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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.

Students start a drone outside the African Drone and Data Academy. © Hope Chilunga
July 29th, 2020
Africa’s first drone academy inspires tech for development revolution
topic:Innovation
by:Bob Koigi
A growing number of young Africans are leading a tech revolution with modern and homegrown solutions geared towards addressing local challenges.
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greennewdeal
July 28th, 2020
How a Green New Deal could change Europe
topic:Sustainable Development
by:Yair Oded
Here's what a Green New Deal for Europe could look like and how it could set the continent on a trajectory of justice, equity, and sustainability.
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srebrenica
July 27th, 2020
Ethnocentrism: We recognise our victims, not yours
topic:Genocide
by:Katarina Panić
The extent of the Srebrenica genocide is still being denied and its convicted war criminals glorified. Artist Aida Šehović fights for remembrance.
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Oil palm fruits have to be processed immediately because the degradation process starts quickly. © Douglas Sheil
July 24th, 2020
Good palm versus bad palm
topic:Sustainable Agriculture
by:Frank Odenthal
Growing oil palms threatens orangutans and many other endangered species. But it‘s not all black-and-white.
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southafricavillage
July 23rd, 2020
George Floyd’s Ghost Haunts South Africa’s Whites-Only Town
topic:Racism
by:Cyril Zenda
Orania, a whites-only town in the middle of South Africa, was created during apartheid. Today, it stands in the way of a non-segregated South Africa.
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plastic
July 20th, 2020
Reduce and Reuse: Is a plastic free world possible?
topic:Ocean Pollution
by:Ellen Nemitz
What can't be reused, recyled or composted, simply shouldn't be made. The world needs a better industrial design compatible with the 21st century.
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Gogová_01 © Zuzana Gogová
July 17th, 2020
A way out of poverty for Roma
topic:Discrimination
by:Zuzana Gogová
“I know that education could get us out of this poverty”, says omama Sandra from Zborov in Slovakia
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nigeria babyfactory
July 15th, 2020
The ‘baby factories’ of Nigeria
topic:Human Trafficking
by:Bob Koigi
Nigerian authorities rescued over 160 babies held in unregistered orphanages in a raid, shining the spotlight on the sophisticated human trafficking racket
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africa_democracy
July 14th, 2020
Investment in democratic institutions pays dividends in Malawi
topic:Economic Opportunity
by:Cyril Zenda
The election results in Malawi show a lesson for Africa on the importance of strong democratic institutions.
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USpolicemen
July 10th, 2020
U.S. Congress: end immunity for criminal cops!
topic:Political violence
by:Yair Oded
A change.org petition calls on U.S. Congress members to support a resolution to end 'qualified immunity' for cops committing crimes in their line of duty.
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sahelzone_war
July 09th, 2020
The devastating impact of the Sahel war on children
topic:Child rights
by:Bob Koigi
As the conflict in West and Central Africa continues unabated claiming thousands of lives in the Sahel region, children have been caught in the middle.
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Zimbabwe drugs
July 07th, 2020
Covid-19 drugs supply tender scandal erupts in Zimbabwe
topic:Transparency and Corruption
by:Cyril Zenda
An investigation by a team of journalists found that prices of Covid-19 supplies so inflated that the government paid high prices for each face mask.
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croatia_abortion
July 06th, 2020
Croatia's MPs oppose the right to abortion even for rape victims
topic:Abortion
by:Katarina Panić
The right to abortion became one of the top issues during the campaign that precedes the parliamentary election in Croatia, scheduled for July 5.
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ghanahospital
July 02nd, 2020
Ghana’s Eco Medical Village set to revolutionise Africa’s medicare and health tourism
topic:Health and Sanitation
by:Bob Koigi
Ghana is the next medical tourism destination for Africans with a medical facility billed as the largest healthcare project of its kind in West Africa.
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indiaenvironment
July 01st, 2020
India's new draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) norms, and why they bother activists
topic:Climate action
by:Shuriah Niazi
The Indian government’s attempts to dilute environmental laws that can affect millions of forest dwellers have met with stiff opposition from the youth.
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zimbabwe torture
June 29th, 2020
Torture in Zimbabwe: Grave concerns over renewed abductions
topic:Human Rights
by:Cyril Zenda
Three female opposition members of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government were allegedly tortured and sexually violated after protests against hunger.
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Metropa, the european supermetro network
June 26th, 2020
Europe non-stop
topic:Innovation
by:Frank Odenthal
A completely new, pan-European network of high-speed trains based on completely new drive systems is supposed to connect its metropolises.
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medicintechnology
June 25th, 2020
Digital tech solutions treating COVID-19 patients remotely
topic:Technology
by:Bob Koigi
"One of our challenges has been the realization of how disproportionately people of colour are impacted by COVID-19", says the founder of 4D Helathware.
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israel westbank
June 24th, 2020
Unholy Land: The threat of an Israeli annexation
topic:Peace and Reconciliation
by:Ithamar Handelman-Smith
Israel plans to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank on July 1. What are the reasons behind it?
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india_poverty
June 23rd, 2020
After 22 years, global poverty is on the rise again
topic:Poverty
by:Shuriah Niazi
"Unlock 1" will start on June 8 in India, hoping to prevent 265 million people from starvation due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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