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<span class='datestamp' title='15 _11 2024'>6 days ago</span></div><p class='excerpt-text'>"This bill fails to uphold the promises made in the Treaty and disregards the voices of Māori."</p></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2024/11/15/smog-chokes-pakistans-punjab-province-as-aqi-soars-to-1900-in-lahore-and-2000-in-multan/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Record_Levels_of_Smog_in_Pakistan_MODIS_2024-11-13-400x300.jpg' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2024/11/15/smog-chokes-pakistans-punjab-province-as-aqi-soars-to-1900-in-lahore-and-2000-in-multan/' rel='bookmark'>Smog chokes Pakistan&#39;s Punjab province as AQI soars to 1,900 in Lahore and 2,000 in Multan</a></h3><div class='gv-promo-meta'><span class='post-terms-inline'><span class='term-link term-link-category '><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/south-asia/' rel='tag'>South Asia</a></span></span><!--.post-terms-inline-->&nbsp; 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Caucasus</a></span></span><!--.post-terms-inline-->&nbsp; <span class='datestamp' title='15 _11 2024'>6 days ago</span></div><p class='excerpt-text'>A few days before the referendum, police detained about 40 activists across the country.</p></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2024/11/15/togolese-expert-kofi-sika-latzoo-explains-the-video-game-industrys-impact-on-the-african-economy/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://fr.globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-04-a-08.20.30_4f20592c-400x300.jpg' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2024/11/15/togolese-expert-kofi-sika-latzoo-explains-the-video-game-industrys-impact-on-the-african-economy/' rel='bookmark'>Togolese expert Kofi Sika Latzoo explains the video game industry&#39;s impact on the African economy</a></h3><div class='gv-promo-meta'><span class='post-terms-inline'><span class='term-link term-link-category '><a href='https://globalvoices.org/-/world/sub-saharan-africa/' rel='tag'>Sub-Saharan Africa</a></span></span><!--.post-terms-inline-->&nbsp; 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