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Catalan separatists in crisis 5 years after referendum
Catalan separatists in crisis 5 years after referendum
by  AFP

Josep Lluis Rodriguez has not given up hope of an independent Catalonia. But shopkeeper Magda Artigas has lost any hope of seeing the emergence of an independent Catalan republic, despite voting for one in successive referendums in 2009, 2014 and 2017.

'Humiliated' and 'harassed': Ukrainians recount life under occupation
'Humiliated' and 'harassed': Ukrainians recount life under occupation
by  AFP

Surrounded by kittens unmoved by the far-off sounds of war, 72-year-old Maria Syzhuk recalled the terror she lived through during Russia's six-month occupation of her village in southern Ukraine. Syzhuk was one among a handful of the village's 4,000 residents who stayed throughout Russia's hold on the area after it invaded Ukraine in late February.

Gunmen kill five soldiers, civilian in southeast Nigeria
Gunmen kill five soldiers, civilian in southeast Nigeria
by  AFP

Gunmen killed five soldiers and a civilian in southeast Nigeria, police and local media said Thursday, after the latest bloodshed in a region where separatist tensions often flare. Local media said five soldiers in a vehicle were ambushed and shot dead, while a civilian bystander was killed by stray bullet.

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