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A state of emergency around Montego Bay in Jamaica has been extended to try to restore public safety.

But how can people be dissuaded from joining the gangs responsible for violence there?

Regional power games play out in the Seychelles, as plans to allow an Indian naval base on one of its islands are approved. In Ethiopia we watch

Turkish soap operas and South Korean dramas as a new obsession sweeps the nation.

And our correspondent goes fishing off the coast of Norway. He has all the

right kid, but does he have the stomach for it? Conflict and insecurity have been facts of life in Afghanistan for some four decades.

In just the first few weeks of this year, more than a hundred people have been killed

and dozens wounded in attacks by militants in what feels to many Afghans

like a war without end.

Little wonder then that the country is facing what some term a hidden epidemic of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health

problems. These are some of the most enduring wounds wrought by the vicious cycle of violence

and trauma.

affecting fighters and civilians alike, says Sahar Zand.

I remember playing with a new Barbie door one day when I was eight,

when I happened to see a harrowing photo in my father's newspaper.

Dad what are those kids doing? I asked. He quickly folded the paper away.

They're playing games darling just like you.

But my beautiful Bobby look nothing like what they were playing with.

Are they playing with hands? I asked.

My father explained that yes, those children were in fact playing with

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