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The treatment of Afghans with mental illness is only adding to their trauma.…

Sierra Leone just ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities…

South Korea suffered much trauma in the course of the 20th century…

Tanzania is home to the highest point in Africa as well as to Olduvai Gorge, where some of the oldest human remains have been found…

Sincethe darkest night of the 'missile crisis' in 1962 - when I doubted I'dlive to see the next dawn - Cuba has lodged somewhere at the back of mymind, as often as not taking the faintly roguish form of Fidel Castro.…

Grassroots politics goes mainstream in Bolivia…

*Sharif Gemie* on a dangerous migration fuelled by desperation.…

I was on an assignment at Domra Kanda, an asylum for the mentally ill in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, where the only medications provided are these ‘medallions’ filled with spiritual spells and ‘blessed water’ from traditional spiritual healers.…

Ecuador…

Impressive engineering, but Erling Hoh fears the new link with China could spell the end of Tibet.…