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UN rights chief says Rohingya refugees not able to return
UN rights chief says Rohingya refugees not able to return
by  AFP

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday that it remained unsafe for Rohingya refugees to return to their homes in Myanmar, nearly five years after a crackdown there sparked an exodus to neighbouring Bangladesh.

Kenya's Ruto says 'no time to waste' after vote win
Kenya's Ruto says 'no time to waste' after vote win
by  AFP

Kenya's president-elect William Ruto vowed Wednesday that his new administration would be transparent, saying there was no time to waste in meeting the "huge expectations" of Kenyans. "The expectations of the people of Kenya are huge and therefore we do not have the luxury of wasting any time," Ruto said.

Miners toil for coal beneath the battle for east Ukraine
Miners toil for coal beneath the battle for east Ukraine
by  AFP

Deep underground, not far from Ukraine's frontlines, coal miners burrowing in the bowels of the earth are preoccupied by the war but resigned to getting the job done. Just 170 kilometres (106 miles) from the pro-Russian separatist stronghold of Donetsk, miner Oleksandr Oksen says thoughts are often with colleagues on the frontlines.

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