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July 21st, 2017
A refugee camp inspires the freedom of speech in Africa
| in: | Humans, Technology |
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| by: | Bob Koigi |
At the height of a government-orchestrated internet blackout in two Cameroonian English speaking regions that lasted 90 days earlier this year — locking the locals from the rest of the world while inviting international furore — a group of tech startups [...]
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July 19th, 2017
Lands rights for refugees in Uganda
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Israel Bionyi |
As people around the world go to bed for a good night sleep, brutal conflicts in Southern Sudan drive people on a perilous journey to Uganda.By dawn, hundreds of families flood the gates of refugee camps in Northern Uganda, some travelling as for as 347 kilometres in search of stability. At arrival, [...]
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July 17th, 2017
The slow dying of cocoa processors
| in: | Humans, Nature, Economy |
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| by: | Kwabena Adu Koranteng |
Due to serious financial constraints, most of these indigenous cocoa processing companies are unable to purchase cocoa beans during the main crop season instead they heavily rely on the light crop beans which are known to be cheap but less produced for processing, investigation revealed.The Managing [...]
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July 12th, 2017
The Lesotho night schools
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Bob Koigi |
But these schools have been a haven for tens of young Lesotho boys who have traditionally been locked from accessing formal education and healthcare but instead work as shepherds and herd boys.Traditionally in Lesotho, young boys have always assumed the role of tending to livestock in a cultural practice deemed vital in [...]
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July 10th, 2017
Abuja's Lake Jabi - The answer to the lagoons of Lagos?
| in: | Humans, Nature |
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| by: | Kolawole Talabi |
Rather than bemoan this drawback, they came up with a solution ― Lake Jabi, an artificial reservoir. But then, can nurture achieve the same results as nature?Every day before sunrise Abdullahi Wada leaves the shanty he calls home and heads to the reservoir in [...]
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July 07th, 2017
Combating gender-based violence in Kenya
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Cherotich Kenei |
The United Nations Assembly in 1993 adopted a declaration on the elimination of violence against women; further defining gender-based violence as: ‘Any act of violence that results in the physical, sexual, or psychological harm of suffering to women; including threats of such acts, [...]
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July 05th, 2017
"Terrorists speak the same language and want to divide us"
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Federica Tedeschi |
19th June 2017 is a date the Muslim community will not forget, as a van drove into worshippers just outside the Muslim Welfare House in London, killing one man and injuring eleven others; the group was leaving prayers in the early hours of Monday morning. [...]
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July 03rd, 2017
Ghana: Illegal Fishing for foreign markets
| in: | Humans, Nature, Economy |
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| by: | Kwabena Adu Koranteng |
Investigations have proven that fishing vessels operating on the shores of Ghana are mostly engaged in illegal fishing and shipping their booty to the European and Asian Markets where they generate more profit.Due to the use of obsolete fishing equipment’s and dilapidated canoes by [...]
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June 30th, 2017
A School for all - Cameroon makes education inclusive
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Israel Bionyi |
“Education in Cameroon should be inclusive,” argues 7-year-old Sone, a class 4 pupil of Ray of Hope Academy in Douala. Sone, a non-disabled kid studies side-by-side with 8-year-old disabled Mike Ivo in the same class and other 15 children in the same school. [...]
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June 28th, 2017
Italian Nationality Law: It is time for reform
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Federica Tedeschi |
Mondinsieme is an Intercultural Centre based in Reggio Emilia, which facilitates the overall integration process of foreigners living in Italy and liaise with native inhabitants in order to support cultural diversity and promote interaction at all levels of society; it avails [...]
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June 26th, 2017
Okoa, the technology fighting drug theft in Tanzanian hospitals
| in: | Humans, Technology |
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| by: | Bob Koigi |
In Tanzania, as is the case with most African countries, millions of people rely on government or subsidised health care. International charitable organisations also work with governments to provide cheap and free medicine to tackle some of the [...]
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June 19th, 2017
South African court stands up against nuclear deal
| in: | Humans, Nature, Economy |
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| by: | Shasha Seakamela |
Speculation has been rife for a few years now that SA has concluded a secret nuclear procurement deal with Russia. Some local media have gone on to say President Jacob Zuma had assumed ‘personal control’ of the nuclear programme, so much that it has been characterised [...]
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July 29th, 2017
Kenya: Lighting a Candle of Hope
| type: | Donation, Education, NGO, Project |
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| by: | Deniz Zehra Tavli |
Lukenya Pillars of Transformation (LPT) is a Kenyan Non-profit, Student led Community Based [...]
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July 28th, 2017
Track 11: A movie about integration in Germany
| type: | Crowd Funding, Donation |
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| by: | Deniz Zehra Tavli |
In 1966 Fehmi Gönüleğlendiren, a young man from Adana in Turkey arrived in the German city [...]
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June 30th, 2017
Support civilians before they are hit by mass violence
| type: | Crowd Funding, Donation, Education, NGO, Project, Volunteering |
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| by: | Deniz Zehra Tavli |
As fighting rages in Aleppo, Mosul, Sana’a, Donetsk, Kunduz, and beyond, and even hospitals [...]
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June 28th, 2017
Turkey: Free Taner Kılıç!
| type: | Petition, Protest |
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| by: | Deniz Zehra Tavli |
The Turkish government arrested Taner Kılıç, the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, [...]
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June 27th, 2017
Back the climate children!
| type: | Crowd Funding, Donation, Education, NGO, Petition, Protest, Volunteering |
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| by: | Deniz Zehra Tavli |
Suing the current government of the United States is en vogue: This time it’s not judges [...]
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May 18th, 2017
#BIKEYGEES: Cycling against isolation
| type: | Donation, Education, NGO, Project, Volunteering |
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| by: | Deniz Zehra Tavli |
Annette Krüger and Anne Seebach from Berlin believe that cycling is a basic way of [...]
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May 15th, 2017
No back room deals against the climate deal!
| type: | Petition, Protest |
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| by: | Deniz Zehra Tavli |
Apparently President Trump is eager to pull the US out of the Paris Climate Deal from 2015. [...]
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May 11th, 2017
Free Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak!
| type: | NGO, Petition, Protest |
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| by: | Deniz Zehra Tavli |
Dawit Isaak, a Swedish-Eritrean journalist, is imprisoned since September 2001 due to his [...]
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May 02nd, 2017
Sea Rescue Mission "Mind 'n' Rescue"
| type: | Donation |
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| by: | Ama Lorenz |
2017 will become a hard year for refugees and the organisations trying to rescue them on [...]
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May 02nd, 2017
A mobile hospital for Syria
| type: | Crowd Funding, Donation |
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| by: | Ama Lorenz |
Destroyed medical infrastructure after five years of civil war, a humanitarian embargo and [...]
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April 25th, 2017
Togo: Inspiring film project needs your support!
| type: | Crowd Funding, Donation, Project |
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| by: | Deniz Zehra Tavli |
How many times have we heard in recent years that hundreds and thousands of Africans have [...]
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April 11th, 2017
Famine in Africa and the Middle East: 20 million lives are at risk!
| type: | Donation, NGO |
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| by: | Deniz Zehra Tavli |
The UNHCR has declared an increasing risk of mass starvation in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia [...]
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Kenya: Lighting a Candle of Hope
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Track 11: A movie about integration in Germany
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Support civilians before they are hit by mass violence
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Turkey: Free Taner Kılıç!
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Back the climate children!
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#BIKEYGEES: Cycling against isolation
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