Byron Blunt

Jun 25, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Abdel Qadder Sabbah |Mohammad Al Sawalhi |Tareq El Helou |Kareem Khadder |Sana Haq |Paula Hancocks | +2 more

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Jun 25, 2024 | cnn.com | Byron Blunt |Abdel Qadder Sabbah |Mohammad Al Sawalhi |Tareq El Helou

Younis lays disorientated on a green mattress in Nasser Hospital, in southern Gaza. His long brown eyelashes rest delicately on his pale sunken face, as he drifts in and out of sleep. The 9-year-old Palestinian boy lies in his mother’s arms, clearly wasted from severe malnutrition and suffering from dehydration. His blue jogging bottoms hang off his emaciated legs, as his tiny ribcage protrudes from his billowy orange T-shirt.

Feb 6, 2024 | kentwired.com | Sarah Dean |David McKenzie |Umaru Fofana |Byron Blunt

Not everyone agrees with Turay’s methods or her message. “Let her come and sit with us and discuss what is the reality,” says Dorris Fambulleh, “But if she continues to go about to say whatever she likes, she will be disappointed.”  Fambulleh, Secretary General of the Southern Region Sowei Council, denies that FGM takes place during the initiation rituals.

Feb 5, 2024 | cnn.com | Sarah Dean |David McKenzie |Umaru Fofana |Byron Blunt

Kambia, Sierra Leone — The body of Salamatu Jalloh lies on a straw mat on the floor of a small, earth-colored room. After the 13-year-old died, police warned villagers not to bury her before a post-mortem could be carried out. But four days later, in the scorching heat, the corpse continues to lie here, tightly wrapped in a blue and pink cloth, a foot poking out at one end. “Open the windows,” says a police officer wearing a white surgical mask, as he enters the room. The smell is suffocating.

Feb 5, 2024 | edition.cnn.com | Sarah Dean |David McKenzie |Umaru Fofana |Byron Blunt

Kambia, Sierra Leone — The body of Salamatu Jalloh lies on a straw mat on the floor of a small, earth-colored room. After the 13-year-old died, police warned villagers not to bury her before a post-mortem could be carried out. But four days later, in the scorching heat, the corpse continues to lie here, tightly wrapped in a blue and pink cloth, a foot poking out at one end. “Open the windows,” says a police officer wearing a white surgical mask, as he enters the room. The smell is suffocating.