Adair, University of Technology Sydney
By using her public profile to suggest bias in drug-testing, Williams is calling into question the integrity of those tasked with the role of monitoring 'clean sport'.
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