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Small Town Safe House: Gender-based violence in a South African town | Women’s Rights

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In a town plagued by rape and murder, a community worker is determined to help vulnerable young women. In Bredasdorp, South Africa, a series of rapes and murders has shaken the small town of 15,000 people. The Black and mixed-race community in the divided town suffers from endemic poverty, family breakdown and drug addiction. Lana […]

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8 people killed in mass shooting “right in the center of town” near resort area in Mexico

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Eight people died in a weekend shooting in Mexico’s Morelos state, adjacent to Mexico City, authorities reported Sunday. The attack occurred Saturday in the municipality of Huitzilac, off a highway connecting the capital with the tourist town of Cuernavaca. Four people died on the scene while four others died after being taken to the hospital,

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Two Mexican mayoral candidates killed hours apart in same town

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Fernando Llano/AP A municipal police officer stands guard in Maravatio, Michoacan state, Mexico, on February 27. CNN  —  Two candidates for mayor of the central Mexican town of Maravatio were killed just hours apart, according to the Prosecutor’s Office of Michoacan state. Armando Pérez, of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), and Miguel Ángel Reyes, from

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