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The continent of Africa has seen more than its share of military takeovers, and experts are cautiously watching the latest one in Burkina Faso.
Read more: Struggle for control just beginning in Burkina Faso
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It was one of the darkest times Ukrainians have ever faced. This week, Ukrainian-Canadians will remember, somberly.
This week is National Holodomor Awareness Week, dedicated to the remembrance of the Holodomor, a 1930s famine that occurred in Ukraine under the Soviet Union. Historians estimate that up to 10 million people starved to death. The Canadian government, along with 15 other countries, European Parliament, and the UN General Assembly, regard the famine as dilberately imposed by the USSR, and consider it to be genocide.
Read more: Ukraine's darkest days remembered
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- Written by Virginia Wright
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In October 2008, Mellissa Fung was kidnapped and held captive for 28 days in Afghanistan. The former CBC journalist spoke on Nov. 17 at the University of Regina’s School of Journalism but focused little on the abduction.
Read more: Mellissa Fung encourages audience to see the ‘other-side’ of Afghanistan
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While ISIS and Hong Kong dominate headlines, an issue that used to command international attention is slowly concluding away from the cameras.
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