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The Wor(l)d is a series of short videos featuring spoken-word artists from around the world. Each week, RNW provides a space for young poets and rappers to share their take on our themes. In this series, ourRNW on Facebook
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Article: From kingdom to republic
Once they were kingdoms. Now a president is head of state. An overview of historic breakthroughs.
Article: Heated debate over Libyan HIV kids
For the first time since his release in 2007, the Palestinian doctor who was accused of infecting Libyan children with HIV talked to his alleged victims.
Article: Coping inside: a psychiatric patient in Nigeria tells her story
Some, mostly young, Nigerians are fighting the stigma of mental illness head-on. They are boldly talking about their conditions.
Article: Student films on show in Beijing festival
Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Django Unchained was dramatically pulled from Chinese cinemas when it opened recently. No one knows for sure why – although full-frontal nudity may be the reason.
Article: Hunger strike in Guantánamo
There´s still no end in sight to the hunger strike being staged by prisoners at the US detention facility in Guantánamo Bay.
Article: Zimbabwe Independence Day: what's there to celebrate?
Today Zimbabwe celebrates 33 years of independence. But to many the day has ceased to mean anything, finds our blogger. By Mwana wevhu, Harare
Article: ‘Angry Breasts’ Stop violence against women!
Belly dance your way to emancipation. Dutch-Tunisian Kaouthur Darmoni believes this ancient Egyptian art form can be a powerful tool for modern women.
Article: "Everybody wants to be a mudir"
Huge unemployment but a lack of skilled workers. That’s what happens when the only education considered important is an academic one. It’s like betting on the wrong horse and that’s just what Yemen did.
Video: “When I think of Ntaganda, it’s the end of the world for me”
The arrival of alleged Congolese war criminal, Bosco Ntaganda, in the Dutch city of The Hague has re-awakened terrifying memories for some people in the Congolese diaspora. Sylvestre Bwira is one of them.
Article: CinemAsia turns an eye on young Uyghurs
In a darkened cinema, a trendily-dressed young Asian man uses chopsticks to pick popcorn out of a bucket. The eye-catching poster is publicising the 6th edition of CinemAsia Film Festival which came to a close recently in Amsterdam.
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