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Arn Chorn Pond survived a brutal childhood in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, by learning to play traditional instruments for their high command. He later became a child soldier and months living alone in the jungle he was eventually able to make a new life for himself in America and is now working to save traditional Cambodian art and music.

Donu Kogbara is a journalist from Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta. There is a high level of poverty, a lot of weapons and a choice of militant groups who complain that local people aren't getting a fair share of the oil money. Donu was inclined to agree but in August last year, she became part of the story herself when she had a late-night visit from supporters of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta.

Image: Sweating under pressure
Credit: MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images

Published on Sunday, 11th December 2016.

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