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June 30th, 2014
Thirty asphyxiate on overcrowded boat bound for Italy
About 30 bodies have been found on a migrant boat bound for Italy, among around another 560 refugees crowded onboard travelling between North Africa and Italy.
The refugees likely died of asphyxiation, according to the navy and coastguard.
Although not the first time the Italian coastguard have found immigrants dead on overcrowded boats, they have never found such a number at one time.
Over the weekend the number of migrants arriving in Europe by boat this year tipped over 60,000. The largest number ever was 63,000 in 2011 as a result of the Arab Spring, but numbers are expected to be much higher this year.
January 22nd, 2019
The new age factory workers get their hands dirty with data
| in: | Technology |
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| partner: | Screen Shot |
The world of the factory worker seems to be outdated, and long gone, but there is a new era of labour upon us—and it’s beginning in China.
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January 21st, 2019
Ghana's deadly abortions
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Kwabena Adu Koranteng |
in Ghana, aborting a fetus has become one of the deadly experiences of young girls and women, especially when done illegally.
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January 17th, 2019
South African government on a test drive for sanitary pads
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Shasha Seakamela |
After many years of promises, the South African government has recently kick-started three pilot projects of issuing sanitary pads to girls.
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January 15th, 2019
Project Dragonfly is making Google’s employees question the moral values of the company
| in: | Humans, Technology |
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| by: | Sofia Gallarate |
| partner: | Screen Shot |
“Anybody who does business in China compromises some of their core values." John Hennessy, Alphabet Inc.
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January 14th, 2019
No progress on freedom of expression in Serbia and Bosnia
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Katarina Panić |
Let’s see how the lack of progress on freedom of expression looks like in everyday life in these Balkan countries.
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January 10th, 2019
The Women Engineers Solving Tanzania’s Sanitation Problems
| in: | Humans, Economy |
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| partner: | NewsDeeply |
For 32-year-old Lilian James, the biggest challenge of her job as an engineer is not the complex designs she prepares, but the sexism at her workplace.
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January 09th, 2019
Cutting the chains of broken dreams in Zimbabwe
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Cyril Zenda |
How a missing birth certificate threatened to change the life of Mercy Dodo.
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January 08th, 2019
Excel spreadsheets and walkie talkies
| in: | Technology |
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| partner: | Screen Shot |
Do we stuck in a limbo between a past of steady promotions and less competition and a bright future of universal pay, four day weeks and automation?
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January 07th, 2019
Could ‘smart growth’ ever take off in the UK?
| in: | Nature, Economy |
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| by: | Robin Whitlock |
The American’s and Canadians call it ‘dumb growth’ - its stains are visible in every community. But is the alternative 'smart growth" the answer?
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January 04th, 2019
Pete Ouko - A journey from the death row to a law graduate
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Bob Koigi |
Twenty years ago, Pete Ouko was sentenced to death for alleged murder. One day One day he got an opportunity by chance ...
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January 03rd, 2019
The Gap in Global Guidelines on Human Milk Banking
| in: | Humans, Economy |
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| partner: | NewsDeeply |
In 2016, the Nairobi-based Africa Population Health Research Center (APHRC) set out to determine just what Kenyans thought about human milk banking.
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December 19th, 2018
The one million girl coders
| in: | Humans, Economy, Technology |
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| by: | Bob Koigi |
The #IamtheCode movement by Senegalese-born technology entrepreneur Mariéme Jamme targets one million girl coders by 2030.
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December 18th, 2018
The rise of community Monzo
| in: | Economy, Technology |
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| partner: | Screen Shot |
Fintech companies are now sprouting everywhere. Monzo is one of them and now Britain's ‘best-rated lender’.
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December 17th, 2018
Anguish as ethanol producer destroys livelihoods in Zimbabwe
| in: | Nature, Economy |
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| by: | Cyril Zenda |
However more than three weeks after the start of the rains, Takawira Mapurisa (34), a villager in Chisumbanje, in the south eastern part of Zimbabwe, [...]
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December 14th, 2018
The oral ‘Facebook’ from Mali
| in: | Humans, Technology |
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| by: | Bob Koigi |
Even with the impressive internet penetration in Africa, the continent is still home to countries struggling with high connectivity costs and illiteracy.
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December 11th, 2018
A problem shared is a revenue earned
| in: | Economy, Technology |
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| partner: | Screen Shot |
The Contemporary Western society has a problem with connection.
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