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Our correspondents and contributors report on human rights and environmental issues from all across the world, telling globally relevant stories from a local and individual perspective.

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Floods ravage Nigeria's farms, and there is more to it than climate change
topic: Natural disaster
by: Ekpali Saint
Nigerian farmers suffer worsening homelessness and poverty rates due to floods. But climate change isn't the only cause of their misery.
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Pride-friendly at home, queerphobic in China
topic: LGBT Rights
by: Sasha Kong
Customers are watching: TikTok, Coca-Cola and H&M are among several multinational companies called out on their neglect of LGBTQ+ employees in China.
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“The future is green”: youth brings clean power to thousands in Sierra Leone
topic: Innovation
by: Cyril Zenda
Sierra Leonean youth wins a lucrative prize for a clean energy innovation that brought power to thousands in a country suffering from acute energy poverty.
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Experience the transition to a sustainable future
topic: Climate Change
by: Abby Klinkenberg
Unveiled at COP 26, an interactive web experience that explores the transition to a sustainable world is now available to the public.
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African urban families bet on sacks and tires to grow food
topic: Food Security
by: Bob Koigi
A group of African farmers found innovative ways to tackle the rising hunger rates in the continent's cities.
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Saving the planet, one biodegradable product at a time
topic: Innovation
by: Bob Koigi
Entrepreneur Luvuyo Ndiki spoke to FairPlanet about his use of 3D printing and tech to create biodegradable products.
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South Africans rise against ‘climate criminal’ Shell
topic: Pollution
by: Cyril Zenda
Shell's upcoming seismic oil exploration along South Africa's coast poses grave environmental risks and elicited a visceral public backlash.
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Homophobic act proves costly for Zimbabweans
topic: LGBT Rights
by: Cyril Zenda
The banning of a queer South African artist from performing in Harare could lead to a mass deportation of Zimbabweans from South Africa.
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Protect the fungal networks that support life on earth
topic: Conservation
by: Gerardo Bandera
SPUN is a newly-formed organisation that seeks to map and protect fungal networks, which are crucial for growing food and reducing climate change.
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Africa’s Pandemic-fueled Conservation Crisis
topic: Conservation
by: Rachel Nuwer
COVID-19 unearthed systemic flaws in our protection of African wildlife. But it also highlights opportunities for globally coordinated conservation efforts.
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“People in the industrialised world are living in the past. They will be forced to change.”
topic: Sustainable Agriculture
by: Ari Libsker
Dr. Vandana Shiva, one of the world's most influential environmental activists, opens up about the dangers of industrial farming and offers solutions.
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As Hong Kong slaughters wild boars, questions of biodiversity loom
topic: Animal Cruelty
by: Sasha Kong
Hong Kong's wild boar cull is alarming animal rights activists and environmental NGOs.
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The faces of capitalism's victims
topic: Arts
by: Katarina Panić
Bosnian miner and artist Miroslav Stakić exposes the harsh reality of workers in a capitalist system through a striking new art exhibition.
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A divided South Africa reacts to the death of last apartheid president
topic: Racism
by: Cyril Zenda
The death of FW de Klerk, South Africa's last white president, highlights long-lasting divisions and racial tension in the country.
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Can the Taliban vaccinate a nation in turmoil?
topic: Health and Sanitation
by: Shadi Khan Saif
Rising terrorism and poverty rates derail the Taliban's first nationwide polio immunization campaign, and citizens pay the price.
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Political rivalries flare in Botswana and animals pay the price
topic: Hunting & Poaching
by: Cyril Zenda
The gov't of Botswana's move to disarm rangers has led to a sharp spike in poaching, and it seems that politics rather than logic are behind the policy.
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Media censorship in Bosnia just got a lot scarier
topic: Freedom of Expression
by: Katarina Panić
New tactics used by Bosnian politicians to silence the media could, quite literally, change history.
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Coal seam fires destroy lives in Zimbabwe
topic: Climate action
by: Cyril Zenda
Coal seam fires are leaving dozens of Zimbabwean children disabled, but no one claims responsibility for the unfolding disaster.
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How press freedom in Hong Kong suffocates under China
topic: Freedom of Expression
by: Sasha Kong
Under the grip of China's rule, journalists and media platforms in Hong Kong face increasing abuse and persecution.
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What drives Croatian courts to censor the media?
topic: Freedom of Expression
by: Katarina Panić
Croatian courts have stepped up their crack down on media freedoms in the country. But what drives this alarming trend?
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