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More than 1.5 million people in Myanmar’s conflict-ridden areas have been politically disenfranchised after the country’s election commission scrapped voting in those areas in next month’s general election, deepening concerns about the credibility of the country’s first poll since Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory in 2015.

Comic series / Part 1: In Sierra Leone’s rural areas, far from hospital treatment, the majority of women and girls give birth at home. If complications arise the consequences can be life-altering.

Comic series / Part 2 - For many school girls in Sierra Leone, pregnancy means the end of formal schooling and an uncertain future.

Comic series / Part 4: In Sierra Leone, laws are vague, poorly defined and disproportionately affect women. When Tetteh arrived in prison she was 3 months pregnant.

Comic series / Part 3: In Sierra Leone, trust in healthcare facilities is low and traditional medicine can be a cheaper alternative. This can be deadly for mothers and their children.

What the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need is not more aid, but a way to return home to Myanmar safely.

Yangon, Myanmar – On the night of September 3, Thar Hla* was restless, and it was not just because he was sharing a concrete floor with approximately 70 people. “After hearing loud firing, I felt like the quarantine centre wasn’t safe,” the 32-year-old told Al Jazeera by phone from his hometown in Kyauktaw in Myanmar’s western Ra

In a country where most people visit healers, some are stepping in to bridge the trust gap between the old and the new.

Southeast Asian countries would have likely experienced a much less severe drought last year if it were not for China's dams, a new study says, prompting a pushback from the intergovernmental Mekong River Commission (MRC). The 4,000-km (2,485-mile) Mekong is one of the world's longest rivers - winding through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam - and millions of people rely on it daily for food and income.

Two deputy health ministers in Guatemala were fired this week amid revelations of an alleged corruption ring inside the ministry.

Mexico must release detained migrants vulnerable to COVID-19 and grant them temporary residence rights, a judge ruled.

Glasgow, Scotland - Non-coronavirus deaths in Scotland have risen since the pandemic took hold, amid warnings of "eerily quiet" hospital departments as vulnerable people miss out on medical care. Scottish deaths in late March and early April were 60 percent higher than the five-year average - with less than half of the increase attributed to COVID-19. • Coronavirus: All you need to know about symptoms and risks • Coronavirus pandemic: Which politicians and celebs are affected? • Don't self-isol

When the renowned Danish poet, Benny Andersen, published the poem Verdensborger i Danmark, (World Citizen in Denmark) in 1995 there was no outrage. "The language I sing and speak is woven together by words from all over the world, not just from German, English and French," wrote the poet, considered one of the country's most important authors. A quarter of a century later - in February this year - an advertisement by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) with a similar message has drawn fury from Danes,

A 90-day state of catastrophe is in effect to address the spread of COVID-19 in Chile, which has 238 confirmed cases.

Cambodia is set to kick off its annual joint military exercise with China on Saturday, with thousands of soldiers expected to join despite events being cancelled around the world amid the coronavirus pandemic. This year's Golden Dragon annual exercise will take place at a military training site in the southern Kampot province and will focus on "counterterrorism and humanitarianism".

Women from all generations lead protests against inequality, state repression and gender-based violence in Chile.

Cities across Chile erupted in celebration and outrage as women took to the streets for massive International Women's Day marches.

High school students in Chile are leading a resurgence in the protests against structural inequality that have rocked the country in recent months.

The campaign period for and against a new constitution in Chile officially began on Wednesday, two months before the country's scheduled plebiscite.

Central American migrants and asylum seekers already suffer from mental health issues stemming from the violence they are fleeing, but US immigration policies are making matters much worse, according to a new report.

Cambodia's government is preparing for the European Union to partially and temporarily remove the country's Everything But Arms (EBA) trade privileges on Wednesday, in the wake of a 2018 political crackdown. The EU warned Cambodia last February it would withdraw the scheme unless it made more effort to improve the human rights situation. The deadline for a decision is February 12.

On Friday evening, as the clock strikes eleven, Britain will leave the European Union. More than three and a half years since the EU referendum, during which the country has seen two general elections and much political wrangling, the wishes of 17.4 million Britons will be realised. • What price will the developing world pay for Brexit? But do not expect an end to the drama. January 31 marks a single page-turn in the Brexit odyssey and the next chapter could be just as fraught. A transition p

Guatemala's new government will continue to receive Honduran and Salvador asylum seekers from the United States under a controversial asylum deal.