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Friday 19 February 2016

IRIN's Top Picks: Cambodian injustice, Syrian hospitals, and missing pirates ...

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IRIN's Top Picks: Cambodian injustice, Syrian hospitals, and missing pirates

 
 

Welcome to IRIN's reading list. Every week our global network of specialist correspondents share their top picks of recent must-read research, podcasts, reports, blogs and in-depth articles to help you keep on top of global crises. We also highlight key upcoming conferences, book releases and policy debates.

Five to read:

Measuring the middle



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El Niño hits Philippines farmers with drought, rats

 
 

Abogantao Saiduna looked across his parched field. Littered by the brittle remains of his corn crop, it has succumbed to the worst drought to hit the southern Philippines in years.

"Normally you would see this field so green," Saiduna told IRIN. "We have experienced drought before, but nothing quite like this."



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Ugandans look to bypass election social media ban

 
 

Ugandan social media users are wising up to a government block. 



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What a difference 5 years makes

 
 

In February 2011, the sleepy coastal town of Bin Jawad was awoken by the unrest sweeping Libya. Residents soon found themselves at the heart of the rebellion against long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Five years on, Gaddafi is long gone, but there is nothing to celebrate: people have either fled or live under the brutal rule of so-called Islamic State.



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-“The root cause of the Rwandan tragedy of 1994 is the long and past historical ethnic dominance of one minority ethnic group to the other majority ethnic group. Ignoring this reality is giving a black cheque for the Rwandan people’s future and deepening resentment, hostility and hatred between the two groups.”

-« Ce dont j’ai le plus peur, c’est des gens qui croient que, du jour au lendemain, on peut prendre une société, lui tordre le cou et en faire une autre ».

-“The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”

-“I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.

-“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”

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