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A Taliban fighter stands guard as people wait to receive food rations distributed by a South Korean humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 10, 2022.
Afghanistan
Afghan women say they are ‘dying in slow motion’ after killing of former female MP
Juliana Lumumba, the daughter of Patrice Lumumba, speaks during a ceremony to return the remains of her father to the family at the Egmont Palace in Brussels
Justice
Return of Patrice Lumumba’s remains to DR Congo gives ‘peace of mind,’ UN envoy says
A broadcast studio at Radio Haiti
Media
Radio Haiti finds a new home with a trilingual archive at Duke University
Police in camouflage stand amid a crowd protesting against the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse
Conflict
Haitians’ voices need to be heard in country’s rebuilding, former Amb Pamela White says
Haiti's President Jovenel Moise speaks during an interview at his home in Petion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Obituary
Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home
A poster depicting the former government adviser and political analyst Husham al-Hashimi, who was killed by gunmen, is seen in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, July 8, 2020.
Global Politics
Iraqi security expert’s assassination in Baghdad has left many in shock
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy, Fifty Years Later
Full Episode
A portrait of assassinated Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is displayed atop a table in Islamabad.
Conflict
Who killed Benazir Bhutto? The theories behind the murder
An investigator works at the scene of a car bomb explosion that killed Maksym Shapoval, a high-ranking Ukrainian official involved in military intelligence, in Kiev
Conflict
In Kiev, assassinations are becoming commonplace
Alexander Litvinenko in the hospital shortly before his death in 2006.
Justice
Moscow gets formal blame for the 2006 killing of a dissident in London
COSAT student
Development & Education
School Year Blog: What do South African kids know about JFK?
Vladimir Zhidovich
Global Politics
Here’s a rare glimpse of JFK’s assassin, from his co-workers in Minsk, Belarus
Arts, Culture & Media
A country of guns: assassination throughout history
Who is Jared Loughner? Investigation into Arizona shooting continues