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BLOCKCHAIN CREDIT CARDS FOR REFUGEES
For a refugee arriving in a new country – in the bureaucratic sense – can be one of the toughest elements to recover.
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INTRODUCING: CREATIVE SERIES
BEYOND BORDERS
Migration in the 21st Century: In Search of Human Dignity and Solutions.
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AN IDEAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Prof. Michael Braungart, professor for eco-design about his famous Cradle to Cradle concept.
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ISRAEL’S BIBI-MANIA PROBLEM
The corruption allegations against Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu are reminder of Israel’s misaligned political sphere.
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A FLEET AGAINST THE PLASTIC IN OUR OCEANS
More than 140 million tons of plastic are already in our oceans, with up to 20 million tons added each year.
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April 17th, 2018
Take your pills, take a selfie
in:Technology
by:Shira Jeczmien
Smartphone apps that monitor pill-taking are now available, and researchers are testing how well they work.
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israel soldier
April 16th, 2018
The unbearable double standards of the Israeli occupation   
in:Humans
by:Ithamar Handelman Smith
“To be a Jew means always to be with the oppressed, never with the oppressors.” (Marek Edelman, one of the leaders of the Warsaw [...]
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Latrines africa
April 12th, 2018
Protect school children from drowning in pit latrines!
in:Humans
by:Shasha Seakamela
It takes functional sanitation facilities at schools to ensure the health and safety of South Africa’s young learners.
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health
April 10th, 2018
Health tech loves white men
in:Technology
by:Sofia Gallarate
Blacks, Hispanics, and some Asian populations, when compared with whites, appear to have lower access to high-tech medicine.
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Botswana
April 09th, 2018
Botswana - a small country that stands up to the big boys
in:Humans, Nature, Economy
by:Bob Koigi
What gives a small but resource rich Botswana the moral pedestal to openly criticize and castigate other nations and powerful leaders?
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ghana roads
April 05th, 2018
Ghana’s Deadly Roads
in:Humans, Economy
by:Kwabena Adu Koranteng
Travelling on Ghana’s roads has become a nightmare as the country records more deaths from fatal road accidents.
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March 12th, 2018
Women fighting sexual cleansing rituals in Kenya
in:Humans
by:Bob Koigi
In the nondescript Kabuoch village in Western Kenya, a group of women have come together to defy an age old tradition: "sexual cleaning".
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March 14th, 2018
Payment nightmares hit poor Zimbabweans hard
in:Humans, Economy, Technology
by:Cyril Zenda
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) promotes the use of electronic payment systems that has only served to worsen the plight of citizens.
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land cameroon
March 02nd, 2018
Data to defend land rights in Cameroon
in:Humans, Technology
by:Israel Bionyi
Communities learn how to enshrine land-use maps and land registrars into village practices to protect their lands using data and technology.
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ethiopia poor
March 19th, 2018
Ethiopia bets on cash and food transfers to cushion rural poor
in:Humans, Economy
by:Bob Koigi
Ethiopia has been a frontrunner, running one of the largest cash and transfer programme dubbed The Productive Safety Net Programme.
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ghana farmers
February 22nd, 2018
Farmers crying over Fall Army Worm Invasion
in:Nature, Economy
by:Kwabena Adu Koranteng
Ghana is currently feeling the full effect of the damages caused by the Fall Army Worms that have invaded almost every cash crop field in the country.
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April 10th, 2018
US Senate: End the Yemen catastrophe
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by:Deniz Zehra Tavli
More than 8 million Yemenis are a step away from famine. Nowhere else on earth today is there a catastrophe that is so profound and affects so many lives.
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March 09th, 2018
'HAYMATLOS': Support a (post)migrant literature project!
by:Deniz Zehra Tavli
HAYMATLOS is a book project that unites (post)migrant poems and perspectives to raise awareness for this topic in times of encompassing global xenophobia.
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February 27th, 2018
Tell Russia to Stop Killing Stray Dogs for World Cup 2018!
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by:Deniz Zehra Tavli
Just as was done in Sochi, Russia, before the 2014 Winter Olympics, stray dogs were reportedly being killed recently in 11 Russian cities for the World Cup.
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