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Our correspondents and contributors report on human rights and environmental issues from all over the globe. Whenever possible we tell a globally relevant story from a local and individual perspective.

facebook libra
June 26th, 2019
Facebook launches a cryptocurrency called Libra
topic:Economic Inclusion
by:Yair Oded
partner:Screen Shot
Everything you need to know about Facebook’s new blockchain currency and why it differs from all the others.
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tanzania baby blockchain
June 25th, 2019
Tanzania’s first blockchain baby rubberstamps power of tech in medical care
topic:Blockchain
by:Bob Koigi
Tanzania has become the first country to produce a blockchain enabled baby in the world.
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climate change
June 24th, 2019
Why the economic game still outplays the environment
topic:Renewables
partner:The Beam
“Many companies fear the deployment of renewables as new competition and are trying to prevent the global energy transition.” - Hans-Josef Fell
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3Dprintedguns
June 18th, 2019
3D-printed guns are back on the market, untraceable, and unstoppable
topic:Security
partner:Screen Shot
What’s worse than the U.S.’ gun-related deaths being at a 20-year high? Anyone with access to a 3D printer being able to print a fully functioning gun.
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teachers afghansitan
June 17th, 2019
The vulnerable teachers of Afghanistan
topic:Peace and Reconciliation
by:Shadi Khan Saif
As Afghanistan braces for a decisive electoral process, the vulnerable public sector educators are gripped by fears for their life.
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ireland
June 14th, 2019
David against Goliath: An Irish community fights a gold mining company
topic:Pollution
by:Peadar O’ Cearnaigh
A relative peace has existed in the north of Ireland for over 20 years. But a new conflict is brewing. Today it’s environment.
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Ethiopia
June 13th, 2019
Abel Wabela: Paying the price for speaking truth to power in Ethiopia
topic:Rule of Law
by:Bob Koigi
He is described by his peers as strong willed patriot, but Ethiopia’s Abel Wabela fight for respect of rule of law has made him pay the ultimate prize.
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africa violence
June 12th, 2019
Violence continues to make Africa unsafe for its citizens
topic:Political violence
by:Cyril Zenda
“The level of violence in Zimbabwe around election time is just too much and nothing that those of us who have seen our colleagues brutalised can stand."
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nigeria women
June 11th, 2019
How lawlessness contributes to violence against women
topic:Women’s rights
by:Ndubuaku Kanayo
Aggrieved women in Ondo, a South-Western state in Nigeria, took to the streets last month to protest the rising cases of attacks, rituals and kidnapping.
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Street Iftar
June 06th, 2019
Street Iftar to fight Islamophobia
topic:Islamophobia
by:Federica Tedeschi
Thousands of people of all faiths broke the fast together during a buzzing Street Iftar event in North London.
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climate flying
June 04th, 2019
Climate change therapy: a flying shame
topic:Global Warming
partner:Screen Shot
Taking climate action means readdressing the foundations of our identities.
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africa torture
June 03rd, 2019
The last African states evading convention against torture
topic:Rule of Law
by:Cyril Zenda
Anyone speaking to Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa has to talk loudly. This is not because the 76-year-old leader is getting senile. He [...]
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abortion
May 31st, 2019
Petition seeks to overturn Alabama anti-abortion law
topic:Abortion
by:Yair Oded
A new Change.org petition calls on Alabama House of Representatives Majority Leader to overturn the notorious abortion ban.
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refugees_boat
May 29th, 2019
"Mediterranea is saving humans"
topic:Refugees and Asylum
by:Federica Tedeschi
Mediterranea is a platform of different civil society initiatives, whose objective is to save the lives of refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea by boat.
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arabia_women
May 28th, 2019
Absher, the Saudi wife-tracking app that is legal
topic:Digitalisation
partner:Screen Shot
For many years, women living in Saudi Arabia had to contend with guardianship—essentially, the men in their lives have complete control over where they go.
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christchurch
May 27th, 2019
"White supremacy is an experience of ignorance"
topic:Colonialism
by:Neelo Aysha Scholz
FairPlanet spoke with New Zealand academic, Rachel Jane Liebert, whose letter to her home country a day after the Christchurch attacks caught our attention.
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almondtrees
May 24th, 2019
Almond Farms Keep Moving on Water Conservation
topic:Sustainable Agriculture
partner:NewsDeeply
What role is the almond industry playing in advancing groundwater recharge?
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AI
May 21st, 2019
Don’t fear AI, Extended Intelli­gence is coming to the rescue
topic:Technological singularity
by:Sofia Gallarate
partner:Screen Shot
A group of scientists and academics have joined forces to find a different, more beneficial, approach towards autonomous and intelligent technologies.
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zimbabwe aid
May 20th, 2019
Politicisation, theft of Cyclone Idai aid worsen survivors’ anguish in Zimbabwe
topic:Natural disaster
by:Cyril Zenda
Weeks after the calamity of Cyclone Idai, nothing had changed for the villagers around the Nyahode River in Zimbabwe.
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India_LGBTQ
May 15th, 2019
India's first HIV treatment centre and clinic for the LGBTQ
topic:LGBT Rights
by:Shuriah Niazi
In India, some people have issues with the way people from the LGBTQ community lead their lives.
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