Akhbar: read the news, then talk it through

• Madagascar confirmed its commitment to the 30x30 Global Target and to conserving its natural heritage, including marine areas, at the annual COP17 biodiversity meeting 1.

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• Mozambique faces an education paradox

  debate over artificial intelligence continues while thousands of students still learn outdoors, without basic infrastructure or internet access 2.

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• Jailed Azerbaijani political prisoner Bahruz Samadov has written a letter arguing that Western silence on human rights abuses in his country endangers democratic security and international credibility, including those of the US 3.

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• Armenian civil society groups are teaching media literacy as Russia attempts to manipulate information, with generative AI making disinformation campaigns more sophisticated 4.

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• A UN report confirms that Venezuela's repressive system remains active despite government shifts, documenting how medical neglect in state custody contributed to the death of regional politician Alfredo Díaz 5.

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• The Privy Council has overturned a 2025 Court of Appeal decision and ruled Trinidad and Tobago's colonial-era "buggery laws" unconstitutional, in a judgement won by Jason Jones after a decade-long legal battle 6.

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• Thousands of Ecuadorian students have protested against President Noboa's temporary job plans, demanding permanent solutions for public healthcare, education funding and rising insecurity 7.

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