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Saudi judge upholds the arranged marriage between an eight-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man.

Maria Golia ponders Egypt’s attitude towards sexuality.

In Rio, a wall is being built to separate the slums from the city

Back in the country after a two-month trip, Mgcini Nyoni is shocked to see the fear and hunger of his fellow-Zimbabweans.

Police surveillance and intimidation of political activists is hitting new heights. Olly Zanetti dodges the long lenses to expose Big Brother’s latest attack on the right to protest.

How to go slow between Bristol and the River Thames

Khaled Hasan captures life working in Bangladesh’s brickfields.

A multi-layered tribute to the human spirit – beaten but not broken, and laughing drunkenly in the face of adversity.

Accompanied by a wide range of sound for this latest outing – jazzy horns, strings and the kamele ngoni (harp) played by trusty sidekick Benego Diakite – Seya is an album that simply flows.

A selection of post-election South African reading.

Listeners familiar with the harder sounds of Yothu Yindi are in for a surprise. The 12 songs on Gurrumul display an altogether softer side of their author.

Chinese investors may bring manufacturing back to the West, discovers Libby Tucker.

Resource wars? Climate armageddon? What business-as-usual in China will mean for the rest of the world.

Facts, figures and statistics of Trinidad & Tobago

Egyptian economist Gouda Abdel-Khalek talks with Rowenna Davis about China’s political plays in the Middle East.